Tri-University Conference 2017

Communities: Recognition and Remembrance

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb Street W,Waterloo, Ontario

2017 Conference poster including an image of the United States Pavillion at Expo 67 in Montreal: Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome. Also includes an image of a 1968 stamp commemorating the Russian Revolution.
Conference Description

This year’s conference highlights debates around the various local, national, and international anniversaries in 2017 – such as 150 years since Canadian Confederation, 100 years since the Russian Revolution, or 40 years since the last reported case of smallpox – and examining the politics and performance of commemoration and public memory.

Conference is sponsored by the Tri-University History program from the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University.