Canadian Historical Association SociétéS historique du Canada

41.3 Bulletin 2015

1925 Federal Election / Élections fédérales 2015 New from University of Toronto Press

Civic Symbol Creating Toronto’s New City Hall, 1952-1966 Swedes in Canada Invisible Immigrants by Christopher Armstrong by Elinor Barr Lavishly illustrated with photographs, Elinor Barr explores the impressive plans, and drawings, Civic Symbol is Swedish legacy in Canada and the the essential history of Toronto’s City reasons for their invisibility as an Hall, an iconic Canadian building. immigrant community.

Donald Creighton A Life in History by Donald Wright This book paints a sensitive portrait of Donald Creighton, a brilliant Lions or Jellyfish but difficult man, and captures the Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations since twentieth-century transformation of 1957 English Canada through his life and by Raymond B. Blake times. In this important study, Raymond Blake examines the relations between political leaders in Ottawa and St. John’s since 1957 and presents the history of federal- provincial clashes with both clarity and wit. A Meeting of Minds The Massey College Story by Judith Skelton Grant Full of wonderful anecdotes about the college’s notable fellows and alumni, this history of Massey College Creating Colonial Pasts takes the reader into the heart of History, Memory, and one of Canada’s most important Commemoration in Southern Ontario, 1860-1980 intellectual institutions. by Cecilia Morgan In this book, Celia Morgan highlights how history and memory played an important role in preserving Ontario’s colonial past.

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28 Thoughts on the Future of the Ph.D. A 29 Graduate Students / Étudiants aux cycles supérieures 30 20th Anniversary of H-Canada 31 Pedagogies: Visual Literacy and the I Teaching of History / Les pédagogies : 1919 Operators, Women Reid, Andrew George R la littératie visuelle et l’enseignement de l’histoire 35 Obituary / Nécrologie Teaching History / E 36 Historians in the News / Les historiens L’enseignement font les manchettes 23 de l’histoire Early in the 20th Century the Canadian Red Ensign varied a great deal, Le Red Ensign a connu plusieurs changements au début du 20e siècle, especially in terms of its coat of arms. In 1921 the government requested plus spécifi quement en ce qui a trait à ses armoiries. En 1921, le gouver- that King George V order a new coat of arms. Th e ensign shown here nement a demandé de nouvelles armoiries au roi George V. L’Ensign a was standard until 1957 – although only in 1945 did it supplant the été utilisé jusqu’en 1957 mais n’a supplanté le drapeau royal qu’en 1945 Union Flag on Parliament Hill. (Some fl ags used a yellow gold line, sur la colline parlementaire. (Certains drapeaux arboraient une ligne rather than a black one, to divide the Irish panel from the Fleur de lys d’or jaune plutôt qu’une ligne noire pour diviser l’écusson irlandais et le panel.) Photo: Necronaut. fl eur de lys.) Photo : Necronaut.

Bulletin Editorial Policy Th e CHA Bulletin is published three times a year by the Canadian Historical Téléphone : 613-233-7885 Télécopieur : 613-565-5445 Association. Notices, letters, calls for papers and articles of 800 to 1,600 words Courriel : [email protected] Site Internet : www.cha-shc.ca (a little less, if you have images) are welcome on topics of interest to historians, Editors / Rédacteurs : Martin Laberge, Robert Talbot preferably accompanied by a translation into the other offi cial language. Photo Credits / Crédits photographiques : George Andrew Reid, Princess-Mérida Deadline for submissions of articles etc. for the next Bulletin is February 15, 2016. (Jedi), Necronaut, RMN-Grand Palais / Emilie Cambier, krasnaya-zastava.ru We reserve the right to edit submissions. Opinions expressed in articles etc. are (Soviet poster), University of Prince Edward Island, Library and Archives Can- those of the author and not necessarily the CHA. Direct correspondence to: Bulle- ada, Robert Lacombe (Th e Gazette), and University of Toronto (International tin, Canadian Historical Association, 1201-130 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4 Program), Katya MacDonald, Th ehistoryblog.com (shipwreck), Patrimoine Naturel et Urbain de Montréal. Tel.: (613) 233-7885 Fax: (613) 565-5445 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.cha-shc.ca Translation / Traduction : Michel Duquet Production Coordinator / Coordonnateur de production : Michel Duquet Politique éditoriale du Bulletin Layout / Mise en pages : Don McNair Le Bulletin de la SHC est une publication bilingue qui paraît trois fois par année. Advertising Enquiries / Placement de publicités : Michel Duquet Les articles, les notes et les lettres de 800 à 1600 mots, un peu moins si vous avez Information for contributors can be found on our Website at des images, et portant sur des sujets d’intérêt pour les membres, sont les bienve- http://www.cha-sch.ca/english/publ/bulletin/ nus, de préférence accompagnés d’une traduction. Les directives aux contributeurs sont disponibles à http://www.cha-sch.ca/francais/publ/bulletin/ La date de tombée des articles pour le prochain Bulletin est le 15 février 2016. Cover Photograph / En couverture : La rédaction se réserve le droit de réduire les articles qui nous sont soumis. Les opinions exprimées dans les textes sont celles de l’auteur et ne refl ètent pas “Canadian federal election, 1925” wikipedia.org; Red Ensign 1921-1957, wallpaper- nécessairement celles de la SHC. Veuillez acheminer toute correspondance au : swide.com. Bulletin, Société historique du Canada, ISSN 0382-4764 1201-130, rue Albert, Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4 A Word from the President / Mot de Precarious Historians / la présidente Métier d’historien – emploi précaire

Precarious academic labour has recently garnered media L’emploi précaire en milieu universitaire attire récemment l’at- attention, oft en portrayed as a ‘new’ phenomenon, a sign of tention des médias ; il y est souvent dépeint comme étant un a drastically diff erent university in which the unassailable phénomène « nouveau », une indication de la réalité irréfutable des realities of funding cuts have led to a new cohort of chron- compressions budgétaires dans les universités qui ont produit une ically underemployed scholars. A Globe and Mail article, nouvelle cohorte de chercheurs chroniquement sous-employés. Un published Oct 1, largely took for granted the argument that article du Globe and Mail, publié le 1er octobre, accepte en grande permanent jobs, uniting teaching and research, are a thing partie l’idée que les emplois permanents, qui allient l’enseignement of the past, and that undergraduate students may be bet- et la recherche, sont une chose du passé et que les étudiants de pre- ter served by teaching-focused instructors (even though mier cycle peuvent être mieux servis par des enseignants qui ne they have up to twice the workload). Tenured university font qu’enseigner (même si ceux-ci ont une charge de travail qui est professors are supposedly burrowed away in libraries, fréquemment deux fois plus importante). Les professeurs qui ont preoccupied with grants and publications, while contract obtenu leur permanence sont censés être occupés loin dans les bib- and teaching-stream faculty provide the enriched teaching liothèques, préoccupés par leurs subventions et leurs publications, environment students need. We all know this to be a sim- tandis que les professeurs uniquement axés sur l’enseignement et les plistic dichotomy. contractuels off rent un cadre axé sur l’enseignement dont les étudiants ont besoin. Nous savons tous que cela est une dichotomie simpliste. Th e following two days, I attended a conference sponsored by Trent’s union for part-time teachers, “Challenging Aca- Deux jours plus tard, j’ai assisté à un colloque parrainé par le syn- demic Precarity,” at which participants from across Quebec dicat des enseignants à temps partiel de l’Université Trent intitulé and Ontario examined the history, current experiences, « Challenging Academic Precarity » au cours duquel les partici- and possible solutions to precarity in the ‘ivory tower.’ A pants de partout au Québec et en Ontario ont examiné l’histoire, labour historian on the opening panel provided a much- les réalités d’aujourd’hui et les solutions possibles à la précarité needed global and national historical overview: precarious dans la « tour d’ivoire ». Un historien du travail sur le premier panel academic work is not the sudden invention of the last two a donné un bref aperçu historique mondial et national dont on avait decades, nor has it created an entirely separate “class” of grand besoin : l’emploi précaire dans les universités n’est pas une workers. Th e short period of “Fordism” from 1945 to 1975 invention des deux dernières décennies et il n’a pas non plus créé une was more of a historical blip, or exception to longer eco- « classe » totalement distincte de travailleurs. La courte période du nomic and social trends, and the massive expansion of « fordisme » entre 1945 à 1975 a plutôt été une anomalie historique universities in the sixties led to expectations that perma- ou une exception aux tendances économiques et sociales à plus long nent jobs in academe might be the hope for many scholars. terme. L’expansion massive des universités dans les années soixante a plutôt produit des attentes d’emplois permanents parmi les cher- Since the late 1970s, however, this has not been true. cheurs en milieu universitaire. Th ough precarious work is longstanding, we have wit- nessed its acceleration and intensifi cation in universities, Cependant, les choses ont bien changé depuis la fi n des années and its impact on many other areas of employment where 1970. Bien que le travail précaire soit de longue date, nous avons public historians work. As student enrolments increased in été témoins de son accélération et de son intensifi cation dans les universities, full-time faculty appointments did not keep universités et son impact se fait sentir dans de nombreux autres pace. Faced with funding cuts, with a declining amount secteurs d’emploi où les historiens publics œuvrent. L’embauche de of our GDP going to higher education, the administrative professeurs à temps plein n’a pas progressé au même rythme que solution has been in tune with neo-liberal ideas that have l’augmentation du nombre d’élèves inscrits dans les universités. Fais- become thoroughly taken-for-granted as ‘reality.’ Univer- ant face aux coupures de fi nancement alors que la portion de notre sities dealt with the ongoing crisis of more students and PIB consacrée à l’enseignement supérieur va en diminuant, la solu- fewer faculty by sub-dividing and intensifying work, off er- tion administrative concorde avec les idées néo-libérales qui sont ing little security and benefi ts, and of course, lower pay. désormais considérées comme étant une « réalité » qui va de soi. Ironically, universities tell undergraduate students (with Les universités font face à la crise en cours où il y a plus d’étudi- good reason) that a university education will serve them ants et moins de professeurs, en divisant et en intensifi ant le travail, well in the workforce. Yet, we are employing fellow schol- off rant peu de sécurité et d’avantages sociaux et bien sûr, un salaire ars with graduate degrees from the very same institutions inférieur. Ironiquement, les universités disent aux étudiants de pre- to teach at bargain basements salaries. mier cycle (avec raison) que l›enseignement universitaire leur sera très utile dans le monde du travail. Toutefois, nous employons des How does this aff ect us as historians? As a professional collègues diplômés de ces mêmes institutions pour enseigner à des association, the CHA/SHC may not be directly concerned salaires dérisoires.

Canadian Historical Association 1 with our day-to-day workplace lives; those people work- Comment cela aff ecte-t-il les historiens? À titre d’association pro- ing in the broad public sector have faculty associations and fessionnelle, la SHC/CHA n’est pas directement touchée par notre unions that bargain with our employers in matters of ten- quotidien en milieu de travail ; les personnes qui travaillent dans le ure, job security, promotion, work regulation, surveillance, secteur public ont des associations professionnelles et syndicats qui measurement, intensity, and so on. Yet, the professional négocient avec nos employeurs en matière de permanence, sécu- and the labour sides of our lives do intersect. When we rité d’emploi, promotion, réglementation du travail, surveillance, debate what tenure and promotion standards might look mesure du travail, intensité et ainsi de suite. Pourtant, notre vie like for the discipline, when we discuss new methods of professionnelle et notre vie au travail sont interconnectées. Lorsque teaching, when we discuss declining access to research nous débattons de ce en quoi consisteraient les normes en matière funds, we are talking about our work lives. de permanence et de promotion pour notre discipline, lorsque nous discutons de nouvelles méthodes d’enseignement, lorsque nous dis- As a profession, we should discuss what precarious labour cutons de l’accès restreint aux fonds de recherche, nous parlons de means, fi rst and foremost for our colleagues who do it, but nos vies au travail. also for undergraduate education, graduate students, the academy, and the broader sector of public history. Since Nous devrions discuter en quoi consiste le travail précaire pour la many university history/humanities departments currently profession, d’abord pour nos collègues qui sont dans cette situation, face enrolment issues and marginalization within the acad- mais aussi pour les études de premier cycle, les étudiants des cycles emy, more expendable, part-time work may be presented supérieurs, la faculté et le secteur de l’histoire publique dans son as the perfect ‘solution.’ I hope not. At the conference I ensemble. À un moment où de nombreux départements d’histoire heard many ideas fl oated, from one speaker recommend- / de sciences humaines sont présentement confrontés à une diminu- ing an end to tenure, to others urging the “civilization” of tion dans le nombre d’étudiants inscrits et à une marginalisation au precarious work by improving working conditions and sein de leur université, le recours au travail à temps partiel peut sem- remuneration, to those urging a critical engagement with all bler être la « solution » parfaite. J’espère que non. Lors du colloque, levels of power and decision making, from the state down de nombreuses idées ont été avancées, d’un participant qui prônait to faculty unions. Quebec colleagues spoke of ‘consultation de mettre un terme à la permanence, à d’autres qui exhortaient de tables’ where all their unions involved in post-secondary « civiliser » le travail précaire en améliorant les conditions de travail education work came together for discussion and collabo- et la rémunération, en passant par ceux qui préconisaient un engage- ration. Th at seems to me a far more promising avenue than ment critique avec tous les niveaux de pouvoir et de prise de décision, intensifying divisions between insecure and permanent de l’État aux syndicats de professeurs. Les collègues du Québec ont workers, or even throwing in the towel entirely on the fi ght abordé le sujet de « tables de concertation » qui ont été mises sur for permanent jobs, with teaching and research recognized pied où tous leurs syndicats impliqués dans le domaine de l’éducation as mutually necessary, not mutually exclusive. post-secondaire se sont réunis pour conférer et collaborer. Cela me semble une avenue bien plus prometteuse que l’intensifi cation des We need to ask: what are the best possible working condi- divisions entre les travailleurs précaires et permanents, ou même que tions for the production of high quality historical research, d’abandonner la lutte pour les emplois permanents tout en convenant for the engagement of our students with history, for the que l’enseignement et la recherche sont mutuellement essentielles et creation of a future generations of historians, whether they non pas mutuellement exclusives. work in the academy or not? How can the CHA/SHC, as a professional organization, foster a sense of community, Nous devons nous demander : quelles sont les meilleures conditions encourage new ideas, work on common problems in a de travail possibles pour la production de recherche historique de society increasingly characterized by a multi-tier work- qualité supérieure, pour l’engagement de nos étudiants envers l’his- force, and also increasingly preoccupied with creating toire, pour la création de générations futures d’historiens, qu’ils hierarchies, not only between teachers and researchers, travaillent dans le milieu universitaire ou non? Comment la SHC but also between ‘diff erentiated’ institutions and areas of / CHA peut-elle, à titre d’organisation professionnelle, favoriser un work. I heard a good debate, but no defi nitive answers at sentiment de communauté, encourager de nouvelles idées, résoudre the conference. I hope historians will engage in this debate, les problèmes communs dans une société de plus en plus caractérisée rather than accepting academic precarity as an unchange- par une main-d’œuvre à deux vitesses qui est de plus en plus préoc- able reality. cupée par la création de hiérarchies, non seulement entre les enseignants et les chercheurs, mais aussi entre les institutions « dif- Joan Sangster férenciées » et les domaines de travail. Le colloque auquel j’ai assisté President a ouvert le débat mais n’a pas apporté de réponses défi nitives. J’espère Canadian Historical Association que les historiens participeront à ce débat, plutôt que d’accepter l’em- ploi précaire comme étant une réalité immuable.

