History

The Riley Lectures in Canadian History

Tamara Myers
Moral Panics in the History of Children and Youth: Notes from the Runaways File
Thursday Jun 2, 2022 
7:00 - 8:30
Convocation Hall

This lecture is free, open to the public, as a hybrid in-person/online event.

To attend online register HERE.
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Tamara Gene Myers is Professor of History at the University of British Columbia specializing in the history of children and youth, delinquency and policing, and youth activism. Her publications include Caught: Montreal’s Modern Girls and the Law, 1869-1945 and Youth Squad: Policing Children in the 20th Century; and co-edited collections Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women’s History and The Difference Kids Make: Bringing Children and Youth into Canadian History. Tamara has served as the President of the Society for the History of Children and Youth, cofounded the CHA-affiliated History of Children and Youth Group, and is a past chair of the Canadian Committee on Women’s and Gender History. Her current project is a history of teen runaways in Canada from the 1960s.

Academic Advising

For all your Academic Advising needs contact the following:

Chair of the History Department - Dr. Mark Meuwese m.meuwese@uwinnipeg.ca

Undergraduate History advisor  - Dr. James Hanley at j.hanley@uwinnipeg.ca  

Graduate Studies - Dr. Ryan Eyford at r.eyford@uwinnipeg.ca

Features

Honouring Canada's History Champions - Alumni Kelly Hiebert

University of Winnipeg Alumni awarded - GOVERNOR GENERAL’S HISTORY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING. Kelly Hiebert The Westwood Historical Society, a school organization led by teacher Kelly Hiebert and his students at Westwood Collegiate, has created a documentary on the rise of hate and antisemitism in Canada. For the full list of receipients: https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/awards/honouring-canada-s-history-champions

Jon Malek - 2022 Riley Postdoctoral Fellow

The History Department and The Riley Foundation are please to announce the newest postdoctoral fellow Dr. Jon G. Malek.

Indigenous History Essay Prize winner - Emily Gartner

Emily Gartners essay "Indigenization at the Manitoba Museum through Metis Exhibits" is the 2021 winner of the Indigenous History Essay Prize

New Faculty member for History of Art

The University of Winnipeg and the History Department would like to introduce Cathy Mattes our newest member of the History of Art Department. Cathy Mattes is a Michif (Southwest Manitoba) curator, writer, and now Associate Professor in History of Art, join us in welcoming Cathy.

One Great History - Podcast

Every Winnipegger who’s left knows the feeling: the city comes up in conversation, and an outsider comments about how cold it is, how there’s nothing to do, how it’s not very interesting at all. The Winnipegger’s blood starts to boil. "Hey," the Winnipegger thinks, "only we can say that." "I feel like it’s like having a kind of weird cousin," historian Sabrina Janke says on the first episode of One Great History, a new podcast about the Manitoba capital. "I can make fun of them, but you can’t." "Don’t you dare," co-host and fellow historian Alex Judge interjects.

H. Sanford Riley Postdoctoral Fellow

The Department of History would like to welcome The "2021" H. Sanford Riley Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Dale Barbour. Join us in congratulating Dr. Barbour.

Sessional Instructor Jon Malek featured in the Uniter

Uniter, University of Winnipeg and downtown community newspaper featuring an article on History's own sessional instructor Jon Malek.

History Honours Alumnus, Chris Young winner.

Bachelor of History Honours, and Bachelor of Education Alumnus, Chris Young is the 2020 Recipient of the Prestigious Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching. The History Department at the University of Winnipeg congratulates him on a job well done!!!

The Department of History and Art History would like to extend it's congratulations to former chair of History Dr. James Hanley on becoming a recipient of the Robin H. Farquhar award for excelence in contributing to self-governance at the upcoming fall convocation!

History professor named Associate Dean of Arts

The History department would like to congratulate Dr. Paul Lawrie on his appointment to Associate Dean of Arts!!

The Value of a History Degree

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Aboriginal History Book Prize

Dr. Mary Jane McCallum Full Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Department of History along with Dr. Adele Perry From the University of Manitoba co-authors of Structures of Indifference: A Life and Death in a Canadian City win Aboriginal History Book Prize.

Manitoba Food History Project

History's own Dr. Janis Thiessen Food History project.

Student Profile - Destiny Elcock

Learn how majoring in history gave one student an opportunity to explore her culture, language, and, most importantly, her family history.

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