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Wednesday, January 25, 2023 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Being Neighbours: Cooperative Work and Rural Culture, 1830 - 1960

University of Guelph Rural History Roundtable Speaker Series #1

Dr. Catharine Wilson, F. R. S. C. will launch her new book, Being Neighbours: Cooperative Work and Rural Culture, 1830-1960.

March 25, 2023: 29th Annual Tri-University History Conference (Rescheduled)

Keynote and Performer

Dr. Omeasoo Wāhpāsiw of Carleton University will deliver the keynote address. Performer is Kevin McKay from Cross Lake First Nation.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Activating ancestral knowledge to restore ecosystems during the Anthropocene

Overhead photo of a river flowing through treed area. Image by ecologist Dylan White

Photo by ecologist Dylan White

Presenters: S. Mehltretter, B. Luby, A. Bradford, and L. Legzdins with Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation

The @manominproject is a multicultural, multidisciplinary research team committed to crop restoration and cultural revitalization in Anishinaabe-AKI (the land of Anishinabeg). Manomin, the crop for which @manominproject cares, is commonly known in English as "wild rice."

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Disciplines in Dialogue: Climate

Join the DRAGEN lab online for a conversation about climate. Experts from the fields of history, environment, and public policy will share their unique perspectives and knowledge on our climate – past, present, and future. Dr. Sam White (Ohio State University), Dr. Maria Strack (University of Waterloo), and Mike Morrice, MP (Green Party, Canada).

Sunday, August 28, 2022 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jacobites, Jacobins and Outlanders: Scotland in Cultural Memory

This community event will feature presentations by faculty, graduate students and Archival and Special Collections staff, and is part of a wider partnership between the University of Guelph and Simon Fraser University.

Special guest speaker Professor Viccy Coltman will present an exploratory and informal talk titled, 'Wartime: Scottish officers in military service, 1793-1815'.