Past Events

Jose Alonzo, MA Thesis Defence The Balikbayan Program and Labour Export Policy: The Socioeconomic Relationship Between the Philippine State and Filipino Diaspora

Jacobites, Jacobins, and Outlanders: Scotland in Cultural Memory This community event will feature presentations by faculty, graduate students and Archival and Special Collections staff, and is part of a wider partnership between the University of Guelph and Simon Fraser University. Special guest speaker Professor Viccy Coltman will present an exploratory and informal talk: "Wartime: Scottish officers in military service, 1793-1815"

Thesis Title: "Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and Children's Flourishing:                       Connecting Key Concepts Toward a MacIntyrean Account"

MA Thesis Title: "Agency and Practical Reason:                              A Consideration of Some Objections to                               Constitutivism"  

MA Thesis Title: "Vulnerable Heroes: Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic"   Please contact Janet Thackray at jthack@uoguelph.ca for the Teams meeting link  if you want to attend the defence online.

If you're a COA work student, plan to attend the 2022 COA work student event: Nostalgic Backyard Summer! Join us for an afternoon on Johnston Green with some classic backyard activities. Freezies & popsicles will be available (while supplies last). When: July 7th, 2022, 2:30-4:30PM Where: Johnston Green Alternative rain date: July 13th, 2022, 2:30-4:30PM

You’re invited to join us virtually on Tuesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET for the launch of our new cookbook themed digital exhibit “Healthy, Happy, and Wholesome: Cooking and Wellness in Canadian History” in partnership with the Culinary Historians of Canada.  

From the global pandemic to activist protests such as #BLM, climate change, workers rights, and the uncovering of unmarked graves at former residential schools across Canada, the events of the past 18+ months have shown an urgent need and desire for new modes of life.

MA Thesis Title: "Existential and Relational Considerations                              on End of Life in Canada"    

Historians at Work: Careers in History