Joan Sangster Presidente Société historique du Canada

2 Société historique du Canada CHA Secretaries Secrétaires de la SHC « C’est moi qui fus la belle Clio »

n 1945, les combats de la fi n de la Secondede Guerre mondiale et les conséquences dee El’occupation allemande avaient laisséé dans leurs sillages : ruines, désolation et dess millions de morts et de blessés. Pourtant, lor-- Revisiter l’après 1945 permet de sque l’historien porte son regard sur cettee prendre du recul et de jeter un période, il ne peut qu’être frappé par les projets regard spécifi que sur notre époque. portés par les Européens, particulièrement en France, en Italie et en Grande-Bretagne. Mal- Ce qui fut possible en 1945 ne l’est gré le contexte d’après-guerre, les politiciens, plus aujourd’hui. Sans égard à la les intellectuels et les membres de la Résis- richesse générale de nos sociétés tance proposent la création, sur les ruines de la guerre, d’un nouveau modèle de société. Il et à la stabilité politique et sociale suffi t de penser, par exemple, aux dispositions de celles-ci, il n’existe pas, à l’heure politiques et sociales du Programme du Con- actuelle, de projet collectif rassem- seil national de la Résistance (CNR) en France ou du plan Beveridge en Grande-Bretagne. bleur comparable à ce qui exista à En dépit des problèmes de la reconstruction, la fi n des années quarante. Qu’est-ce ces populations exsangues établissent alors qui a changé? les fondations de ce qui sera appelé, quelques années plus tard, l’État-providence.

Naturellement, l’analyse historique observe cette période avec un esprit critique et le recul imposé par l’his- Qu’est-ce qui a changé? Certains diront que les grandes idéol- torien écarte l’image d’Épinal souvent associée à la genèse des ogies ont disparu – en fait elles ont été remplacées – d’autres Trente glorieuses. Ainsi, le regretté Tony Judt nuançait la capacité affi rmeront que la situation économique est diff érente – pourt- de planifi cation sociale des États d’Europe de l’Ouest après 1945. ant, globalement, nos sociétés n’ont jamais été aussi riches. En En fait, il rappelait que leur volonté de rendre leurs sociétés plus fait, c’est le rapport au temps des sociétés qui émerge de l’ob- justes ne résidait pas tant dans la capacité de programmation des servation des projets portés en Europe de l’Ouest en 1945. À ce États, mais dans la nature du contrôle qu’ils exerçaient sur les moment, décideurs, citoyens et citoyennes se percevaient dans moyens politiques et économiques de mise en œuvre de leurs une forme de continuum historique. C’est à la lumière de l’ex- ambitions.1 périence du passé que les projets sociopolitiques émergeant de la Seconde Guerre mondiale sont construits. Les auteurs du plan Pourtant, au-delà des objectifs sociaux et politiques qui domi- Beveridge ou du programme du CNR avaient en mémoire l’ex- nent la période, revisiter l’après 1945 permet de prendre du recul périence de la Grande Guerre, de la crise économique de 1929 et de jeter un regard spécifi que sur notre époque. Ce qui fut pos- et de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les projets qu’ils proposent sible en 1945 ne l’est plus aujourd’hui. Sans égard à la richesse s’inscrivent, dès lors, dans la durée et leur construction intègre générale de nos sociétés et à la stabilité politique et sociale de l’expérience historique des sociétés franco-britanniques. C’est celles-ci, il n’existe pas, à l’heure actuelle, de projet collectif ras- en plaçant leurs ambitions dans le fi l de l’histoire que le plan sembleur comparable à ce qui exista à la fi n des années quarante. Beveridge et le programme du CNR furent en mesure d’identi- fi er et de proposer des réponses aux problèmes sociopolitiques ***** et économiques de leur temps.

1 Tony Judt, Postwar. A History of Europe Since 1945, Londres, Penguin, ***** 2006, p. 76.

(ci-dessus) Programme du Conseil national de la Résistance, Photo (C) La comparaison avec notre époque semble alors cruelle. Face à Paris - Musée de l’Armée, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Emilie Cambier. la montée de l’individualisme et du fractionnement social, nous http://www.photo.rmn.fr/archive/14-551743-2C6NU0AGF8Y5M.html sombrons dans ce que François Hartog appelle « notre incapacité

Canadian Historical Association 3 Chers collègues, chers étudiants, le moment est peut-être venu de saisir les tribunes qui nous sont accessibles pour exposer à nos compatriotes que les véritables projets d’avenir ne se construisent pas dans le « présentisme de ce présent ». Il faut réapprendre collectivement à se situer dans le temps. collective à échapper à ce qu’on nomme couramment désormais Pourtant, les historiens connaissent l’importance des facteurs ‘’court-termisme’’ et […] appeler ‘’présentisme’’ ». C’est-à-dire, contextuels, qui s’inscrivent dans le temps long et leur infl uence « [l]e présent seul : celui de la tyrannie de l’instant et du piétine- sur les sociétés. C’est alors que la fonction sociale de l’histoire ment d’un présent perpétuel ».2 Hartog n’est pas le seul à réfl échir prend son sens. L’histoire apprend à penser le changement. Tel que à la relation qu’entretiennent les sociétés contemporaines au l’exprime si bien François Hartog, « […] une certaine familiarité temps. Jean Chesnaux et le regretté Eric Hobsbawm l’ont égale- avec l’histoire aide à convaincre que le plus proche (dans le temps) ment fait dans les années 1990.3 Sans avoir poussé l’analyse aussi n’est pas forcément le plus explicatif. »6 Conséquemment, il devi- loin que Hartog, Hobsbawm et Chesnaux ont souligné les tra- ent impératif que les historiens reprennent la perspective de Marc vers de sociétés vivant dans un « présent permanent », étant Bloch où « [l]’histoire est un eff ort vers le mieux connaître »7. incapables « d’habiter le temps ». Sans considération pour l’im- Cette perspective relative au portance du rapport social au temps et à l’histoire, qui est celle temps long ou pour la néces- de nos sociétés, explique peut- sité de sortir nos sociétés de être notre incapacité à analyser ce présentisme affl igeant, correctement les problèmes qui les historiens sont bien dis- nous affl igent. Que ce soit les crets sur la place publique. défi s environnementaux, la ges- Peut-être que Charles Péguy tion économique des ressources avait raison lorsqu’il écrivait : des États ou la sécurité interna- « [c]’est moi qui fus la belle tionale, l’absence de tout recul Clio, si adulée. Comme je historique ne permet pas d’éval- triomphais au temps de mes uer la véritable nature de ces jeunes réussites. Puis l’âge situations complexes. vint […] Alors j’essaie de me tromper. Je me livre à des Timothy Snyder, explique aussi travaux […] Moi l’histoire, je les dangers du présentisme : sans trompe le temps. »8 Quelle est recul ou perspective à l’endroit alors la fi nalité de nos ensei- de l’environnement contextuel, gnements, de nos travaux de toute diffi culté qui aff ecte un État recherche, s’ils ne permettent devient une crise.4 Incapables pas de briser cette perspective d’en identifi er les origines ou de présentiste? proposer des solutions élaborées dans le temps, les réponses aux crises perçues deviennent nécessairement urgentes. Dès lors, Chers collègues, chers étudiants, le moment est peut-être venu nous voguons de crise en crise, tel un navire à la dérive. Snyder de saisir les tribunes qui nous sont accessibles pour exposer à nos le rappelait récemment, « [l]a connaissance de l’histoire permet compatriotes que les véritables projets d’avenir ne se construis- d’identifi er les pièges idéologiques et soulève le scepticisme au ent pas dans le « présentisme de ce présent ».9 Il faut réapprendre sujet des demandes pour une action immédiate parce que sou- collectivement à se situer dans le temps. dainement tout a changé. »5 Martin Laberge Sécretaire de la langue française 2 François Hartog, Régimes d’historicité. Présentisme et expérience du temps, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2013 [2003], p. 13. 3 Eric Hobsbawm, Th e Age of Extremes. Th e Short Twentieth Century, 6 François Hartog, Croire en l’histoire, Paris, Flammarion, 2013, p. 248. 1914-1991, Abacus, 1994, p. 3 ; Jean Chesnaux, Habiter le Temps : passé, 7 Marc Bloch, Apologie pour l’histoire, dans Marc Bloch, L’Histoire, la présent, futur. Esquisse d’un dialogue politique, Paris, Bayard, 1996. Guerre, la Résistance, Paris, Gallimard, 2006 [1949], p. 857. 4 Timothy Snyder, « Hitler’s World May Not Be so Far Away », Th e 8 Charles Péguy, Œuvres en prose complètes. Tome III Période des Guardian, mercredi 16 septembre 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/ «Cahiers de la Quinzaine» de la onzième à la quinzième et dernière série world/2015/sep/16/hitlers-world-may-not-be-so-far-away (1909-1914) Paris, Gallimard, coll. de la Pléiade, 1992, p. 998. 5 Snyder, loc. cit. 9 Idem., p. 271.

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Canadian Historical Association 5 CHA Secretaries Secrétaires No, the party with the most seats has not always governed de la SHC

By the time you read this, the results of the federal election will During the election of October 29th, 1925 (ours will have been have been decided. So you already know more than I did when October 19th, 2015, of course) the governing Liberals of Prime I wrote this text. Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King were reduced to 100 seats, while Arthur Meighen’s Conservatives took 115. Th e bal- What I can say, however, is that if no one party emerges with a ance of power rested with the Progressives, with 22 seats, J.S. majority of seats, the post-election period should prove quite the Woodsworth’s left ist Labour Party, with 2 seats, and 6 others and spectacle – not least of all because few Canadians, including our independents.3 politicians, seem to understand how our parliamentary democ- racy is meant to function. ... let’s not forget that good things can happen Indeed, whoever taught Canadian history to Stephen Harper when a multi-partisan majority runs the show and Justin Trudeau must be shaking their heads. In separate – not least of all because it demands consensus interviews with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge in early Septem- ber, the Conservative prime minister and Liberal leader agreed and cooperation. In 1926, under pressure from on something that both know – or ought to know – is patently Labour and the Progressives, the Liberals adopted false. (In his interview with Mansbridge, Tom Mulcair was more Canada’s very fi rst Old Age Pension bill.... the vague on the issue discussed here.) country’s fi rst step toward establishing the social “We don’t, you know, elect a bunch of parties who then, as in some safety net that we all benefi t from today. countries, get together and decide who will govern,” Mr. Harper asserted. “We ask people to make a choice of a government.”1 As the incumbent prime minister, even though he’d lost his own Wrong. seat, it was still King’s job to advise the Crown as to who was best fi t to govern in the new parliament. He successfully persuaded We elect MPs, not governments. Aft er an election, getting a reluctant Governor General Julien Byng that the Liberals were together and determining who ought to govern is precisely what more likely than the Conservatives to command the confi dence the people’s duly elected representatives are supposed to do. of the House of Commons. King pointed out that the Liberals could make Parliament work (i.e. pass legislation) despite having Harper continued: “the party that wins the most seats should fewer seats because the Progressives and Labour were ideolog- form the government.” ically closer to his party than they were to the Conservatives. Indeed, aft er the election results came in, both Labour and the Trudeau seemed to agree, stating “that’s the way it’s always Progressives tacitly signalled their preference for working with been…. Whoever gets the most seats gets the fi rst shot.”2 King instead of Meighen.4 Th e combined total of the parties’ seats amounted to 124, just enough to command the confi dence Not necessarily. of the 245-seat House of Commons.

Here’s where knowing your history is important. On a number of King also argued that having a government supported by a occasions in Canada’s past, parties that did not win the most seats majority of individual MPs (regardless of their party affi liation, have governed, via formal or informal coalitions, most notably favourite colour, or zodiac sign) would be more democratic and at the provincial level (to say nothing of coalitions in other coun- more fair than having a government run by a single party plu- tries that share the Westminster parliamentary system). I’d like rality that represented only a minority of ridings in Canada. As to focus on a key federal example that, rather curiously, almost he put it in his diary at the time: “[it] is the right of the people no one in politics or in the media seemed interested in talking to govern themselves, by whoever their representatives decide.” about during the campai gn. King hoped to “establish a precedent towards that end.”5

3 Ninety years ago, almost to the day, there was another national http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Compilations/ElectionsAndRidings/ election, and the party that won the most seats did not – I repeat, ResultsProvince.aspx. Some sources give 116 to the Conservatives and 99 to the Liberals. See, for instance, http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/ did not – form the government. Compilations/ElectionsAndRidings/ResultsParty.aspx. 4 See WLMK Diaries, entries for 30 October 1925 to 4 November 1 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2105-full-text-of- 1925 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/politics-government/ peter-mansbridge-s-interview-with-stephen-harper-1.3218399. prime-ministers/william-lyon-mackenzie-king/Pages/diaries-wil- 2 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-jus- liam-lyon-mackenzie-king.aspx). tin-trudeau-interview-peter-mansbridge-full-transcript-1.3219779. 5 WLMK Diaries, 2 November and 4 November 1925.

