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History: Jacqui Cannata on Historical Photography in Rural Ontario

Tri-University History PhD student searches for rural photos taken 1870 to 1920   By Andrew Vowles for at Guelph Jacqui Cannata was about six when she started cutting off people’s heads. She got better with the camera. Especially useful were her photography courses at high school in Newmarket, Ont., where she also learned old-fashioned darkroom techniques.  (read more...)

Jacqui Cannata on Historical Photography in Rural Ontario

Tri-University History PhD student searches for rural photos taken 1870 to 1920   By Andrew Vowles for at Guelph Jacqui Cannata was about six when she started cutting off people’s heads. She got better with the camera. Especially useful were her photography courses at high school in Newmarket, Ont., where she also learned old-fashioned darkroom techniques.  (read more...)

History: Susannah Ferreira, Catherine Carstairs Awarded SSHRC Grants

This week the History Department congratulates Drs. Susannah Ferreira and Catherine Carstairs on winning Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grants. Dr. Ferreira's research project is entitled, "New Christians in Portugal and the Process of Cultural Assimilation: 1497-1536"; Dr. Carstairs' project: "Communist Conspiracy, Rat Poison or Dental Miracle?: Water Fluoridation in the US and Canada."

Susannah Ferreira, Catherine Carstairs Awarded SSHRC Grants

This week the History Department congratulates Drs. Susannah Ferreira and Catherine Carstairs on winning Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grants. Dr. Ferreira's research project is entitled, "New Christians in Portugal and the Process of Cultural Assimilation: 1497-1536"; Dr. Carstairs' project: "Communist Conspiracy, Rat Poison or Dental Miracle?: Water Fluoridation in the US and Canada."

Congratulations to College of Arts Colleagues

Ajay Heble      SETS: at a recent awards ceremony, the Student Senate Caucus awarded Professor Ajay Heble its award for Contributions to Teaching. His nominator states: "He has experimented with many really cool ways of engaging students actively in the learning process and is a testament to what a prof can do when [he is] passionate about teaching."

MFA in Creative Writing - Short-lists Announcement

Creative Writing core faculty member Dionne Brand is short-listed for the prestigious Griffin Award for Poetry for her newest collection, Ossuaries (M&S).  Brand is nominated in the Canadian category.  There is also a prize for an international poetry collection.  The shortlists were announced today.

Ossuaries has also been shortlisted for the 2011 Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian.