36th Canadian Military History Colloquium

The largest gathering of military historians in Canada

Saturday, May 9, 2026 8:30 am - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)
Soldiers in trench behind an anti-tank gun

The Canadian Military History Colloquium is the largest gathering of military historians in Canada, bringing together academics, students, independent scholars and members of the public to share the latest work in Canadian military history and war and society.

Date

May 8, 8:30 am - May 9, 1:00 pm.

Register

By May 3 on Eventbrite

Host

Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada

Keynote

Carla-Jean Stokes is an historian of war photography, specializing in the history of Canadian and British official war photographs, as well as the preservation of photographic objects in private and public collections. She graduated with an MA in History from Laurier in 2011.

Her book The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle was published in fall 2025 by WLU Press.

Stokes works as a curator in the heritage sector, and lives in Vernon, BC.

Location

Paul Martin Centre,

Wilfrid Laurier University,

75 University Avenue West,

Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5

More information

For updates and additional information on the conference, visit the conference website.

Carla-Jean Stokes

Photo courtesy of Carla-Jean Stokes from her Independent Scholar page on Women Also Know History

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