6 Société historique du Canada Federal Election Results, October 29, 1925 Conservatives 115 Liberals 100 Progressives 22 Labour 2 United Farmers of Alberta 2 Independent 4 W.L. Mackenzie King

A. Meighen Total: 245 Majority: 124 Sure, it was a politically convenient argument for King to make, Bloc Québécois.8 Canadians, however, risk losing everything. but he was right. Th e Liberals’ Progressive/Labour-supported gov- By accepting that multi-partisan governments are somehow ernment lasted for over half a year. Aft er that, Byng gave Meighen’s undemocratic or unprecedented, we undermine our democracy Conservatives a shot at forming a government. It lasted three and severely handicap our political system’s ability to function. days.6 Having a multi-partisan majority of MPs govern, it turned out, was not only more democratic, but also more functional than And let’s not forget that good things can happen when a the single-party minority government that replaced it. multi-partisan majority runs the show – not least of all because it demands consensus and cooperation. In 1926, under pres- Moreover, the informal Liberal/Progressive/Labour coalition (to sure from Labour and the Progressives, the Liberals adopted use the term loosely) of 1925-1926 established a precedent that, Canada’s very fi rst Old Age Pension bill. It was quashed by the for some reason, neither today’s Liberals nor the NDP decided Conservative-dominated Senate at the time, but it set the stage to invoke in any meaningful way during the 2015 campaign. for an identical bill that would be adopted by parliament a year Th is was in spite of the fact that both the Liberals’ and the NDP’s later.9 It marked the country’s fi rst step toward establishing the predecessors were involved in creating that informal coalition, social safety net that we all benefi t from today. exactly ninety years ago.7 Perhaps they were too afraid of Stephen Harper’s wrath, the success of the 2008 anti-coalition rhetoric, When politicians make erroneous claims about the past – like or of what the public might think aft er years of being fed mis- asserting that only the party with the most seats can govern and information on how parliamentary democracy is supposed to that anything else would be undemocratic, unconstitutional, work. Invoking the 1925 precedent could have helped the public unprecedented, or inherently dysfunctional – as historians we to better understand the constitutional legitimacy of replacing a have a responsibility to challenge those claims, and to help better minority government with a formal or informal majority coali- inform the broader public. Like so many Canadians, Mr. Harper, tion. It could have helped in 2008. Will it be invoked in 2015? Mr. Mulcair and Mr. Trudeau could also benefi t from a history lesson or two. Which brings me back to Harper’s spurious claim that only the party with the most seats should govern. By making this irre- Robert Talbot sponsible argument, he has attempted to de-legitimize coalitions English Language Secretary altogether. Th e argument cost him nothing, of course, because Email: [email protected] his party has no natural coalition partner, except, perhaps, the Twitter: @Saskatoba

6 Th is whole episode is known, of course, as the King-Byng aff air, or the “King-Byng thing.” In June 1926, King’s government was about to fall 8 Consider, for instance, the unoffi cial alliances that Quebec nationalistes due to a bribery scandal. Instead of facing the humiliation of losing on forged with Anglo-Canadian Conservative leaders over the years, like a vote non-confi dence, King wanted Byng to dissolve parliament and Robert Borden in 1911, John Diefenbaker in 1958, and Brian Mulroney trigger another election. When Byng refused, the Liberals resigned from in 1984. Aft er the 2004 election, Stephen Harper suggested replacing Paul government and Byng appointed Meighen. See Eugene Forsey, Th e Royal Martin’s Liberal minority with a Bloc Québécois-supported Conservative Power of Dissolution of Parliament in the British Commonwealth (Toronto: government, and following the 2006 election he used Bloc Québécois Oxford University Press, 1968), pp.249-250. Constitutional and political support to pass his government’s fi rst few budget bills. More recently, scholars’ fascination with this event has, I think, served to overshadow the during the fall 2015 election, the Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois 1925 election and the informal coalition that governed during 1925-1926. teamed up to invoke the politics of race to their shared advantage. 7 Labour was more or less folded into the Cooperative Commonwealth 9 See WLMK Diaries, 9 January 1926; and Canadian Museum of His- Federation, which was created in 1932 and led by the former Labour tory, “Our First Old age Pension, 1915-1927,” p.12 (http://www.history- leader, J.S. Woodsworth. Th e CCF transformed into the NDP in 1961. museum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/pensions/1915-1927_e.pdf).

Canadian Historical Association 7 CHA Office Bureau News from 130 Albert de la SHC Nouvelles du 130, rue Albert

L’année 2015 a été une excellente année pour les historiens qui 2015 has been an exciting year for historians with numerous ont assisté à plusieurs activités en nombre record. En premier conferences and other activities attracting record numbers lieu, pas moins de 607 congressistes sont venus à la réunion of participants. First, the CHA Annual Meeting in Ottawa annuelle de la SHC à Ottawa cette année, fracassant ainsi le attracted no less than 607 participants easily surpassing the 499 record de participants de 499 qui avait été établi à la réunion who attended the event at Concordia in 2010. Th is year’s theme, annuelle à Concordia en 2010. Le thème de cette année « Rep- “Rethinking Interdisciplinarity in History” resonated with a enser l’interdisciplinarité en histoire » a trouvé un écho chez large number of historians who could choose from 129 sessions plusieurs historiens qui pouvaient choisir parmi 129 sessions à at the CHA annual gathering. l’évènement annuel de la SHC. Similarly, the 22nd International Congress of Historical Sciences De même, le 22e Congrès international des sciences historiques that was held in Jinan, China at the end of August also broke its qui a eu lieu à Jinan en Chine à la fi n août a également battu record attendance of 1,500 participants that had been reached un record pour le nombre de congressistes de 1 500 partici- when the congress was held in Montreal in 1995. 2,686 histori- pants qui avaient été atteint à Montréal en 1995. 2 686 historiens ans from all over the world attended the quinquennial congress venus du monde entier ont assisté au congrès quinquennal qui that took place in Asia for the very fi rst time. I had the pleasure avait lieu en Asie pour la toute première fois. J’ai eu le plaisir of being there, together with Catherine Carstairs, CHA liaison d’y être, tout comme Catherine Carstairs, la représentante de (whose mandate ended at the close of this year’s congress) with la SHC (dont le mandat a pris fi n à l’issue du congrès de cette the Committee of International Historical Sciences (CISH), and année) auprès du Comité international de sciences historiques voted at the two AGMs that are organised during this week-long (CISH). J’ai pris part au vote lors des deux assemblées générales event. I also attended some of the 153 sessions that made up the annuelles qui sont organisées au cours de cet évènement d’une program. Canada was well represented there with 59 registra- durée d’une semaine. J’ai également assisté à certaines des 153 tions. Th ree cities bid to host the 23rd congress in 2020 – Athens, sessions du programme. Le Canada était bien représenté avec Greece; Tempere, Finland; and Poznan, Poland. Poznan was the 59 inscriptions. Trois villes étaient candidates pour accueillir le choice of the vast majority of the 54 delegates. We hope to see 23e Congrès en 2020 - Athènes, Grèce ; Tempere, Finlande ; et a large contingent of Canadian historians in Poland in 2020. In Poznan, Pologne. Poznan a été le choix de la grande majorité this regard, the new CHA representative with CISH, Laurence des 54 délégués. Nous espérons qu’il y aura un important con- Monnais (Université de Montréal) will be sending out a call for tingent d’historiens canadiens en Pologne en 2020. À cet égard, paper in anticipation of the next congress, sometime in 2018. la nouvelle représentante de la SHC auprès du CISH, Laurence Monnais (Université de Montréal) enverra un appel à communi- Finally, the Governor General’s History Awards, which are the cations en 2018 en prévision du prochain congrès. top honours in the fi eld of history and heritage, took place on October 16 at Rideau Hall. Th e event celebrates the very best in Enfi n, les Prix d’histoire du Gouverneur général, qui récom- Canadian achievements related to history and grows in popular- pensent les meilleures initiatives en lien avec l’histoire et le ity every year. Th e awards presented by the Governor General patrimoine, a eu lieu à Rideau Hall le 16 octobre. L’événement include - Popular Media, Teaching, Community Programming, gagne en popularité chaque année. Les prix décernés par le Museum Exhibits and scholarly research. Th e latter is given to gouverneur général comprennent – les médias populaires, l’en- the Sir John A. Macdonald prize winner every year. Th is year’s seignement, la programmation communautaire, les expositions laureate, Jean Barman was present to accept the prize for her muséales et la recherche savante. Ce dernier prix est remis au book French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the lauréat du prix Sir-John-A.-Macdonald chaque année. La lau- Making of the Pacifi c Northwest. réate de cette année, Jean Barman était présente pour accepter le prix pour son livre French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous I think you will agree that history is as relevant as ever. Women in the Making of the Pacifi c Northwest. Michel Duquet Je pense que vous serez d’accord pour dire que l’histoire est plus Executive Director pertinente que jamais.

Michel Duquet Directeur général

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www.utpjournals.press Canadian Historical Association 9 News from the Field History Departments and Cultural Institutions Nouvelles du milieu Départements d’histoire et institutions culturelles

Algoma University University of Calgary Teaching Award for Educational Leader- ship (Informal Role). Hendrik Kraay’s Days of National Festivity Robert Rutherdale is the Chair of the in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, 1823-1889 received the Warren Dean Department. Th e history program at Algoma Memorial Prize from the Conference on Latin American His- University continues to develop new course tory. Donald B. Smith’s Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices off erings to meet student demands in var- from Nineteenth-Century Canada won the Floyd S. Chalmers ious areas: a new stream in public history Award. Amelia Kiddle won a Killam Emerging Research Leader has been introduced this year, with courses that familiarise Award. George Colpitts and Hendrik Kraay both won SSHRC students both with the varieties of public history and provide Insight Grants. Elizabeth Jameson is president of the Western opportunities for fi eld work experiences. New course off erings Historical Association. include an upper year course on Crime, the State, and Society in Early Modern England and a senior seminar on Historical Camosun College Memory and Social History. Students opting to complete an Honours Th esis rose sharply this year. As the Hayes-Jenkinson Susan Johnston is the Chair of the lecturer in 2015, Ian Mosby delivered a public talk on nutritional department. Th ere has been no experiments conducted in Indian Residential schools, which was change in the number of historians employed. Chris Morier was attended by many residential school survivors. Warren Johnston hired as a 75% continuing instructor to replace partially replace is departmental chair. No change has taken place in our faculty Larry Hannant and Clarence Bolt who hold post-retirement complement, but a tenure-track appointment is anticipated. contracts. Retirements: We anticipate Larry Hannant to fully retire in August 2016. Brock University Capilano University Daniel Samson is the Chair of the depart- ment. We have lost one historian in the last Cheryl Schreader is the Chair of the year when Kevin Kee was appointed Dean department. Th ere has been a decrease of Arts at University of Ottawa. We welcome from three full-time and two part- two new post-docs: Tim Compeau (Atlantic time to two full-time and one part-time historians employed world and DH working with Kevin Kee and in the department in the last 12 months. Towser Jones retired Mark Spencer) and Jaipreet Virdi-Dhesi (Science, technology, aft er nearly thirty years distinguished service in the depart- and hearing, working with Elizabeth Neswald) ment. Derek Murray was hired to teach Canadian, world, and American history. We are a small department off ering history University of Calgary courses primarily as electives for students in other programs at Capilano. Many of our students are enrolled in Capilano’s new Hendrik Kraay is the Chair of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies degree program. Some go on the department. Th e number to complete an Associate of Arts degree in Global Stewardship of historians has shrunk. In 2014-15, we hired Timothy J. Sta- and others take history courses as pre-requisites for teaching at pleton (who will join the department in January 2016). George the primary and secondary levels. Colpitts was promoted to the rank of professor. Holger Herwig retired on 30 June 2015 and R. Douglas Francis retired on 31 Concordia University August 2015. We were saddened by the death of Donovan Wil- liams (12 August 2015). Leaves for 2015-16 include John Ferris Nora Jaff ra is the Chair of the (fall and winter); Lyndsay Campbell, Amelia Kiddle, and Ken department. Th ere has been a MacMillan (fall 2015); and Heather Devine (winter 2016). Frank slight decrease in the number of historians employed, one fac- Towers is the Mary Ball Washington Professor of American His- ulty member has left the profession. In the past twelve months, tory at University College Dublin for 2015-16. Jewel Spangler is several colleagues were on sabbatical leave; two were on parental a fellow at University College Dublin’s Humanities Institute for leave. One professor Emeritus died – Dr. Alan Adamson. 2015-16. Department members received the following awards: David Bercuson and Holger Herwig’s Long Night of the Tank- September 2014: Affi liate Assistant Professor Stacey Zembrzycki ers: Hitler’s War against Caribbean Oil won the John Lyman has just received some excellent news. Th e book that she and Book Award from the North American Society for Oceanic His- former Concordia post-doctoral student Anna Sheft el co-edited, tory. George Colpitts won a Faculty of Arts Research Award in Oral History Off the Record has won the Oral History Associa- the category of established scholar. Ken MacMillan received a tion’s 2014 Book Award. September 2014: Professor Steven High

