Sean Kheraj appeared on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin on January 8th. The episode focused on the question, “Does History Matter?” The premise of the program was that Canadians seem to be dissociated from history and that historical context is not adequately incorporated in public discourse and news media. Panelists were asked to explain this […]
Dear colleagues, I’m sure you will all wish to join me in congratulating our colleague in the LA&PS Department of History, Nick Rogers, on the publication of his book, Manning the Royal Navy in Bristol: Liberty, Impressment and the State, 1739-1815 (Bristol Record Society Pub., vol. 66: Bristol, 2014). His book is an edited collection […]
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Bettina Bradbury and Adrian Shubert attended the Induction and Awards Ceremony in the Royal Society of Canada Annual General Meeting celebrated in Baff, Alberta, on November 16, 2013. This ceremony officially welcomes new Fellows into the Society. The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) was established under an Act of Parliament in 1882 as the senior […]
Dear members of the history department, It gives me enormous pleasure to announce that our colleague Nick Rogers has won the John Ben Snow prize for the best book written by a North American scholar in the field of British studies for the period before 1800. He received the award at this year’s meeting of […]
Dear members of the department, I’m sure you will all want to join me in congratulating our colleague Willie Jenkins on the appearance of his latest book, Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013) Here’s how the press describes the book: Willie’s book, Between Raid and Rebellion: […]
Calling all academics who like to find the joy–and hilarity–in their research! Bright Club York is coming, and we’re looking for an enthusiastic bunch of scholars who focus on Canadian Studies to participate. Bright Club is the thinking person’s comedy night, where academics shed the confines of their elbow-patched blazers and become stand-up comedians in […]
Inventing Stanley Park, by Sean Kheraj has received a nomination for the 2013 City of Vancouver Book Award. Congratulations to Sean Kheraj for his nomination and the deserved recognition of his work. The winner will be announced at the Mayor’s Arts Awards Gala at Science World on Friday November 22, 2013. For more details please […]
Dear historians, It gives me enormous pleasure to announce that Bettina Bradbury and Adrian Shubert have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. I am pleased to share the citation composed by the Royal Society of Canada The Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada have elected 84 new Fellows, including one Foreign […]
I’m sure you will all wish to join me in congratulating our colleague, Sean Kheraj, for winning the Petro Canada Young Innovator Award. There is a description of the award and Sean’s research project in YFile. If you have not read the story, please go to http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/08/26/two-york-researchers-receive-petro-canada-young-innovators-awards/ Marcel