TUGSA purpose
The Tri-University Graduate Student Association (TUGSA) was established in 2007 to help bring together the graduate students from the three universities of the Tri-University Graduate Program in History. Our organization has three primary goals:
- foster student community
- maintain communication among the three departments and their students
- strengthen the connections among the three universities.
We hold a variety of different social and academic events throughout the year that rotate between Waterloo and Guelph, providing every student with an equal opportunity to participate in the growth and success of the Tri-University student community.
In 2023 we began an initiative that highlights student research. This initiative will continue in Winter 2025.
2024-25 TUGSA Co-Presidents
University of Guelph
Ethan Coudenys is an Indigenous scholar focusing their studies on the relationship between Haudenosaunee veterans and Indigenous political activism. They are in their first year of a thesis based Masters program. In their free time, Ethan is a hockey coach and works with Scouts Canada at the national and international levels. They enjoy all things outdoors, hiking with their dogs, and visiting museums. Ethan welcomes you to contact him.
Wilfrid Laurier University
Rosemarie Forsberg is an MA student at Laurier. She is interested in Canadian queer, gender, and social history. Her research examines the construction and use of space for lesbians in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Toronto, Ontario. Rosemarie enjoys collecting records, attending queer community events, and spending time with her cats.
University of Waterloo
Vera Zoricic is a PhD student in her third year, studying under the supervision of Dr. Ian Milligan. Her research topic focuses on the digitization of the black freedom struggles during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. She is particularly interested in how the issues of race, class, and gender intersect to shape individual and group experiences in Canada and the United States. Vera enjoys gardening and baking in her free time.