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Thanks to Tri-University History Graduate program's partner, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (LCSC), Dr. Barrington Walker's lecture delivered on Wednesday, March 22 is now available. Barrington is a professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University as well as Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion there.

Photo credit: Woodland Cultural Centre

In March 2023, the Tri-University Graduate Program in History (Tri-U) was excited to learn that the Woodland Cultural Centre (WCC) announced Heather George’s appointment as their new executive director. Heather is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Waterloo supervised by Dr. Susan Roy. Heather is Kanien’kehá:ka and Euro-Canadian, her father’s family are from Akwesasne, along the St. Lawrence River.

MA award to Austin Foster and PhD award to Thomas M. Littlewood

Dr. Omeasoo Wapisiw presents the keynote address to the 29th annual Tri-University Graduate History Conference, Imagining a New History: Interventions in Historical Research

“I think that my role as a university professor makes me well-suited for service as a parliamentarian, as a lot of the skills are transferrable,” explains Cody Groat. “I've long been interested in politics at a local, regional, and national level.”

Jesse Abbott’s dissertation, “‘The Art of Getting Drunk:’ Martial Masculinity, Alcohol, and the British Army in the Canadas in the War of 1812,” was successfully defended on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at the University of Waterloo.

Just before the 2022 year-end holidays (December 20, 2022), Paul Esau successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled, “A Departmental Dilemma: The Genesis of Canadian Military Export Policy, 1945-1960.” Esau’s study seeks to explain Canadian government contradictions between policy on paper and in practice, by exploring the evolution of conventional military export policy in the key years between 1946 and 1960.

Following our social media feeds sometimes gives us insight into student accomplishments which we celebrate! 

New Tri-U Graduate Students Association (TUGSA) co-presidents were chosen earlier this Fall 2022. The Tri-U is excited by the ideas and commitment the new team has to bring a deeper sense of community to the Tri-U.

The Tri-U congratulates nine students who became PhD Candidates during the month of October 2022. Successful completion of their comprehensive exams which includes a written and oral component moves them into the proposal writing stage for their research. This is an exciting milestone achievement.