The Tri-University Graduate Program in History combines the faculty and resources of three of Canada’s premier universities, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University. With over seventy graduate faculty in the program, we are one of the largest History graduate programs in the country and able to provide courses and supervise research across the widest possible range of areas. At the same time, through small seminars, close student-professor relationships, and teaching assistantships and scholarships held at one of our three participating campuses, we provide the atmosphere and collegiality of a smaller, more intimate program.
News
2024-25 TUGSA co-presidents announced
Recently, Tri-U students held their annual election. Ethan Coudenys, MA student at Guelph, Rosemarie Forsberg, MA student at Laurier, and Vera Zoricic, PhD student at Waterloo became the 2024-25 co-presidents. They organize events and encourage community-building among Tri-U students. Check out their bios.
Waterloo's Catherine Ramey travels to Angola
Video highlights of Waterloo PhD candidate, Catherine Ramey's, research and teaching travels in Angola.
Two Tri-U Faculty named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and Dr. Cynthia Comacchio, Wilfrid Laurier University on their being named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, September, 2024.
Events
Borderlines of the Military Masculine Identity
Aly Firth, MA student at Wilfrid Laurier University, offers an assessment of transgender roles and crossdressing in performances for the troops during the First World War. This Military Lecture is sponsored by Tri-U partner Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada and Guelph Museums.
Rural History Roundtable Speaker Series Winter 2025
Three online lectures offered through the University of Guelph during Winter 2025 with thanks to the Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professorship in Rural History.
- January 23: Local Need, Lasting Legacies: Japanese Canadian Internment & Rural Medicine, Letitia Johnson, University of Victoria
- February 12: The Medieval Pig, Dolly Jørgensen, University of Stavanger
- March 12: Mmm...Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Foods We Eat, Kimberley Moore and Janis Thiessen, University of Winnipeg
Getting medieval on modern anger
In today's polarized world, anger is often celebrated as a tool for liberation, yet its roots in ancient and medieval thought have been largely overlooked. Join The Medieval DRAGEN Lab guest, Dr. Marc Cels of Athabasca University, who will meekly offer his observations about how the current debate could be enriched by becoming a bit medieval on the subject of anger.