Dr. Cindy Blackstock will reflect on her career advocating for Indigenous children and families and discuss how the history of child welfare in Canada intersects with the history of colonialism.
Laurier’s Provost Office has organized this free, online history symposium on January 15, 2024 entitled, “Institutional Histories: Reckoning with the Past – Reimagining the Future” which draws together 12 historians and interdisciplinary scholars engaged in research about the legacies of university namesakes, land acquisitions, and histories of exclusion and inclusion at Canadian post-secondary institutions. Registration link below.
LCSC works in partnership with Guelph Museums to offer the Guelph Museums Lecture series.
Hazel Scott Pankratz, PhD candidate at Western University and a recent Tri-University History MA graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University "explores the lives of Canadian gunners and demonstrates the ongoing need to look beyond the trenches in order to better understand the diverse experiences of Canadians fighting the First World War." Held in-person and on the Guelph Museum's Facebook livestream.