10 Société historique du Canada was named a Fellow of the “College of New Scholars, Artists and Kings University College at the Scientists” in the Royal Society of Canada. October 2014: Profes- University of Western Ontario sor Ron Rudin, Philip Lichti (associate director at COHDS) and Archinodes (web design fi rm) were fi nalists for Le Prix d’his- Alison Meek is the Chair of the depart- toire du Gouverneur général pour l’excellence des programmes ment. Dr. Patrick Ryan, Dept. of History communautaires for the website they created for: Returning the at King’s University College, has been elected President of Th e Voices to Kocuhibouguac National Park / Le retour des voix au Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) for the parc national Kouchibouguac. June 2015: Th e Canadian Histor- 2017-19 term. SHCY is the world’s largest organization ded- ical Association awarded Steven High’s most recent monograph, icated to the critical, historical study of childhood and youth. Oral History at the Crossroads: Sharing Life Stories of Survival It is based on an affi liate network (H-Childhood) with over and Displacement (UBC Press, 2014) with the Clio-Québec 1,700 scholars world-wide, and publishes a peer-reviewed jour- Prize for the best book published on Quebec History. Septem- nal through Johns Hopkins University Press, the Journal of the ber 2015: Affi liate Assistant Professor Stacey Zembrzycki’s book, History of Childhood and Youth. SHCY holds conferences of According to Baba, has been shortlisted for the Kobzar Literary between 220-250 papers biennially. It draws scholars from all Award. continents and has met in the U.S., Sweden, the UK, and Can- ada. Upcoming events include the Annual graduate students’ History in the Making Conference - March 2015. Ongoing workshops Lakehead University and guest speakers series at our affi liated research centres: the Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling: http://story- Michel Beaulieu is the telling.concordia.ca/news-and-events/events And the Center Chair of the department. Th e Department of History at Lake- for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aft ermath of head University turns 50 this year and has been very active Violence: http://cerev.concordia.ca/programme/lectures-events. during the university’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations. With the recent hiring of Dr. Steven Jobbitt (tenure-track Eastern Europe), University of Guelph the department has 4 full-time faculty members at Lakehead’s Th under Bay Campus and two joint-appointments with the Catherine Carstairs is the Chair Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at our Orillia Campus. of the department. Th e number Total full-time faculty compliment is down by 5 positions since of historians employed at the department has remained the same 2012. Our dedicated and valiant cohort of Contract Lecturers in the last year. Kevin James and Alan Gordon were both pro- continues to assist in ensuring our programs thrive during these moted to Full Professor. Kevin James was awarded the College of tumultuous times. Undergraduate numbers, despite declines in Arts Teaching Excellence Award. Karen Racine was awarded the education resulting from provincial changes, are relatively sta- UGFA Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teach- ble. Graduate program numbers have climbed approximately ing in the College of Arts. Catharine Wilson was awarded the 45% since 2012. Recent books by faculty include Ernest R. Zim- 2014 Canadian Historical Review Article Award from the Cana- mermann, Michel S. Beaulieu, and David Ratz’s Little Third dian Historical Association and Susan Nance was nominated for Reich on Lake Superior: A History of Canadian Internment the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize. Graduate Student Sarah Shrop- Camp ‘R’ (University of Alberta Press) and Pallavi Das’ Colo- shire was awarded the Jean-Marie Fecteau Prize and another nialism, Development, and the Environment: Railways and graduate student, Alice Glaze was given the Women’s History Deforestation in British India (Palgrave Macmillan). Professor Scotland Leah Leneman Essay Prize 2014. Emeritus Min-sun Chen received an honorary life-time mem- bership to the American Historical Association in recognition Th e fi rst Cassidy-Reid lecture in American History will be held of his 50 years of continual membership. On the 4 October, the October 6th and will feature Shauna Devine, Western Univer- department honoured John Potestio and Carlana Lindeman sity speaking on “Making Medicine Scientifi c: Th e Civil War with Alumni Honour Awards and recognized the Th under Bay and American Medicine. We will also be hosting the Artifacts Public Library (TBPL) and Jesse Roberts, Head of Reference in Agraria Conference in October, 2015. Th e Tri-University Services at TBPL, with Community Partnership Awards as part Conference will be held at Guelph in March, 2016. Th e Scottish of Home Coming Weekend and 50th Anniversary Celebrations. Studies Fall Colloquium was held September 26th, 2015. On 14 November we will be hold our 4th Annual Military Sym- posium which will feature Dr. Jack Granatstein as the keynote. John Abbott College Université Laval James Vanstone is the Chair of the depart- Michel Fortin est le directeur ment. Th e number of historians employed at the department has du département. Il y a eu une remained the same in the last year. Our Canadian History sec- légère diminution d’historiens tions are fully subscribed each semester. employés au département dans les douze derniers mois. Aline Charles s’est méritée le Prix Hilda Neatby 2015 de la Société

Canadian Historical Association 11 historique du Canada en histoire des femmes et du genre pour “Lines of Identity: Middle Eastern Diaspora Communities in son article intitulé «Femmes âgées, pauvres et sans droit de North America”, will be held in December 2015 and the History vote, mais… citoyennes ? Lettres au premier ministre du Qué- Department Jackson Lecture with speaker, Laura Madokoro, bec, 1935-1936 (Recherches féministes, Volume 26, numéro 2, McGill University will take place in January 2016. 2013). À l’automne 2015, Jocelyn Létourneau sera chercheur associé à l’Institut d’éducation de University College London. Finally, the department is undergoing a joint Undergraduate and Il travaillera notamment avec Arthur Chapman et Stuart Fos- Graduate Program review. ter. Il sera responsable de l’édition, avec Arthur Chapman, d’un numéro spéciale de la London Review of Education sur le thème McMaster University « Negotiating the Nation : Young People, National Narratives and History Education » (http://ioepress.co.uk/ioe-content/ Pamela Swett is Chair of the uploads/2014/03/LRE-Call-for-Papers-Negotiating-the-Nation. department. Th ere has been a pdf). Le 10 septembre dernier, avait lieu le lancement de la phase decrease of 4 faculty members 2 de l’application mobile «Découvrir Québec», dont la majorité in the past year. Th ere were four des contenus ont été créés par la Chaire de recherche du Canada retirements this year: Dr. H.V. Nelles, Wilson Professor - 30 June en patrimoine ethnologique de l’Université Laval, dirigée par 2015; Dr. B. Kaczynski, Professor - 30 June 2015; Dr. V. Aksan, Laurier Turgeon, à la suite d’un mandat accordé par la Ville de Professor - 30 June 2015; Dr. E.W. Haley, Associate Professor - 30 Québec. Depuis son lancement en septembre 2013, Découvrir June 2015. Th ere also were new Hirings: Dr. Ian McKay, Wilson Québec a remporté plusieurs prix et nominations, dont le prix Professor - 1 January 2016 http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/article/ Visionnary au Summit Emmerging Media Awards 2013 et le new-wilson-chair-in-canadian-history-says-its-time-for-histo- titre de fi naliste aux Prix Numix 2014, OCTAS 2014, Museums rians-to-join-public-dialogue/; Dr. Philip Van Huizen, Assistant and the Web 2015. À ce jour, l’application a été téléchargée plus Professor, Wilson Institute for Canadian History, 1 July 2015 - de 22 500 fois, en plus des quelque 23 000 visionnements sur le 30 June 2017; Dr. Asa McKercher, Assistant Professor, Wilson YouTube QuebecVille. Institute for Canadian History, 1 July 2015- 30 June 2017 and appointments: Dr. John C. Weaver, Acting Wilson Professor, 1 MacEwan Institution July - 31 December 2015; Dr. Pamela Swett, Acting Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Humanities, 1 Michael Carroll is the His- August - 31 December 2015; Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh - Acting Asso- tory Coordinator and Ed ciate Vice-President, Research, 1 July 2015 - 30 June 2016 as well Lorkovic is the Chair of as promotions: Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh, Professor; Dr. Pamela Swett, the humanities department. Th ere has been an increase in the Professor; Dr. Juanita Debarros, Professor. Finally, here are the number of historians employed in the last twelve months. Kelly leaves for the upcoming year: Dr. Michael Gauvreau, fall 2015; Summers has joined the humanities department as an intellec- Dr. Juanita Debarros, Fall 2015; Dr. Jaeyoon Song, 2015-2016; Dr. tual and cultural historian of modern Europe. Ruth Frager, Fall 2015 and Dr. Stephen Heathorn, Winter 2016.

University of Manitoba Dr. Peter Holquist, Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, gave a public lecture on September 24 entitled: “A Genealogy Tina Chen is the Chair of the of the Concept of `Crimes Against Humanity’: 1868-1945”. We Department. Th ere has been also held a Research Symposium in honour of Dr. H.V. Nelles’ a decrease in the number of retirement on 16 October 2015. historians employed in the past year. Th ere was one retirement in the last year - Ravi Vaithees while David Churchill, Esyllt Memorial University of Jones, and Tom Nesmith were promoted to professors. Newfoundland

David Churchill received the Faculty of Arts Outstanding Profes- Terry Bishop Stirling is the sor Award; George Buri received the Faculty of Arts Excellence Chair of the department. Th e in Teaching, Sessional category award; David Churchill received number of historians employed at a University of Manitoba creative research grant for the Box Gal- the department has remained the lery Urban Art Initiative Project; G. Bak received a UM/SSHRC same in the last year. In 2013-14 we lost three faculty members: Research Grant for his research on “History of Computing in Man- 2 left or other positions and 1 retired. In 2014-15 we hired three itoba”; Ravi Vaithees received a one-year UM/SSHRC Research new faculty in tenure track positions. New Hires Dr.Jonothan Grant for his project “Making ‘religion in colonial south India and Clapperton (Aboriginal History); Dr. Justin Fantauzzo (Global J. Nállim received a UM/SSHRC Travel Grant to attend the Latin History); Dr. Michael Kirkpatrick (Global History). Expected American Studies Association International Conference. retirement, January, 2016: Professor Lewis Fischer (Maritime and American History). Promotion tenured and promoted to Th e Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in the Modern History of the Associate Professor: Dr. Neil Kennedy and Dr. Kurt Korneski. Middle East and North Africa Speakers Series workshop on Th ere are no anticipated hires this year.

12 Société historique du Canada Université de Montréal Students in the program continue to be active as well, publish- ing yet another volume of the Mount Royal Undergraduate Jacques Y. Perreault est le direc- Humanities Review, a peer-reviewed online journal that show- teur du département. Nous avons 2 nouveaux professeurs à cases the work of undergraduate students, and overseeing the engager pour juin 2016. Student Historical Society, one of the most popular student clubs on campus. Mount Royal University Nipissing University Dr. Jennifer Pettit, Chair of the Department at Mount Royal Uni- James Murton is the Chair of the department. versity (MRU), is pleased to report We have lost two members and gained one for that the history program at MRU is an overall loss of one department member. thriving. In the next year the department anticipates hiring at Dr. Kirsten Greer was hired as the Canada least one tenure track position in the area of Indigenous history/ Research Chair in Environmental Histories Studies. Th e number of history majors is holding steady and it and Geographies (cross-appointment with is hoped that some changes at the university that will allocate a the Department of Geography). Dr. Steve Muhlberger retired. guaranteed number of seats will increase the number of majors. One department member was laid off due to budget cuts. Hilary Currently demand exceeds space in the program. Earl was named Scholar-in-Residence for Holocaust Education Week at the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Two events that are of interest are the upcoming Historians Centre, Toronto. Teaching History conference and the Foothills Colloquium in Undergraduate History, both of which will be hosted by MRU Dr. Paul Finkelman of Albany Law School will deliver the 2nd in the Spring of 2016. Th e Historians Teaching History confer- annual Anne Clendinning Memorial Lecture, on the topic of ence will take place on May 28, 2016 at MRU (one day prior to “John Anderson: Canada’s Last Fugitive Slave Case and a Crisis the start of the Canadian Historical Association Meeting at Con- in U.S.-Canadian Diplomacy.” Th e Department of History estab- gress). Th e conference builds upon the success of the teaching lished the Clendinning Lecture in 2015 to celebrate and honour university history sessions hosted by MRU at Congress, 2013. the memory of our outstanding colleague, teacher and scholar of Th e Foothills Colloquium which takes place May 2 and 3, 2016, Victorian Britain, Anne Clendinning. provides a venue for undergraduate students in history from across Canada to present their research. On September 30th, Dr. Katrina Srigley spoke at an Aboriginal Research Ethics Symposium at Wilfrid Laurier University with In addition to the two aforementioned conferences, a number Dr. Marlene Brant Castellano. See: https://www.facebook.com/ of initiatives related to a new Indigenization plan for the uni- wlu.aboriginal.waterloo/photos/a. 271994582823945.63912. versity are underway. Th e Indigenization plan aff ects all aspects 269011559788914/962535443769852. Brian Th orn’s book Left of the university, from curriculum and research to student sup- to Right: Maternalism and Women’s Political Activism in Can- port. Central to the plan is making connections and educating ada will be published on 1 June 2016 by UBC Press. Hilary faculty and students. As a result, MRU has formed a partnership Earl will speak on the early release of prisoners convicted at the with the Iiniistsi Arts Society to host events such as Redx Talks, Nuremberg trials, and on the reintegration of Nazi war criminals a speaker series that expresses and embodies Indigenous world into German society, as part of Holocaust Education Week at views. MRU was also a sponsor of the documentary Elder in the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, the Making which premiered at the 2015 Calgary International Toronto. Film Festival. University of Prince Edward Initiatives that involve experiential learning continue to fl our- Island ish, including placing students in internship positions at local heritage institutions such as the Military Museums of Calgary Sharon Myers is the Acting and Heritage Park. In addition, fi eld schools and travel study Chair of the department. A term courses continue to be popular. Th is year historians led students position in Canadian History was discontinued for the 2015- on a trip to the United States for a travel study course that exam- 1016 term. Dr. G. Edward MacDonald received the Lieutenant ined the history of slavery and civil rights. Th e Treaty 7 fi eld Governor’s Award, Heritage Canada - Th e National Trust, for course hosted by MRU also continues to attract a large number 2014. of students. Th e class collaborates with local Indigenous nations to learn about the people, history and cultures of the Treaty 7 University of Regina area. Upon their return the students participate in a number of service learning activities. Next spring MRU is partnering Roman Blake is the Chair with Wilfrid Laurier University to off er a WWI battlefi eld travel of the department. We have course. increased the number of historians by one, but another retires at

