Stripping bare post-War values
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Altering the course of history
by Nicole Findlay Not only can Shawn Graham time travel back to Roman antiquity, he can change the course of history. Graham, an assistant professor, digital humanities, Department of History,... More
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Old news, new insight
by Nicole Findlay After a year spent pouring over back issues of Ontario newspapers, two history students have uncovered new insights on old news. Upon the recommendation history professor Aleksandra... More
Re-presenting history
by Nicole Findlay For Carleton historian David Dean, ensuring historical accuracy in the theatre sometimes means moving the play out of its original epoch altogether. A professor of history, and... More
A sanctuary for the birds and the bees
By Nicole Findlay Not very long ago, reports surfaced in the media proclaiming that honey bee colonies were dying off in droves. More alarming than the prospect of honey disappearing from... More
Dodging war
by Nicole Findlay Compassion for young men and women seeking to escape military service in Iraq led Jessica Squires to examine a similar war resistance movement 40 years ago. “I became interested... More
Miss Civil Service and the fruit machine
By Nicole Findlay In the 1940s a scandal involving the top echelon of England’s parliament rocked the nation and had a ripple effect on North American national security policies. In Canada, it led... More
America: past present future
Andrew Johnston examines American history, Percy Walton’s research focuses on pop culture and the media, while Melissa Haussman’s passion for political science led her to campaign for Hillary... More
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
The Pill and the married woman
by Nicole Findlay In an early episode of the TV drama Mad Men, one of the characters visits her physician and is paternalistically admonished not to abuse the birth control he is about to... More