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Announcement: Words on the Wall
The Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto (PSAT) is giving out bricks to serve as the basis for a work of art. Artists and groups are welcome to use the medium of their choice. Works will be displayed and sold as part of a silent auction to help raise funds for historic plaques to commemorate the history of the patient-built wall at the Queen Street Site of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
CFP – “We Demand”: History/Sex/Activism In Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia
August 25-28, 2011
On August 28, 1971 over two hundred lesbian and gay activists gathered on Parliament Hill to demand the federal government bring an end to laws and practices that criminalized, marginalized, and stigmatized lesbians and gays. Acting in solidarity with their central Canadian allies, Vancouver activists staged the same action on the [...]
Notes on a Graduate Student Workshop: Publishing for a Wide Audience
How can academic historians branch out to reach broader publics? Publishing in the popular press – whether local newspapers or nationally-circulated magazines – is one way to communicate academic research and analysis to a wider audience. On October 20th, the Canadian Network in History and Environment (NiCHE) sponsored a full-day workshop for graduate students in [...]
“in SANITY”, The Story Behind the Wall @ Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
Workman Arts Presents:
“in SANITY”, The Story Behind the Wall
@ Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
Saturday, October 3rd 2009 from 7pm – 7am
@ the Workman Theatre, CAMH, 1001 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON M6J 1H4
The Story Behind the Wall is a mixed-media and cross-disciplinary art-making project taken on by artists of the Workman Arts Project of Ontario. Six [...]
Graduate Student Workshop: Publishing for a Wide Audience (and Making some Extra Cash)
Monday October 19, 2009
London, ON
Email: acrymbl@uwo.ca
Fifty thousand screaming readers rush the newsstand to get a copy of your latest
research. Okay, maybe they’re not screaming, but the numbers probably aren’t
that far off. While peer reviewed journals may make the academic world go
round, it’s through magazines and newspapers that your work can make its way
into homes across [...]
History on the Grand
The City of Cambridge Archives Board invites you to join them on October 17, 2009 for History on the Grand. The one-day local history symposium will take place from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, 7 Melville Street South in Downtown Cambridge Ontario.We invite [...]
CHA Annual Meeting – Presentation
The first annual meeting of the Active History committee was held at Carleton University on 27 May 2009, part of the Canadian Historical Association annual meeting. A fruitful discussion was had, revolving around our constitution (which was passed and is available upon request) as well about the general mandate of both the committee and the [...]
Active History Lunch at the Canadian Historical Association Meeting
We are happy to announce that we will be hosting a Business lunch meeting at the CHA meeting this May in Ottawa. During this meeting we will be promoting Activehistory.ca and founding an Active History committee affiliated with the CHA. If you are interested in this project please attend our meeting and our [...]
Active History Panel at the Canadian Historical Association
We have organised a round table for this the CHA in Ottawa this Spring. The round table is scheduled on Wednesday, May 27 at 8:30am. The presenters include Kieth Jamieson, a Cultural Consultant, Adjunct Professor and Curator from the Mohawk of the Six Nations of the Grand River, Robin Elliott, Excutive Director of Murmur Toronto, [...]
