This week our acting Department Chair and historian of Canada, Dr. Alan Gordon, is interviewed in The Ontarion.
2017 marks the 150th year of the Confederation of Canada; where in 1867, the British North America Act was given royal assent by Queen Victoria, and created the Dominion of Canada.
Dr. Matthew Hayday is a featured speaker in the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences "Big Thinking" lecture series. Professor Hayday will speak February 21 in the Parliamentary Restaurant, Centre Block at Parliament Hill: “Canadian-ness,” Citizen Engagement, and Canada 150: Using History to Inform Policy
As a hockey fan and author, University of Guelph PhD and history instructor Jason Wilson landed his “dream job” when he helped author a book about one of the most storied franchises in sport.
Congratulations to Professor Karyn Freedman of Philosophy, whose book, One Hour in Paris, has been longlisted for CBC's Canada Reads competition. The winner for 2016 was Professor Lawrence Hill of SETS with his book, The Illegal. The final five will be announced January 31, 2017. Find more information here: http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/12/the-canada-reads-2017-longlist.html
Dr. Alan McDougall's book on East German football, The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany (Cambridge University Press, 2016) made The Guardian Best Sports Books of 2016 list.
Now available in paperback and makes a wonderful Holiday gift.
Congratulations from all of us!
Starting in Fall 2017, students will be able to register for a Minor degree in Studio Art. Details will be outlined in the new undergraduate calendar for
2017-2018. If you have any questions about the Minor, please contact the BACO office (Bachelor of Arts Counselling Office)
Professor Karyn Freedman writes on the Huffington Post Blog about implicit misogyny.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/karyn-l-freedman/steven-galloway-letter_b_1...
Our Associate Professor Stefan Linquist is principal investigator on a new SSHRC Insight Grant. Congratulations, Stefan!
SSHRC Insight Grant: $85,279.
It might come as a surprise that only a small fraction of the DNA in our cells (less than 2%) encodes the various proteins that build our hair cells, bone cells, neurons, and all other human cell types. This raises the question of what, if anything, the remaining 98% is doing?
