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“Local Effort Brings Our Past to Life”: Halifax Chronicle-Herald

January 11, 2010

This post discusses a recent effort to bring the local history of an area into the history classroom and asks broader questions about the role of local history generally.

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“Web Tools Aim to Open the Gates to the Ivory Tower”: Globe and Mail.

January 3, 2010

An article in January 2nd’s Globe and Mail discussed various web tools that universities are using to ‘open the gates of the ivory tower.’ In her article, Elizabeth Church discussed a new search engine launched by Memorial University named Yaffle, which allows community members to search and uncover various Memorial research projects, opportunities for involvement, [...]

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“Copenhagen is PM’s big chance”, History PhD Candidates Argue

December 14, 2009

Jeremy Marks and Ryan O’Connor’s op-ed piece in the London Free Press argues positive action at Copenhagen would be good politics for the Conservative party.

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Notes on a Graduate Student Workshop: Publishing for a Wide Audience

October 28, 2009

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 [...]

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Graduate Student Workshop: Publishing for a Wide Audience (and Making some Extra Cash)

September 14, 2009

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 [...]

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