Canadian Historical Association 13 the end of 2015. Dr. Donica Belisle (PHD, Trent) has been hired Medical History) became co-editor of the Canadian Bulletin of as Assistant Professor. Dr. Stephen Kenny will retire at the end Medical History. of 2015. Dr. Robin Ganve is on leave. Dr. Ian Germani is on sab- batical leave. Dr. James Pitsula, who retired in 2014, was made Université de Sherbrooke Professor Emertius. Dr. Katrina Rose Ackerman (PhD Water- loo) will join the Department as SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow Léon Robichaud est le in 2016. directeur du département. De notre côté, il n’y a rien à ajouter. Aucune embauche, aucune retraite. Aucun prix pour des publi- Th e Department recently concluded its Centenary Refl ections cations, bien qu’il y ait eu des nominations. lecture series commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War “1914: A Turning Point in History and Simon Fraser University Culture”, spearheaded by Dr. Ian Germani. Plans are underway for a series of events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Jennifer M. Spear is the Chair of the Canada’s Confederation. Raymond B. Blake published his 15th department. Th e number of histori- and most recent book, Lions or Jellyϔish. Newfoundland-Ot- ans employed at the department has tawa Relations since 1957, in August 2015, with the University remained the same in the last year (one retirement, one hire). of Toronto Press. Jack Little retired and Sarah Walshaw joined the department as Senior Lecturer in African history. Paul Garfi nkel was promoted Ryerson University to Associate Professor and Elise Chenier was promoted to Pro- fessor. Catherine Ellis is Chair of the department. Th e number of his- Nicolas Kenny’s The Feel of the City: Experiences of Urban torians employed at the department increased from 17 to 18 Transformation (Toronto) was shortlisted for the Sir John A. tenure-stream faculty. We are currently searching for a new MacDonald Prize. Jeremy Brown just completed a sabbatical tenure-stream Assistant Professor in Urban History (open year funded by the Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in time-period; any geographical area other than Canada and China Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship. USA). Th e closing date for applications was 15 October 2015. Dr. Ronald Stagg was awarded the Ontario History Society’s Th e History Department is celebrating SFU’s 50th anniversary Cruikshank Medal (2014). with a lecture series entitled “1965: Refl ections on 50 Years of History,” featuring talks by noted writer and fi lmmaker Tariq Saint Mary’s University Ali, Professor emeritus Hugh Johnston, Professor Hilmar Pabel, and Senior Lecturer Sarah Walshaw. Kirrily Freeman is the Chair of the department. Th e number of histo- University of Toronto rians employed at the department has remained the same in the last year. Dr. James Morrison is Nicholas Terpstra is the Chair of on leave, Dr. Michael Vance and Dr. Xiaoping Sun are on sab- the Department. Appointments batical while Dr. Lyndan Warner and Dr. Tim Stretton are on made include: Brian Jacobson (University of South California): half sabbatical for the winter term. Dr. Xiaoping Sun received a Film and Media History; Brian Gettler (Université du Québec SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Dr. Carl Dery has 4-month à Montréal): Canadian History; Anup Grewal (University of appointment, starting this fall. Chicago): Gender in East Asia. Alison Smith is promoted to Pro- fessor, and Li Chen is promoted to Associate. We are saddened University of Saskatchewan by the passing of two faculty members: Ann Provost Robson, who taught British History from 1967 to 1997, and David Higgs, Jim Handy is the Chair of who taught the history of France and Portugal from 1964 to the department. Th e num- 2004. ber of historians employed at the department has increased by two. Newly hired: beginning July 1, 2015-- Benjamin Hoy (US Margaret MacMillan and David Wilson are elected Fellows of Aborginal History), Maurice Labelle, (Middle East), beginning the Royal Society of Canada. James Retallack wins both a Kil- Jan. 1, 2016--Matthew Neufeld (Early Modern British Imperial lam Research Fellowship and a J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship. History) Resignations: Lisa Smith (Early Modern Europe). Jim Jeff rey Pilcher wins a Connaught Cross-Divisional/Cross-Cul- Handy received 2015 Distinguished Fellow award from Cana- tural Award. Joseph Goering wins the 2015 Medieval Academy’s dian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching. Eric Jennings is named July 2015. Distinguished Professor in the History of France and the Fran- cophonie. In the most recent SSHRC competition, Doris Bergen, Th e department is searching for Western Canadian Historian Heidi Bohaker, Alison Smith and Nicholas Terpstra won Insight (anticipate appointment for July 1, 2016) Erika Dyck (CRC in grants, while Th omas Lahusen and Luis van Isschot won SSHRC

14 Société historique du Canada Connection grants. In 2014-2015, faculty authored and edited Marriage in Early America by Rachel Cleves won many awards: twelve new books. Nicholas Terpstra’s Cultures for Charity Stonewall Honor Book of the American Library Association, won both the Gordan Book Prize from Renaissance Studies of Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Studies, Win- America and the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian ner of the Best Biography Prize from the Society for Historians History from the American Historical Association. of the Early American Republic, New England Society Book Awards Finalist, and Finalist for the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize Th e department is currently undertaking a search in Inter- of the Canadian Historical Association. national Relations: Modern Global Security, along with two cross-appointed positions with the Women’s and Gender Studies We have three visiting scholars this year: Zhijun Li and Yan Wu Institute (Gender and Transnational History) and the Centre for from Chinaas well as Jack Th omas from Toulouse France. Spe- Medieval Studies (Medieval History/ Latin Languages). Enroll- cial events include: - Khaled Fahmy - Lansdowne Lecturer in ments rose from 2033 to 2062 with continuing strength in the March 2016; Kate Brown - Distinguished Women Scholar in Specialist Program. Major-level Course enrollment declined October 2015; a Pro-D event for Social Studies teachers, as well slightly, and is currently slightly under 5000. as a History fair for high school students.

University of Toronto, More news: Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History Scarborough launched a new mystery on the Franklin expedition; Zhongping Chen is working on a new project called the Chinese Legacy Donna R Gabaccia is the Chair Initiative and 2015 was the 40th anniversary of our annual Qual- of the department. She is serving icum History Conference - organized by Jill Walshaw. We will as Interim Chair of HCS for 2015-2016.We decreased in size by continue to run our Café Historique events. Once a month we one historian. Anup Grewal was hired - Chinese History, Global host an event where community members come to hear a talk Asian Studies, Women Studies while Li Chen and Atiqa Hachimi and discuss new ideas about how the past has shaped our pres- were promoted to Associate Professors. Daniel Bender received a ent and future, as well as to drink, eat, converse, meet friends, Canada Research Chair, tier 1 and Natalie Rothman is a member and have an evening to remember. Elizabeth Vibert is working of the inaugural cohort of the Royal Society of Canada’s Col- on a fi lm called Grannies Grow the World - a documentary that lege of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. Our post-doctoral will tell the inspiring stories of older women innovating for food fellows and Research Associates are: Camille Begin, Vanessa security in South Africa and John Price is working on a new Oliveira, Elizabeth Zanoni. project called Asian Canadians on Vancouver Island: Race, Indi- geneity and the Transpacifi c. See UTSC website for details on upcoming events: https://www. utsc.utoronto.ca/hcs/welcome Interactions Seminar (4 interdis- University of Waterloo ciplinary workshops and lectures on Oral History) Connaught Seminar, “City Food” (5-6 workshops and seminars, ann nini- Gary Bruce is the Chair of the tiative of the new Culinaria Research Centre) ASFS (Association department. Th e number of histori- for the Study of Food and Society) Conference to be held at ans employed at the department has UTSC, June 2016. Tamil World Initiative, lecture by Sid Maun- remained the same in the last year. Ian agru, Nov 23, 2015. Milligan is on sabbatical in fall 2015. Bruce Muirhead and Dan Gorman are on sabbatical in fall 2015 and winter 2016 while University of Victoria Susan Roy is on sabbatical in winter 2016. Ian Milligan’s book ‘Rebel Youth’ was shortlisted for 2015 Sir John A Macdonald John Lutz is Chair of the department. Th e Prize. Ian Milligan and Susan Roy won Ontario Early Researcher number of historians employed at the depart- Awards. We are currently hiring a Tier 2 CRC in Global/Trans- ment has remained the same in the last year. national History. Neilesh Bose CRC Chair in Global History started July 2015; Kristin Semmens is a new University of Western Ontario appointment as an Assistant Teaching Pro- fessor, July 2015; Greg Blue retired in January Keith Fleming is the Chair of 2015 and Eric Sager announced his retire- the department. Th ere has been ment for July 2016. Promotions - Zhongping Chen, Rachel a decrease of one faculty member due to retirement in the last Cleves and Serhy Yekelchyk were promoted to Professor while year. Professors Alan MacEachern and Bill Turkel were pro- Christine O’Bonsawin was promoted to Associate Professor. moted to Full Professor; Professor Margaret Kellow retired; Professors Frank Schumacher, Luz Maria Hernandez-Saenz, Paul Wood won the Scottish Studies Fellowship for 2015-16; and Ben Forster were on sabbatical leave during 2014/15; and Lynne Marks won the Religious Studies Fellowship for 2015- Professors Francine McKenzie and Michelle Hamilton are on 16; and Simon Devereaux was awarded a Humanities Award sabbatical leave during 2015/16. for Teaching Excellence, 2015. Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex

Canadian Historical Association 15 Assistant Professor Shauna Devine won the $50,000 Tom Watson Jennifer Bonnell won the 2015 Clio Prize for meritorious pub- Brown Book Award for her book Learning from the Wounded: lications/exceptional contributions to Ontario History and the The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science (Th e 2014 Fred Landon Award, best book in local and regional his- University of North Carolina press, 2014). tory – Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley, published by the University of Toronto Press University of Windsor Bettina Bradbury received the François-Xavier Garneau Medal for her book Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nine- Miriam Wright is the Chair of the depart- teenth-Century Montreal. Th e medal is awarded once every ment. Th e number of historians employed fi ve years to honour an exceptional Canadian contribution to at the department has remained the same research in history. Richard Hoff mann won the 2014 Margaret in the last year. Christina Simmons and Wade Labarge Prize for his book An Environmental History Leslie Howsam have retired. We have two of Medieval Europe Sean Kheraj received LA&PS Award for new two-year Limited Term Appointments: Distinction in Research, Creativity or Scholarship – Emerging Guillaume Teasdale - Colonial North American Borderlands Researcher Kathryn McPherson won the Faculty of Graduate Yukari Takai - Modern U.S. - Gender – Race. Leslie Studies Teaching Award Adrian Shubert received a Kil- Howsam was made a Fellow of the Royal Society lam Research Fellowship. Postdoctoral fellow: v of Canada. d Nou elles Richard Anderson; Visiting scholars: Veli iel du Aydin (Namik Kemal University, Tur- F oncordia C m History students have launched the e C am i key), and Alexia Yates (Modern French h k Lakehe o li third issue (2015) of the student-run t oc O ad s e History). r UW Royal L u u Great Lakes Journal of Under- m B t nt N a n C o a u ip graduate History http://scholar. r a e o onF i v C H Th is year’s fi rst Historians’ f im ra s a g M S s s a A uwindsor.ca/gljuh. Th e His- m l e e i l Craft features a talk by Profes- s e orou n M l o l a k b g r g l r h g S tory Department is hosting w o a S sor Joseph Genetin-Pilawa of g o é c s a a d H l o V r o n r a P e i the Annual Meetings of the r S c r George Mason University. C t Y i A c s E y C o W E N b o y n Center for French Colonial t t k His talk is titled “Indigenous

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SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD Given to the non-fi ction work of Canadian history judged to have made the most signifi cant contribution to an understand- ing of the Canadian past. JURY MEMBERS - Donica Belisle, Regina; Gregory M.W. Ken- nedy, Moncton; Andrée Lévesque, McGill ; Daniel Samson, Brock ; William Wicken, York ; Catherine Gidney, St. Th omas and CHA Council member responsible for the prize.

WALLACE K. FERGUSON Recognises the outstanding scholarly book in a fi eld of history ALBERT B. COREY other than Canadian history. Awarded to the best book dealing with the history of Cana- JURY MEMBERS – Pierre-Yves Saunier, Laval; Susan Nance, dian-American relations or the history of both countries. Guelph; Greg Blue, Victoria; Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Carleton; JURY MEMBERS - Karen Balcom, McMaster; Damien-Claude Catherine Gidney, St. Th omas and CHA Council member Bélanger, Ottawa; Sheila McManus, Lethbridge; Susan E. Gray, responsible for the prize. Arizona State. Lara Campbell is the CHA Council member CLIOS responsible for the prize. Given for meritorious publications or for exceptional contribu- JOHN BULLEN tions by individuals or organizations to regional history. Honours the outstanding Ph.D. thesis on a historical topic JURY MEMBERS – Th e Maritimes: William Wicken, York; Ste- submitted in a Canadian. Lara Campbell is the CHA Council phen Henderson, Acadia; Renée Laff erty, Brock. Québec: Léon member responsible for the prize. Robichaud, Sherbrooke; Alain Laberge, Laval; Denyse Baillar- JURY MEMBERS – Nathalie Kermoal, Alberta; Peter Cook, Vic- geon, Montréal. Ontario: Dan Malleck, Brock; Stephen Azzi, toria; Deborah Neill, York. Lara Campbell is the CHA Council Carleton; Kristin Burnett, Lakehead. Th e Prairies: James Muir, member responsible for the prize. Alberta; Nancy Janovicek, Calgary; Shelly A.M. Gavigan, York. British Columbia: John Belshaw, Victoria; Jonathan Swainger, JEAN-MARIE FECTEAU UNBC; Ashleigh Androsoff , Douglass. Th e North: John Snad- Awarded for the best article published in a peer-reviewed jour- los, MUN; Caroline Desbiens, Laval; Ted Binnema, UNBC. nal (including peer-reviewed student journals) by a PhD of Lara Campbell is the CHA Council member responsible for the MA-level student, in French or in English. prizes. JURY MEMBERS – Marc-André Gagnon, Guelph; Joanna Pearce, York; Jo McCutcheon, Ottawa. Please note that the deadline for all of the prizes is December 31, 2015. Visit the CHA website - www.cha-shc.ca for more details on the prizes. PPrixrix 22016016 ddee llaa SHCSHC

La SHC est heureuse d’annoncer le lancement de ses concours de prix 2016. Voici la liste des prix qui seront présentés à la réunion annuelle 2016 de la SHC à l’Université de Calgary le 31 mai :

SIR-JOHN-A.-MACDONALD Consacre l›ouvrage en histoire du Canada jugé comme apport- ant la contribution la plus signifi cative à la compréhension du passé canadien. Carleton; Kristin Burnett, Lakehead. Les Prairies : James Muir, MEMBRES DU JURY – Donica Belisle, Regina; Gregory M.W. Alberta; Nancy Janovicek, Calgary; Shelly A.M. Gavigan, York. Kennedy, Moncton; Andrée Lévesque, McGill; Daniel Samson, La Colombie-Britannique : John Belshaw, Victoria; Jonathan Brock; William Wicken, York; Catherine Gidney, St-Th omas et Swainger, UNBC; Ashleigh Androsoff , Douglass. Le Nord : John membre du CA de la SHC responsable du prix. Snadlos, MUN; Caroline Desbiens, Laval; Ted Binnema, UNBC. Lara Campbell est membre du CA de la SHC responsable des WALLACE-K.-FERGUSON prix. Récompense le meilleur ouvrage scientifi que en histoire non ALBERT-B.-COREY canadienne. MEMBRES DU JURY – Pierre-Yves Saunier, Laval; Susan Attribué à l’auteur du meilleur livre sur l’histoire du Canada et Nance, Guelph; Greg Blue, Victoria; Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Car- des États-Unis ou des relations entre les deux pays. leton; Catherine Gidney, St-Th omas et membre du CA de la MEMBRES DU JURY – Karen Balcom, McMaster ; Damien- SHC responsable du prix. Claude Bélanger, Ottawa ; Sheila McManus, Lethbridge ; Susan E. Gray, Arizona State. Lara Campbell est membre du CA de la CLIO SHC responsable du prix. Décernés aux meilleurs livres en histoire régionale, ainsi qu’aux JOHN-BULLEN individus ou aux sociétés historiques qui ont fait des contribu- tions importantes à l’histoire locale et régionale. Accordé à la meilleure thèse de doctorat complétée dans une can- MEMBRES DES JURYS – Les Maritimes : William Wicken, York; adienne et portant sur tout domaine de spécialisation en histoire. Stephen Henderson, Acadia; Renée Laff erty, Brock. Le Québec : MEMBRES DU JURY – Nathalie Kermoal, Alberta ; Peter Cook, Léon Robichaud, Sherbrooke; Alain Laberge, Laval; Denyse Bail- Victoria ; Deborah Neill, York. . Lara Campbell est membre du largeon, Montréal. L’ O nt a r i o : Dan Malleck, Brock; Stephen Azzi, CA de la SHC responsable du prix/

JEAN-MARIE-FECTEAU Décerné au meilleur article publié dans une revue évaluée par les pairs (y compris des revues étudiantes) par un étudiant au niveau de la maitrise ou du doctorat, en français ou en anglais. MEMBRES DU JURY – Marc-André Gagnon, Guelph ; Joanna Pearce, York ; Jo McCutcheon, Ottawa.

