History News

Dr. Susannah Ferreira has just been announced winner of UGFA Distinguished Professor Award for Innovation in Teaching in the College of Arts. Dr. Ferreira is especially known for her work with our students in specialized archival courses employing medieval manuscripts in the Library's Special Collections. Along with Melissa McAfee, these efforts have resulted in the exhibition Illuminating Life: Manuscript Pages of the Middle Ages, curated by University of Guelph students.

Since this past spring, our own Dr. James Fraser has been a contributor of historical pieces for the Toronto Argonauts football team website, including Big Red and the Double Blue and The Career of Number 55--Joe "King" Krol.

We are proud to announce that Dr. Catherine Carstairs and co-author at Ryerson University, Dr. Ian Mosby, have won the Canadian Historical Review’s Best Article Prize for their 2020 article “Colonial Extractions: Oral Health Care and Indigenous Peoples in Canada, 1945-79.” Congratulations from all of us!

Students have not one, but two new job opportunities with the People's Archive of Rural Ontario (PARO). They are hiring Research Assistants and Knowledge Mobilization Associate. For full job listing and how to apply, please see documents attached. 

Research Assistants for Spring 2021

Tasks for the position include but are not limited to: