Archives: History

Archives: History

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Grave work

By Nicole Findlay Bradley Armishaw received an unusual award last Friday afternoon. The Beechwood Cemetery and Foundation presented Armishaw, BA/09, with its first Beechwood Cemetery Prize in... More

Posted on Friday, October 28th, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History

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Graphic novel illustrates history

By Nicole Findlay For Celia Stephens a picture really is worth a thousand words, or in her own description at least, pages and pages of one man’s autobiography.  For her final project for seminar... More

Posted on Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News

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Singing for the Fat Man

By Nicole Findlay When it came time to hand in his final assignment for his seminar course, Historical Representations, Joel Bandy decided to sing its praises – quite literally. Bandy, a... More

Posted on Monday, April 18th, 2011 in Greek and Roman Studies Feed for all posts filed under Greek and Roman Studies, History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News, Religion Feed for all posts filed under Religion

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Student pictures Canada’s Cold War

By Nicole Findlay As the deadline for the submission of final projects loomed, Susan Tudin vacillated between two options she’d been considering. Finally she decided to submit both – a website... More

Posted on Monday, April 11th, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News

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Student illustrates alternative government guide

By Nicole Findlay Upon being given creative free rein for a final course project, Talbert Johnson decided to put his lifelong passion for drawing cartoons to use. His Government of Canada-issued... More

Posted on Monday, April 4th, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News

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Creators of history

Just two weeks before the beginning of the fall term, Kathryn Harvey was asked to step in to teach a history class.  She decided that for the third-year seminar, Historical Representations, the... More

Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News

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A gay walk down memory lane

After reading The Canadian War on Queers for his third-year seminar Historical Representations, David Tucker decided to walk in the author’s figurative footsteps. Co-written by FASS faculty member,... More

Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News

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Documenting history

By Nicole Findlay Students in Michael Ostroff’s fourth-year seminar are bringing history to the silver screen.  The group of sixteen students enrolled in Making Documentary History has made four... More

Posted on Monday, March 21st, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News

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Selling your Facebook soul to Goldman Sachs

Op Ed – Selling your Facebook soul to Goldman Sachs This month, Facebook announced it had made a deal with investment banker Goldman Sachs worth $500 million US. In his opinion piece below,... More

Posted on Monday, January 17th, 2011 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News

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Stripping bare post war values

STORY UPDATE: Mary-Ann Shantz has been interviewed by Sook-Yin Lee for CBC Radio One – Definitely Not the Opera. What happens when you make “private parts” public? will air on... More

Posted on Friday, December 17th, 2010 in History Feed for all posts filed under History, News Feed for all posts filed under News