Veuillez noter que la date limite pour tous les prix est le 31 décembre 2015. Consultez le site Internet de la SHC (www.cha-shc.ca) pour plus d’informations. VOTRE HISTOIRE. VOS MUSÉES. VOS LIVRES. YOUR HISTORY. YOUR MUSEUMS. YOUR BOOKS.

museedelhistoire.ca/publications museedelaguerre.ca/publications historymuseum.ca/publications warmuseum.ca/publications Renewing Interest in Labour and Working-Class History in Canada

By Christo Aivalis, Greg Kealey, Jeremy Milloy, and Julia Smith

n 2016, Labour/Le Travail, the journal of Canadian labourur studies, celebrates its 40th anniversary. Th e origins of thee Ijournal lie in the 1973 Learneds (now Congress). At thee Canadian Committee on Labour History (CCLH) businessss meeting that year, a working group was created to explore thee possibilities of establishing a journal of labour and working-classss history in Canada. In 1976, reinforced by a grant from the fed-d- eral Department of Labour, thanks to the advocacy of Senatoror Eugene Forsey, Labour/Le Travail launched its fi rst annual. Sincee then, the journal and the CCLH have supported the historicalal study of workers, labour, and class relations. A new partnershipp with the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studieses (CAWLS) bodes well for the future of the journal and speaksks to the vibrant community of interdisciplinary researchers inter-r-- ested in issues related to work and working people in Canada.

Among historians, however, in recent years there has been a (above) A Soviet poster in 1920 reminds female workers and peasants marked decline in the number of scholars studying labour and what the October Revolution already has given them: daycare, workers’ working-class history. At the 2015 meeting of the Canadian His- clubs, cafeterias, libraries, and adult education. torical Association, for example, only a handful of papers and been no time since the Great Depression in which capitalist panels made mention of labour, workers, class, and capitalism mantras are as widely held, all while workers are adrift in a sea in their titles. At the same time, few historians participated in of lower social spending, declining union density, high youth the annual meeting of CAWLS, held just aft er the CHA meeting. unemployment, and stagnant wages. Labour and working-class While these observations do not necessarily mean historians are history, with its focus on class relations, is always vital, but in no longer studying labour and working-class history, they raise times of capitalist crisis, it becomes all the more so. questions about why fewer historians explicitly place work, class, and capitalism at the centre of their work. Second, the study of labour and working-class history can help us understand the changing nature of capitalist social relations. A number of factors have contributed to the change. In the 1980s, Globalization, automation, and privatization require in-depth labour and working-class history was an upstart fi eld of study, historical analysis, as do the increase in precarity, the implica- shaped by Marxist theory and an explicit interest in class rela- tions of the so-called “sharing economy,” and the rise of unpaid tions and social justice. In the 1990s, however, many historians internships. Th ese issues shape working-class culture and eco- moved away from Marxism and the study of workers, class, and nomic life, and despite claims that these factors are novel to our capitalism. Th e end of the Cold War, the rise of neoliberalism, time, they have deep historical roots. By participating in inter- the proliferation of post-modern theory, and the widespread disciplinary conversations about work and capitalism, historians abandonment of belief in the working class as the major agent can provide a crucial historical perspective on these and other of historical transformation played a role in this shift . Th e result related issues. was that, by the 2000s, fewer historians in Canada were studying the history of workers, class relations, and capitalism. Th ough Labour and working-class history also off ers a prime opportu- some historians have recently called for the study of capitalism nity to link the struggles of workers and their organizations with specifi cally, there continues to be a limited number of historians those of women, racialized peoples, GLBTQ individuals, and studying the history of workers and class relations in Canada. the disabled, to name just a few. Th e drive for an intersectional approach to labour history has been an ongoing if imperfect one, Th e decline in the number of scholars studying Canadian labour but it is imperative that labour history continue to be integrated and working-class history is troubling. First, there has perhaps into other sub-disciplines so as to avoid a return to old models

Canadian Historical Association 21 where the dominance of institutional and biographical studies been more pressing for students; many juggle multiple part-time left little room for those not represented in the labour aristoc- jobs alongside their studies to help cover the skyrocketing costs racy. Likewise, other sub-fi elds would benefi t from a connection of post-secondary education, and they have limited prospects to labour and working-class history; understanding the strug- for secure, well-paying employment aft er they graduate. Giving gles and motivations of historical actors requires a keen focus on students the tools to analyze these issues historically can help the structures of class and property relations in a capitalist sys- them make sense of their lives and at the same time foster the tem. Th e history being written in Canada today, whether about development of the next generation of labour and working-class Indigenous struggles, the environment, gender, race, or sexual- historians. ity, asks important questions, and analyses of these issues could be enriched by considering how they relate to work, class, and Historians can also build rela- capitalism. Th e reshaping of the environment has been a labour tionships with the many labour to benefi t capitalism. White and male supremacy is inextrica- and community groups doing bly connected with the prerogatives of capital accumulation and exciting work that combines competition for jobs. Th e transformation of Canada into a neo- labour and working-class his- liberal, securitized, petro-state has much to do with changing tory and public history. Th e global labour markets and the restructuring of capital. Canadian Labour Heritage Centre in historians from all fi elds would benefi t from considering how BC and the Workers’ History work and capitalism intersect with their areas of inquiry, the Museum in Ottawa are just possibilities for synthesis, and new opportunities for writing and two examples. Both institu- teaching engaged, critical history. tions have produced a number of great resources, including fi lms, walking tours, portable exhibits, and curricula for use ... the study of labour and working-class in secondary schools, all while operating as “museums with- history can help us understand the changing out walls.” Th ere is much to nature of capitalist social relations. Globaliza- be gained from closer collabo- tion, automation, and privatization require ration between historians and community groups who pro- in-depth historical analysis, as do the increase duce and promote the history in precarity, the implications of the so-called of working people. “sharing economy,” and the rise of unpaid Finally, we encourage his- internships. torians to get involved with the Canadian Committee on Labour History. Th e CCLH has a number of events planned for In the lead-up to Congress 2016 and the 40th anniversary of the next meeting of the Cana- Labour/Le Travail, we encourage CHA members to consider how dian Historical Association, they can help renew interest in the study of labour and work- which will take place in June ing-class history in Canada. First and foremost, they can refl ect 2016 in Calgary. In addition to on how their own work relates to the historical study of workers, its business meeting, which all class relations, and capitalism. Historians are producing innova- are welcome to attend, the CCLH will be sponsoring panels and tive scholarship on these issues; however, for a variety of reasons holding its annual labour history workshop. Th e workshop is a they may not identify as labour and working-class historians. We wonderful opportunity to learn about the history of the host city encourage all Canadian historians to consider how their work and to interact with other labour scholars and members of local might contribute to the fi eld of labour and working-class history, labour and community groups. and if it does, to make connections with other scholars studying these issues. So, next year, as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Labour/ Le Travail and meet to discuss and debate current topics, issues, Historians can also incorporate labour and working-class his- and trends in Canadian history, we hope that CHA members tory into their teaching. Many prominent scholars of the fi eld will attend some of the CCLH events at the 2016 meeting. In have retired or will be doing so soon, and fewer graduate stu- the meantime, we encourage historians to consider how they can dents are choosing to study the history of working people. Fewer foster renewed interest in labour and working-class history in people teaching labour history means fewer opportunities for Canada. students to learn about this fundamental part of the past. More- over, issues of work, class, and capitalism have arguably never

22 Société historique du Canada Teaching Corner / Espace enseignants

Introducing the CHA Teaching Committee Brève présentation du Comité de l’enseignement de la SHC

LLisaisa DDillon,illon, ChairChair TeachingTeaching PortfolioPortfolio / RResponsableesponsable dduu pportefeuilleortefeuille dede l’enseignementl’enseignement

niversity teaching is oft en in the news for the wrong ’enseignement universitaire fait souvent les manchettes reasons: pundits decrying the “trivialization” of con- pour les mauvaises raisons : les experts dénonçant la Utent, the corporatization of institutions, and the heavy L« banalisation » de la matière enseignée, la corporatisation burden carried by adjunct, part-time and contract faculty. At des institutions et le lourd fardeau qui est imposé aux profes- the same time, there has never been more discussion about the seurs à temps partiel, aux auxiliaires et enseignants contractuels. skills, talents and technologies employed by excellent teachers. In Dans un même temps, il n’y a jamais eu plus de discussions sur response to lively pedagogical debates, and in recognition of the les compétences, les talents et les technologies employés par major role teaching plays in the lives of many professional his- d’excellents professeurs. En réponse aux débats animés sur la torians, the CHA has created a permanent Teaching Committee. pédagogie qui priment présentement et pour souligner le rôle With full-time, part-time, and graduate student representation, important que joue l’enseignement dans la vie de nombreux his- the committee aims to promote and enhance the teaching cul- toriens professionnels, la SHC a créé un Comité permanent de ture of the CHA by sharing resources and facilitating discussion l’enseignement. Le comité, sur lequel siègent des professeurs à about teaching History in Canadian classrooms. temps plein et à temps partiel, ainsi que des étudiants diplômés, a pour objectif de promouvoir et d’améliorer la culture de l’en- Th e committee invites you to contribute to this dialogue in three seignement au sein de la SHC en partageant les ressources et en ways. facilitant la discussion sur l’enseignement de l’histoire dans les salles de cours canadiennes. (above, clockwise from upper left ) Teaching history: Susan Brown at the University of Prince Edward Island, an unknown teacher in the 1960s, Le comité vous invite à contribuer à ce dialogue de trois façons. Richard Burgess at the University of Ottawa, and Richard Guisso in one of Mao’s old classrooms. Photocredits: University of Prince Edward Island, Tout d’abord, nous vous invitons à soumettre des textes pour Library and Archives Canada, Robert Lacombe (Th e Gazette), and Univer- notre rubrique « Espace enseignants » qui apparaîtra régulière- sity of Toronto. / (À partir de la gauche, en haut, dans le sens des aiguilles ment dans le Bulletin : nous désirons des contributions concises d’une montre) Enseigner l’histoire : Susan Brown à l’Université de l’Île-du- Prince-Édouard, un enseignant inconnu des années 60, Richard Burgess à sur les succès et les défi s de l’enseignement universitaire. Est-ce l’Université l’Ottawa et Richard Guisso dans une ancienne classe de Mao. que les compressions de fi nancement ont aff ecté votre temps Crédits des photos : Université de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Bibliothèque et en classe? Quel est l’impact de la technologie sur l’enseigne- Archives Canada, Robert Lacombe (Th e Gazette), et Université de Toronto. ment et l’apprentissage? Par exemple, où vous situez-vous dans

Canadian Historical Association 23 First, we invite you to submit articles to a regular Teaching Cor- le débat confl ictuel sur les diapositives PowerPoint? Existe-t-il ner column in the Bulletin: we are looking for short pieces on un « juste » équilibre entre l’enseignement, la recherche et le the successes and challenges of university teaching. Have cuts service? Quels sont les défi s d’une pleine charge d’enseignement to funding aff ected your time in the classroom? How has tech- pour les nouveaux parents? Quelle sera l’infl uence de la dépen- nology impacted teaching and learning? For instance, where do dance croissante envers les professeurs à temps partiel dans le you stand on the divisive debate over PowerPoint slides? Is there monde universitaire? Avez-vous un thème novateur de cours, a “correct” balance between teaching, research and service? des travaux pratiques ou une tradition d’enseignement qui fonc- What are the challenges of a full teaching load for new parents? tionnent particulièrement bien? Peut-être que l’un d’entre vous How will an increasing reliance on poorly compensated part- connait le secret pour faire l’évaluation des travaux d’étudiants time faculty infl uence the university landscape? Do you have an dans l’allégresse? Dans l’Espace enseignants de ce numéro, Adam innovative course theme, classroom practice or teaching tradi- Chapnick nous conseille d’être plus proactifs dans la dénomi- tion that works particularly well? Maybe one of you holds the nation de nos cours et de mettre en valeur les compétences secret to fi nding the joy in grading? In this month’s Teaching intrinsèques que nous, historiens et historiennes, inculquons à Corner, Adam Chapnick suggests we be more proactive in the nos étudiants chaque semestre. very naming of our courses, and showcase the intrinsic skills we historians teach our students every semester.

Il n’y a jamais eu plus de discussions sur les compétences, les talents et les technologies employés par d’excellents professeurs. En Th ere has never been more discussion about réponse aux débats animés sur la pédagogie qui the skills, talents and technologies employed priment présentement et pour souligner le rôle by excellent teachers. In response to lively important que joue l’enseignement dans la vie pedagogical debates, and in recognition of de nombreux historiens professionnels, la SHC the major role teaching plays in the lives of a créé un Comité permanent de l’enseignement. many professional historians, the CHA has created a permanent Teaching Committee.

