The Tri-U Graduate Student Association (TUGSA) provides space for graduate students to share their research. If you are interested in participating in an upcoming TUGSA graduate student panel, please contact Catherine Ramey at ceramey@uwaterloo.ca.
The Making of Public History - November 2023
Dr. Ben Bradley, the newest professor in the Tri-U chaired the virtual student research panel on "The Making of Public History." The panel was held on November 6, 2023. Brianne Casey, MA student at Laurier, Benji Smith, first year PhD student at Waterloo, and Nicole Vankooten, MA student at Waterloo participated. Each of them gives more background on their topics and research in this post-panel email conversation with the organizer, Catherine Ramey.
Researching Gender - September 2023
Kicking off the new academic year, a panel on "Researching Gender," was coordinated by Catherine Ramey on behalf of TUGSA. Chair for the online event was Dr. Kristina Llewellyn. Kess Carpenter, PhD candidate at Laurier, Rui Li, incoming PhD student at Guelph, Jake McIvor, MA student at Guelph who is completing his research in Fall 2023, and Vera Zoricic, part-time PhD student at Waterloo presented. Learn more about the topics and the presenters thoughts about their research.
Indigenous History Month student research - June 2023
Panelists Elizabeth Best, Emma Rain Smith, and Sarah Stravridis presented their research in the final event of the student research panels of Winter/Spring 2023 that were co-sponsored by the History Anti-Racism Taskforce (HART) and TUGSA. Elizabeth Best is a PhD candidate at York University, Emma Rain Smith is an MA History student at Waterloo, and Sarah Stravridis recently graduated from Western where she served as a research assistant with Tri-U PhD Candidate and Western professor, Cody Groat. Find out more about their presentations and reflections on their research process.
Asian Heritage Month research presentations - May 2023
For Asian Heritage Month, History Anti-Racism Taskforce (HART) together with TUGSA hosted a second graduate student panel on May 17. The panelists included: Hera Averion, a Waterloo graduate with a B. Sc. in Computer Science and a Minor in History; Trevor Parsons, PhD in History candidate at Waterloo; Tanroop Sandhu, Waterloo graduate with a BA and MA in History now pursuing a PhD at Queen Mary University in London; Saif Zaman also a PhD candidate in History at Waterloo. Dr. Norman Smith, University of Guelph professor chaired the event. Read more about the panelists, their presentations, and their reflections on their research.
Research presented for Black History Month - February 2023
On February 14th, 2023, TUGSA, along with the History Anti-Racism Taskforce (HART) hosted a graduate student panel in honour of Black History Month.
The panelists included:
- Abigail Opoku, a former MA student in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo
- Arshad Desai, a second-year PhD student in the Department of History at the University of Toronto
- Tolulope Akande, a current MA student in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo
Dr Barrington Walker, recently from the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, chaired the panel. Read more about the panelists, their presentations, and their reflections on Black history research.