Thomas Littlewood successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "Public Commemorations and Personal Memories: Canadian Commemoration of the Second World War," at the University of Guelph on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
John Devine, LVO, OBE, Head of the Scottish Government Office in Canada and Professor Kevin James, Scottish Studies Foundation Chair at the University of Guelph, invite you to attend a reception to launch the Scottish-Canadian Academic Partnership—a catalyst for cooperation between scholars in the two countries.
Dr. Neil McGuigan will give a virtual lecture that provides an overview of the book, its origins and aims, along with a summary of some of the main problems tackled and some of the solutions and conclusions offered. The talk will also try to provide a broader picture of Malcolm III's importance to Scottish history.
Dr. Kristina Llewellyn, adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo will see an interdisciplinary collaborative project with Waterloo's Games Institute launched as an exhibit later this year with the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia in Cherry Brook. The project entitled, "Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation: The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children History Education," uses virtual reality to tell the stories of harm experienced by children in the school.
In late June, Dr. Terry Copp, C. M., professor emeritus in history from Wilfrid Laurier University was appointed Member of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General. He co-founded and is director emeritus of the Laurier Centre for Military and Strategic Disarmament Studies, (now Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada) where he fostered a rich community of scholarship and cemented Canada’s role in the Second World War. His ongoing work is a legacy to future generations and their knowledge of our past. An investiture ceremony will take place at a later date.
The Tri-U celebrates several gold medal winners and a finalist, a new professor emerita, and other awards winners in 2024.
Dr. Nick Richbell successfully defended his dissertation, "'Mr. Spiritualism' Maurice Barbanell and his Life as a Twentieth-Century Spiritualist Propagandist," on February 14, 2024.
Brittany Dunn successfully defended her dissertation, "Grief Amidst the Guns: Death in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front," at Wilfrid Laurier University, Monday, February 5, 2024.
Join MA student Nicole Vankooten of DRAGEN Lab for an historic forest walk. No registration, just meet at St. Jerome's DRAGEN Lab (#2 on map link), University of Waterloo campus at 12:45 pm.
The Tri-University History program congratulates two professors, Dr. Talena Atfield and Dr. Lianne C. Leddy on their Canada Research Chair awards.
Dr. Leddy holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Histories and Historical Practice in Canada at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Dr. Atfield holds the Canada Research Chair in Tentewatenikonhra'khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together) at the University of Waterloo.