Subséquemment, nous vous invitons à visiter la nouvelle section Enseignement et apprentissage du site de la SHC qui sera publiée Second, we invite you to visit the new Teaching and Learning sous peu. Cet onglet off rira un contenu qui vise à atteindre un section of the CHA website that will be posted in the coming plus grand nombre de professeurs d’histoire et reconnaître les weeks. Th is tab will feature content that reaches out to a wider historiens et les enseignants qui remportent des prix pour leur audience of history teachers and acknowledges historians and enseignement. Il contiendra également une nouvelle ressource teachers who win awards for their teaching. It will also feature en ligne : le Syllabus central. Ce portail donnera accès aux dif- a new on-line resource: the Syllabus Central. Th is portal will férentes méthodes utilisées par les membres qui enseignent showcase the diff erent methods used by members to teach His- l’Histoire. Nous espérons que cette ressource sera utile aux étu- tory. We hope this resource will be of value to graduate students, diants diplômés, les nouveaux ainsi que les enseignants plus new instructors, and established teachers who want to shake chevronnés qui opteront pour une nouvelle approche en classe. up their approaches in the classroom. We invite you to submit Nous vous invitons à soumettre tout syllabus quel que soit le syllabi from all levels of classroom instruction, representing any niveau d’enseignement, la région géographique ou la période geographical region or historical period, and written in either historique et rédigé dans l’une ou l’autre des deux langues offi - offi cial language. All submissions should have a description of cielles. Toutes les soumissions doivent avoir une description du the course that will be searchable and can be up to 250 words in cours qui sera consultable (250 mots maximum). Nous vous length. We trust that members will use these shared resources demandons de bien vouloir respecter les lignes directrices qui responsibly. seront affi chées sur le site.

Th ird, we invite you to continue to form panels on pedagogy and Finalement, nous vous invitons à organiser des panels sur la péda- teaching at the Annual Meeting. In Ottawa, there were several gogie et l’enseignement à la réunion annuelle. À Ottawa, il y a eu presentations on innovative practices: from student experiences plusieurs présentations sur des pratiques innovantes : de l’expé- with memory and material culture, to the myriad opportunities rience des étudiants avec la mémoire et la culture matérielle aux of the interdisciplinary classroom. We endeavor to continue innombrables possibilités de la salle de classe interdisciplinaire. these conversations in Calgary. Nous espérons pouvoir continuer ces conversations à Calgary.

24 Société historique du Canada History Education in Canada: A Profoundly Immodest Proposal

By Adam Chapnick

Does history matter? Historians certainly think so, but sometimes it learn how to conduct serious research. Yet anyone brows- can seem like we’re in the minority. History departments across the ing these classes from their listing on the equivalent of today’s country are struggling to meet enrolment targets, and the common departmental website (then known, I believe, as the “departmen- mantra that the future of our society depends primarily on science, tal handbook”) would have thought diff erently. technology, engineering, and mathematic graduates remains popu- lar in Canada and around much of the developed world. To them, ‘Th e Medieval Panorama” or “Studies in World War X” would have suggested little more than a series of lectures and Objectively, a degree in history is a legitimate pathway to a success- discussions about a specifi c period of history (an understanding ful and fulfi lling career, not to mention a life as an engaged citizen. of which would do relatively little to support the specifi c skills Indeed, Statistics Canada reports that 90% of humanities BA grad- that graduates require beyond the ivory tower). uates are earning an average of nearly $50,000 per year within three years of graduation. Anecdotally, however, a history degree doesn’t While the last decade has seen tremendous progress in our get you further than a minimum wage job in retail or food services.1 ability to capture and describe what Seixas terms “historical consciousness,” and move beyond the idea that history is merely What causes the disconnect? I think that part of the problem is our about names, places, and dates, we continue to think about our classes: not the content, per se, but the titles. In spite of a remark- classes in such terms. able transformation in the way that we understand the purpose of history education at the conceptual level – consider Peter Seixas’ Why not call the medieval course: “Understanding Primary excellent work, summarized in a previous issue of this Bulletin2 – Evidence through an Introduction to Medieval History”? Why we continue to advertise our undergraduate courses, and design not “Professional Historical Research Th rough the Lens of the our degree programs, in a manner that cannot help but reinforce First World War”? What about “Understanding Research Ethics all of the negative stereotypes. Th rough the History of Sport” or “Weighing Contradictory Evi- dence Th roughout Modern Western Civilization”? When I think back to my own undergraduate education, for exam- ple, I recall two classes more than any of the others. History departments claim to teach communication skills, but which ones? And in what courses? It’s hard to tell from the tran- Th e fi rst was a second year course in medieval history. Frankly, I don’t script that our students might provide to a prospective employer. remember anything about the time period, but I will always recall the How might an outsider determine whether I’ve been exposed moment at which I fi nally came to understand the role and impor- to all six of what Seixas calls the “benchmark concepts”: estab- tance of primary evidence in constructing an eff ective argument. lishing historical signifi cance, using primary source evidence, identifying continuity and change, analyzing cause and conse- Th e second was a fourth year seminar on either the First or Sec- quence, taking historical perspectives, and understanding the ond World War (I’m not sure which one.) Once more, the content ethical dimensions of history? hardly mattered. It was the requirement to write a 4000 word research paper every third week, and to review that paper with my Rather than designing courses, and indeed undergraduate professor one-on-one that changed me. You could not complete degree programs, based on chronology, geography, and thematic that class successfully without learning how to research and write. subject matter, is it not time to build a curriculum (implicitly and explicitly) around the skills that an education in history pro- In both cases, my learning experience was by design. Th e medi- vides? Would it not make more sense to emphasize exposure to a evalist was committed to teaching us how to use primary source diversity of historical methods than time periods? evidence eff ectively. And the world war specialist wanted us to Such transparency should be good for everyone. History depart- ments would be able to articulate the skills that their graduates 1 Sarah Jane Ferguson and Shunji Wang, “Graduating in Canada: Pro- have acquired. Instructors would have a better sense of what fi le, labour market outcomes and student debt of the class of 2009-2010,” their students already knew about history when they arrived in (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 14 November 2014); See also Adam Chapnick, “Arts advantage: Why enrolling in the liberal arts is smarter than you their classrooms. Students would have access to language that think,” Literary Review of Canada, May 2015, 3-5. better captures the purpose and value of a liberal arts education. 2 Peter Seixas, “Th e Historical Th inking Project,” Bulletin 40, no.1 (2015): And parents, employers, donors, and even history education’s 31-32. See also his “A modest proposal for change in Canadian history critics would be better able to appreciate the skills, knowledge, education,” Teaching History 137 (December 2009): 26-30. and values that history graduates have to off er.

Canadian Historical Association 25 CHA Members’ Corner / Le coin des membres de la SHC New Student – CHA Member Interview

An interview with emerging scholar and Entretien avec une chercheure émergeante CHA member Katya MacDonald membre de la SHC Katya MacDonald

Th anks for taking the time to answer a few questions from the Merci d’avoir pris le temps de répondre aux quelques questions de la CHA! Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you originally SHC! Parlez-nous un peu de vous. Vous êtes originaire d’où? Quel est from? What is your academic background? votre parcours scolaire?

Th ank you for inviting me! I’m Merci de m’avoir invitée! Je suis doctorante à l’Université de la Sas- currently working on a PhD katchewan ; j’ai grandi à Saskatoon, alors il me semblait tout à fait at the University of Saskatche- naturel de faire ma recherche ici pour ajouter à la complexité de wan; I grew up in Saskatoon, so ma (et celle d’autres j’espère) compréhension d’histoires qui sont it seemed quite natural to pur- à la fois locales et pertinentes sur une plus grande échelle. Mon sue research here that works engagement à œuvrer avec les communautés autochtones et nota- to add complexity to my (and mment les membres de ces communautés, est le fi l conducteur de I hope others’) understandings ma recherche au niveau du premier cycle, de la maîtrise et du doc- of histories that are both locally torat. Bien que mes relations avec les communautés avec lesquelles and more broadly relevant. A je travaille aient changé au fi l du temps, la majeure partie de mes common thread has been my recherches et l’approche que j’ai adoptée envers l’histoire en général involvement working with par- reposent sur ces conversations. La recherche axée sur les collectivi- ticular Indigenous communities and community members, tés peut être diffi cile en termes de temps, d’argent et d’énergie, mais both for my own MA and PhD research and as part of larger j’apprécie également sa capacité de nuancer les sources historiques projects since I was an undergrad. Although my relationships plus facilement disponibles tout comme la notion même du terme to the communities I work with have changed over time, « communauté ». these conversations have informed the bulk of my work and my approaches to history in general. Community-engaged Votre recherche porte principalement sur quels sujets? Et pourquoi research can be challenging, in terms of time, fi nances, and avez-vous choisi ceux-ci? energy, but I also really appreciate its potential for adding nuance to perhaps more readily available historical sources, Ma thèse porte sur l’histoire d’articles faits à la main dans le cadre and indeed to the very idea of “community.” d’une recherche plus large sur l’histoire de deux communautés au XXe siècle : la Première nation Tla’amin (Sliammon) en Colom- What does your current research focus on? What drew you to bie-Britannique et le village de l’Île-à-la-Crosse dans le nord-ouest the subject? de la Saskatchewan dont la population est composée principale- ment de Cris et de Métis. Après avoir réalisé d’autres projets dans My dissertation looks at histories of handmade items as part ces deux endroits (Sliammon depuis 2012 et l’Île-à-la-Crosse of larger twentieth-century histories in two communities: depuis 2006), je désirais connaître davantage ces communautés the Tla’amin (Sliammon) First Nation in BC, and the largely et leur histoire. En particulier, j’ai choisi un sujet qui pouvait faire Cree/Metis village of Ile-a-la-Crosse in northwestern Sas- l’objet de discussions parmi la grande variété des membres de la katchewan. Aft er working on other projects in both of these communauté. Ces premières conversations ont démontré que les places (Sliammon since 2012 and Ile-a-la-Crosse since 2006), objets, en apparence de fabrication locale ou à usage domestique, I wanted to continue getting to know them and their histories. étaient plutôt le produit de complexités existantes au sein et à l’ex- In particular, I sought out a topic that a diversity of commu- térieur des communautés au fi l du temps, de par leurs liens avec nity members would be interested in discussing. Over the un large éventail d’acteurs sociaux, économiques et politiques. Ces course of these initial conversations, I was excited that seem- changements sont, dans une certaine mesure, le produit de relations ingly local or domestic objects in fact highlight complexities avec les nouveaux arrivants, sans pour autant cadrer dans le moule within and beyond communities over time, by connecting to binaire « autochtones et nouveaux arrivants ». a range of social, economic, and political interests. Th ese are changes that have been shaped in part by relationships with Parce que ce sont des communautés très diff érentes, je n’ai pas non newcomers, but do not necessarily fi t within a tidy binary of plus voulu faire une recherche comparative ; il s’agit plutôt de deux “Natives and newcomers.” études de cas qui cherchent à déterminer la mesure dans laquelle les grandes structures coloniales ont directement façonné la vie des Because these are very diff erent communities, my research gens, en fonction des circonstances historiques locales. J’utilise nos is intentionally not comparative; rather, the two case studies conversations pour examiner de quelles façons les gens ont répondu

26 Société historique du Canada are an eff ort to tease out the extent to which large colonizing à ces mutations et œuvré en fonction de ces nouveaux paramètres, structures have directly shaped people’s lives, depending on et cela, tout en cherchant à répondre à leurs propres préoccupations local historical circumstances. I draw on our conversations économiques, souvent en « fabriquant des choses ». to consider the changing ways that people have responded to and worked within these parameters, while fi rst and fore- Vous êtes une membre plus « récente » de la SHC. Qu’est-ce qui vous most seeking to address their own economic concerns, oft en a incité à adhérer à la Société? by “making things.” Je pourrais répondre avec un soupçon d’ironie et dire que je vou- You’re a “newer” member of the CHA. What motivated you to lais off rir une communication aux réunions annuelles! Mais plus join? sérieusement, il est utile, lorsque nous menons des activités de recherche qui favorisent parfois l’isolement, de faire partie d’une Th e fl ippant answer would be that it was because I wanted organisation où on peut partager nos perspectives individuelles to present at the annual meetings! But more seriously, in the avec des collègues. Je n’ai compris l’importance de ces conversations midst of sometimes-isolating research activities, it’s valuable qu’après avoir adhéré à la SHC pour la première fois. Il est utile de to be part of an organization that brings our individual per- savoir que même si nous œuvrons dans des domaines de recherche spectives into conversation with each other. I hadn’t entirely très diff érents, plusieurs d’entre nous sont confrontés à des ques- grasped the signifi cance of those conversations until aft er I tions méthodologiques similaires. joined the CHA for the fi rst time. It’s helpful to know that even if we work in very diff erent research areas, many of us wrestle with similar methodological questions.

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Je crois savoir que vous avez reçu une subvention de frais de déplace- ment pour assister à la réunion annuelle de cette année. Selon vous, I understand that you received a travel grant to attend this quel est le rôle principal de la SHC, y compris à l’égard de nouveaux year’s Annual Meeting. What do you see as the primary role of chercheurs comme vous? À votre avis, que pourrions-nous faire d’au- the CHA, including with respect to emerging scholars like your- tre pour mieux servir nos membres et les étudiants en particulier? self? What else, in your opinion, could we be doing to better serve our members and students in particular? Les expériences les plus précieuses que je j’ai vécues depuis que je suis membre de la SHC ont été celles où nous échangions non Th e most valuable experiences I’ve had with the CHA have seulement sur le sujet de nos propres recherches et conclusions, been ones where we discuss not only our individual research mais aussi sur les questions liées à la discipline en général. Les ses- and fi ndings, but also questions related to the discipline more sions et autres groupes de discussion de la réunion annuelle qui broadly. Conference sessions and other discussion groups abordent les questions concernant les méthodologies ou la pédago- that address questions about methodologies or pedagogy, or gie, ou le rôle de l’histoire et d’historiens sur la scène publique ont the roles of history and historians in the public eye, have, in été, d’après mon expérience, les sujets qui ont été les plus particu- my experience, been the most explicitly welcoming and use- lièrement appréciés et qui se sont révélés les plus utiles quelle que ful for people of all career stages. soit l’étape de la carrière des membres. (above, left ) Sliammon church and totem pole, B.C. (right) Ile à la Crosse, SK. Photos: Katya MacDonald / (en haut à gauche) une église Je suis sûr que je ne suis pas la seule à exprimer ma préoccupa- Sliammon et un totem totem C.-B., (à droite) Île-à-la-Crosse, SK. Pho- tion face au défi permanent de concilier la nécessité d’assister à des tos: Katya MacDonald / Photographie : Katya MacDonald. colloques et la charge fi nancière du voyage qui en découle. Les sub-

Canadian Historical Association 27 I’m sure I’m not alone in my concern about the ongoing chal- ventions aux frais de déplacement font manifestement état de cette lenge of balancing the need to attend conferences, with the situation commune. Au-delà de l’aide fi nancière, je perçois la SHC fi nancial burden of travelling to do that. Th e travel grants cer- comme étant un défenseur des perspectives historiques dans les tainly acknowledge that this is a common situation. Beyond sphères publiques : sphères qui ne sont pas limitées aux historiens fi nancial assistance, though, I see the CHA as an advocate for universitaires. Tant par nécessité que par désir, ceux d’entre nous historical perspectives in public spheres: spheres not served qui entrerons sous peu sur le marché du travail sont susceptibles solely by academic historians. Both by necessity and by de choisir parmi toute une gamme de possibilités de carrière, dont desire, those of us imminently on the job market are likely to celle d’un emploi dans le milieu universitaire. La clôture des activ- seek out a range of career possibilities, and academic jobs are ités de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada qui just one of these. With the fi nal events of the Truth and Rec- coïncidait avec la réunion de cette année, a mis en lumière l’impor- onciliation Commission coinciding with this year’s meeting, tance de l’étude historique au-delà du milieu universitaire. the signifi cance of historical study beyond the academy was brought into particularly sharp view. Malgré la demande pour les compétences que possèdent les histo- riens, les programmes universitaires en histoire ne sont pas toujours But despite the needs for historians’ skills, academic history la meilleure option pour les étudiants qui cherchent des carrières programs aren’t always the best places for students seeking ou qui ont besoin de conseils ; la SHC peut potentiellement combler non-academic careers to fi nd advice, and the CHA has the cette lacune. À titre d’organisation professionnelle qui représente potential to help bridge that gap. As a professional organiza- une diversité d’historiens, la SHC semble bien placée pour off rir tion for a diversity of historians, the CHA seems well placed des ressources-conseil liées aux nombreuses possibilités de carrière to be a resource for similarly diverse career advice, perhaps in toutes aussi variées qui existent, peut-être en encourageant explic- part by explicitly encouraging the presence of more histori- itement une plus grande présence d’historiens œuvrant à l’extérieur ans from beyond the academy at conferences, or by creating du milieu universitaire dans des colloques, ou en off rant d’autres other opportunities for students’ scholarly work and pub- occasions pour susciter une plus grande synergie entre les travaux lic-sector needs to fi nd each other in productive ways. de recherche savante des étudiants et les besoins du secteur public.

