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Monday, March 10, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Canada as the 51st State? With Norman Hillmer

Donald Trump wants Canada to be his 51st State. He isn’t the first American leader to think that way, and he won’t be the last. At the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (LCSC), Norman Hillmer, a leading historian of the Canadian-American relationship, reflects on how Canada resisted the United States in the past, and he asks whether and how much present challenges are different from yesterday’s.

Thursday, February 20, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

A.Y. Jackson, the Group of Seven and the Great War with Douglas Hunter

Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, together with Guelph Museums, presents author Douglas Hunter. Hunter explores the role of the First World War in the life and career of artist A.Y. Jackson, and its impact on the formation of Canada’s most famous art collective, the Group of Seven.

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Remembering Brianne Casey

Brianne Skylar Casey, a proud Métis woman, scholar and talented artist, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at the age of 23 after a hard fought battle with cancer. Brianne had nearly finished her MA in History at Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier) and was accepted to the PhD program. She was an active part of the Tri-University Graduate Program in History family. 

Friday, March 21, 2025 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

More than Victims: Soviet Mennonites from Stalin to Gorbachev

Wilfrid Laurier University professor, Leonard Friesen presents a special lecture series celebrating the publication of his book, Mennonites in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: Through Much Tribulation (University of Toronto Press, 2022). Sponsored by the Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies. This is the second in the series. Consider attending the first lecture.

Thursday, March 20, 2025 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Living on Borrowed Time? The Settlement of Mennonites in Imperial Russia after 1789

Wilfrid Laurier University professor, Leonard Friesen presents the first lecture in a series celebrating the publication of his book, Mennonites in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: Through Much Tribulation (University of Toronto Press, 2022). Sponsored by the Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies. Consider attending the second lecture.