History News
Prof. Catherine Wilson’s MA History students, in collaboration with CFRU’s Chris Currie, are on CFRU this July and August airing their half-hour shows featuring 19th-century diarists from the Rural Diary Archive website.
History Students Making Radio Waves This Summer
Tune in to Radio 93.3 FM for Professor Wilson’s MA History students on CFRU this July and August. Students of “Rural History HIST6550” have created half-hour shows in collaboration with Chris Currie from CFRU, the University of Guelph’s radio station. Each show features a nineteenth-century diarist from the Rural Diary Archive website.
Amy McBride, graduate student in the History Department, wins a prestigious 2017 Gov't of Canada History Award
Two of the 20 winners of the Government of Canada History Awards are from the Hist Department: Amy McBride, and our former MA student, Valeria Mantilla Morales, now a PhD student of the University of Toronto. Congratulations to both.
“Careers for Historians” night, Feb 7, featured history alumni, Eric Goudie (BA’15) Theatre Coordinator, Fergus, Katie Anderson (BA’11/MA’14/BEd’15) Education Coordinator & Mary Choy (BA’08/MA’15) Health Education Coordinator, with CATIE
Worried about choosing a career? Overwhelmed at where to start the process? Wondering if anyone will want to hire a history student? Then join our sessions on Careers for Historians.
On 7 February, students found encouragement, advice and inspiration when they gathered to hear history alumni talk about their careers. The evening featured
The History Society meets on Wednesdays @5.30 pm in McKinnon 313.
The society holds its meetings in McKn 313 @ 5.30 pm on Wednesdays. All lovers of History are invited.
Professor Catherine Wilson inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations are due to Catherine Wilson on been inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Here she signs the Royal Society's Charter Book that contains all the signatures of Fellows going back to 1883.
Professor Catherine Wilson interviewd on CBC The Morning Edition
"A Guelph historian is using centuries-old farm diaries to tell the stories of over 150 Canadian farmers and farming communities that existed between the 19th and 20th centuries." Read the complete CBC blog entry on the interview and listen to the extended interview at @ http://ow.ly/aciH30fqprR