The Tri-University Graduate Program in History combines the faculty and resources of three of Canada’s premier universities, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University. With over seventy graduate faculty in the program, we are one of the largest History graduate programs in the country and able to provide courses and supervise research across the widest possible range of areas. At the same time, through small seminars, close student-professor relationships, and teaching assistantships and scholarships held at one of our three participating campuses, we provide the atmosphere and collegiality of a smaller, more intimate program.
News
2025-26 TUGSA co-presidents announced
Recently, Tri-U students held their annual election. Aidan Hughes, PhD candidate at Guelph, Brian Gibbs, PhD student at Laurier, and Vera Zoricic, PhD candidate at Waterloo became the 2025-26 co-presidents. They organize events and encourage community-building among Tri-U students. Check out their bios.
Dr. Deuxberry opens a window into international relations in the Pacific Rim, interwar period
Zachary Deuxberry, PhD, successfully defended his dissertation, "A Window into International Relations in the Pacific Region: The Institute of Pacific Relations during the Interwar Period 1925-1937," at Wilfrid Laurier University on August 5, 2025.
Dr. Rebecca Beausaert is new Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professor in Rural History at Guelph
The Tri-U History Program announces that Dr. Rebecca Beausaert was appointed as Assistant Professor and the Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professor in Rural History at the University of Guelph beginning July 1.
Dr. Beausaert is a specialist in Canadian social and cultural history and holds a Ph.D. in History from York University. She has strong connections to the Tri-U program, having been an adjunct professor at the University of Guelph and part-time faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University for over ten years.
Events
The History of the University of Guelph War Memorial Hall
University of Guelph MA graduate, Austin Foster, presents the history of the University of Guelph’s War Memorial Hall, based on archival research for the War Memorial Hall: Its Early History, Heritage, and Legacy – A Centennial Retrospective (1924–2024) report.
The lecture will premiere in-person at the Guelph Civic Museum. The recorded conversation will be available on YouTube, and the Museum Everywhere Portal.
The Military Lecture series is a partnership between the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada and Guelph Museums.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 7 p.m., followed by a question period.
Tacit Terrains: A Look at Tacit Knowledge Development in Ontario Dairy Farms
Join Carelle Sarkis, PhD candidate at McMaster University for her talk, "Tacit Terrains: A Look at Tacit Knowledge Development in Ontario Dairy Farmers."
Sarkis examines how new milking technologies and systems changed human-animal interaction in Canadian dairy farms in the post-1970 period.
The event will be held in person and on Zoom.
In person: MacKinnon Rm 132, University of Guelph
Online: Register for the link
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rebecca Beausaert or Ben Bradley.