More Thoughts on the Future of the Ph.D.

Dear colleagues,

Th e humanities Ph.D. in Canada is in a bit of a fi x. Or is it? For our graduates uncompetitive internationally. And fi nally, we will decades, we assumed that it was fi ne for half of those who started make them uncompetitive nationally, because search commit- a Ph.D. to drop out. A large portion of those who begin studying tees will simply prefer the much better qualifi ed candidates from medicine, or for the priesthood, or to be an electrician, also drop better-funded systems (e.g., the Ivy League) who have fi nished out. Th at’s kind of normal, actually. Around one-third of those and perhaps even published a book-length dissertation, and who actually fi nish the Ph.D. fi nd full-time academic employ- who have had the (funded) time to learn foreign or pre-modern ment, and that has been the case for some decades. Th at’s true languages properly, spend adequate time in the archives, etc. A for the Ph.D. candidates I have supervised too. Both competition ‘quickie Ph.D.’ might help solve the fi nancial problems of admin- and realism on the part of those who choose not to pursue an istrators and universities, but I do not think it will really help academic job play roles – because “merely” managing to fi nish students. And it could materially harm the chances of the very a Ph.D. does not necessarily mean that someone is competitive best and brightest, and/or the most ambitious among them. on a very demanding job market. Nor should it. A fair number of law graduates also fail to enter the practice of law, for similar I would like to thank my colleague and friend Lesley Cormack reasons. for her work on the ‘White Paper’, but I would also like to voice a strong and principled opposition to these ideas from within Th e response to the misery (real and perceived) of those two- her home department at the University of Alberta. Surely we can thirds of Ph.D. holders who cannot fi nd a job should not be better prepare Ph.D. candidates for the broader job market with- to radically downgrade what we expect of Ph.D. candidates. out abridging or ‘dumbing down’ the Ph.D. Quicker completion and giving up on the ‘dissertation-as-book’ model would make it easier for Ph.D. grads to move on to paid Sincerely, work – but that would make it much, much harder for that minority who have a chance on the broader job market to fi nish Andrew Gow, Ph.D. their training and a superior dissertation to a standard acceptable Professor of History at fi rst-class institutions (and beyond Canada). If we reinvent Director of Religious Studies the wheel at the local, provincial or national level, we will fail to University of Alberta attract candidates from outside the country, and we will make

28 Société historique du Canada Graduate Students / Étudiants aux cycles supérieures

Chers étudiants, chers étudiantes, Dear students,

C’est en mai dernier, en marge du congrès de la SHC que se tenait Th e most recent AGM of the Graduate Students Committee l’Assemblée générale du Comité des étudiant(e)s diplômé(e)s. took place during the CHA Annual Meeting. in May. Th e meet- La réunion fut l’occasion de faire une mise à jour des dossiers ing off ered an opportunity to update student-related fi les and touchant les étudiants et d’élire leurs nouveaux exécutants. Félic- the election process of student representatives. I would like to itation à Jasmine Proteau et Daniel Simeone respectivement élus congratulate Jasmine Proteau and Daniel Simeone who were comme coprésidente et trésorier. elected new co-President and Treasurer respectively.

Comme à l’habitude, le CED vous réserve plusieurs activités au As usual, the GSC has many planned activities in the coming cours de la prochaine année, y compris les traditionnels ren- year, including its traditional meetings that will be held within dez-vous dans le cadre du Congrès 2016 à Calgary. De plus, the 2016 Congress in Calgary. In addition, please visit the CHA surveillez le site internet de la SHC. Les détails concertants prix website for all the details on the Jean-Marie Fecteau Prize which annuel Jean-Marie-Fecteau, récompensant le meilleur article is awarded to the best article written by a student. We hope to produit par un étudiant ou une étudiante, y sont affi chés. Nous receive many submissions once again! espérons encore une participation nombreuse de votre part! Personally, I will be the student representative until the end of my Pour ma part, je demeure représentant étudiant au Conseil mandate. Since I am fi nishing my thesis, I will not be running for jusqu’à la fi n de mon mandat. Terminant la rédaction de ma offi ce in the elections next spring. It will thus be an opportunity thèse, j’ai déjà manifesté mon intention de ne pas briguer les suf- for someone else to continue the work. Anecdotally, 2016 will frages lors des élections ce printemps. Ce sera donc l’occasion mark the 15th year anniversary of student representation on the à une autre personne de poursuivre le travail. D’ailleurs, pour CHA Council. la petite histoire, il est bon de noter que ce fera 15 ans en 2016 qu’un étudiant siège au Conseil. Th is year, the CHA Council will review the services it off ers to its student members. What are their motivations to join the Cette année, le Conseil d’administration de la SHC examinera CHA? What are their expectations? What can the CHA learn l’off re de services qu’elle fait à ses membres étudiants. Qu’est-ce from other organisations in terms of student membership? qui les motive à adhérer ou non à la SHC? Quelles sont leurs Th ese are some of the questions we will consider in the coming attentes? Comment la SHC peut-elle apprendre de l’expérience weeks. As Katya MacDonald pointed out in her interview with des autres sociétés savantes en la matière? Autant de questions Robert Talbot, our group of professionals can play a greater role, sur lesquelles nous nous pencherons dans les semaines à venir. from off ering resources-advice linked to the labour market to Comme le faisait remarquer Katya MacDonald dans l’entrevue facilitating communications between historians and the public livrée à Robert Talbot, notre regroupement peut jouer un rôle sector. Th ese suggestions are most welcome. Please contact me accru comme corps professionnel, que ce soit au niveau des should you have any ideas or would like to participate in the ressources-conseils liées au marché du travail ou favoriser les discussions. contacts entre les historiens et le secteur public. Ces suggestions sont les bienvenues. Si vous avez des idées ou désirez participer See you soon, à ce chantier, n’hésitez pas à me contacter. Marc-André Gagnon À la prochaine, Représentant étudiant au sein du CA de la SHC

Marc-André Gagnon Graduate Student Representative on the CHA Council

Canadian Historical Association 29 More Th an A Listserv Celebrating H-Canada’s 20-Year Anniversary

By Michelle Filice, PhD

On 10 February 1995, H-Canada went live for the fi rst time. discussion threads in all of H-Canada history: “Why Canadian Established as part of the H-Net program at Michigan State History is so Boring.”5 Th e conversation originally began as a University (MSU), H-Canada sought to stimulate dialogue debate between historians Allan Greer and Jack Granatstein, among and between scholars, students and history enthu- but it soon included H-Canada subscribers. Th e post garnered siasts. H-Canada’s fi rst editors, Dave De Brou and Anthony a number of responses, some of which came from scholars in Gulig, were enthusiastic about this new online endeavor. Th ey Germany, Brazil and the UK.6 Responses came from professors were also somewhat surprised by the immediate support that as well as high school teachers, book publishers and the general they received from Canadians. Only fi ve days aft er H-Canada’s public. Th e concern about how Canadians were teaching and launch, De Brou asked subscribers for patience as he and Gulig learning about history remained a topic of debate throughout took a few days to process 180 subscription requests. “180 wow,” the decade. wrote De Brou as he signed off his fi rst post.1 A decade aft er its launch, H-Canada was a fi rmly established Editors De Brou and Gulig treated H-Canada as more than online community of scholars and researchers. Th rough to 2014, just a listserv. Reading through their early discussion posts, it editors Ioana Teodorescu, Harold Bérubé and Marc-André is evident that they fostered a real sense of community among Robert continued to moderate discussion posts and distribute subscribers.2 De Brou and Gulig were personable; they let sub- information via the listserv. Around Christmas 2014, H-Net scribers know when they were away from the offi ce, helped them announced that it was changing its format, and that by extension, to correct internet problems, and thanked supporters on H-Can- H-Canada would also change. Th e traditional listserv format ada’s fi rst birthday.3 Most of De Brou’s posts were also bilingual, would be replaced by a more interactive structure called H-Net enabling him to reach both anglophones and francophones. Not Commons. Some of the new features included blogging, the abil- surprisingly, their eff orts earned H-Canada a steady following. ity to upload videos, and a page for links. Discussion posts were On 30 July 1995, only fi ve months aft er its launch, H-Canada converted into a daily digest format in order to avoid cluttering had nearly 300 subscribers, many of whom actively participated subscribers’ inboxes. Th e Commons was intended to make com- in discussions. By the time De Brou and Guling left H-Canada munication between subscribers easier and more effi cient. on 31 July 1997, there were 800 subscribers. Despite initial problems, H-Canada is largely back to normal. From the late 1990s on, H-Canada’s network continued to Currently, there are 1736 subscribers, with approximately 3-5 expand. Jean Martin and Alan Gordon became the new editors new ones added each week. In order to assist subscribers with in 1997. Despite its popularity, some scholars were still appre- recent changes to H-Canada, Filice distributed the Commons hensive about the fast-growing use of the web by students. Quick Start Guide, which explains how to set up a Commons Historians were also concerned with the purpose or value of account and how to contribute to discussions in the new system.7 studying history. From October to November 1997, the follow- Th is summer, Filice hopes to fi ll in some of the empty content ing topics fostered much discussion: “What is Canadian?”, “Why pages on the H-Canada site and to recruit at least one new editor. Study History?” and “Value of History.”4 2015 marks the twentieth anniversary of H-Canada. Over the Lively discussion continued into the 2000s. New editors, Forrest past two decades, H-Canada has transformed from a simple list- Pass and Matthew Hayday, moderated one of the most popular serv to an engaged online community. What has not changed is the lively debate and discussion between and among subscrib- 1 Posted by Dave DeBrou, “Patience svp,” (15 February 1995). ers. H-Canada is an important network to support and maintain 2 Logged discussion posts from February 1995 to May 2014 are because it gives historians, teachers, researchers and students a available online: http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx- place to talk openly about their ideas and research, and to ask =lm&list=H-Canada questions. It will be interesting to see how H-Canada evolves in 3 Posted by Dave De Brou, “De Brou hits the road” (Aug 12, 1996); the years to come as part of the H-Net Commons. Posted by Anthony Gulig, “Changing of the Guard” (Aug 27 1996); Posted by Dave De Brou, “Resetting your H-Canada mail” (18 Dec 5 Posted by Forrest Pass, “Why Canadian History is so Boring” (29 1995); Posted by Dave De Brou, “INFO: congratulations/felicitations August 2005). to/au H-Canada” (Feb 7, 1996). 6 Posted by Forrest Pass, “Reply: Why Canadian History is so Boring” 4 Posted by Alan Gordon, “What is Canadian” (2 October 1997); Posted (31 August 2005), (1Sep 2005). by Alan Gordon “Why Study History” (6 November 1997); Posted by 7 To access the Commons Quick Start Guide, please visit: https://net- Alan Gordon “Th e Value of History” (25-30 November 1997). works.h-net.org/node/905/pages/52876/commons-quick-start-guide

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e are living in a visual age, in which images ous vivons présentement à l’ère visuelle où les images sont have become a central way of representing and devenues un outil essentiel pour évoquer et aborder les Winterrogating issues in society and in which the Nquestions sociétales, à un moment où le rapport traditionnel traditional ratio between textual and visual communication entre la communication textuelle et la communication visuelle s’est has undergone a dramatic readjustment. Th is cultural shift profondément transformé. Cette permutation culturelle a entraîné has brought with it intellectual reorientations in many aca- des réorientations intellectuelles dans de nombreuses disciplines uni- demic disciplines, not least of all History, which in recent versitaires, y compris dans celle de l’Histoire qui cherche à expliquer years has sought to explicate its own “visual turn” through son propre « tournant iconique » des dernières années dans de nom- numerous conferences, journal forums, and anthologies. breux colloques, forums et anthologies. Les historiens de toutes les Historians of all regions and periods are turning to visual régions et périodes se tournent vers l’audiovisuel pour non seulement materials no longer just to fi nd eye-catching cover images trouver des images de couverture et illustrations frappantes, mais and illustrations, but as primary sources whose study brings comme source primaire dont l’étude engendre des méthodologies et with it distinct methodologies and modes of interpretation. des modes d’interprétation distincts.

In our teaching, the unprecedented access to visual materi- L’accès sans précédent au matériel visuel a également suscité un intérêt als has likewise prompted a much expanded interest in visual nettement accru pour les sources visuelles en enseignement. Dans le sources. Given the now commonplace use of digital projec- cadre de l’utilisation de la projection numérique dans les salles de tion in our classrooms, even the most conventional pedagogy classe qui est désormais monnaie courante, même la pédagogie la is routinely supplemented by a bevy of visual materials. Th e plus traditionnelle est régulièrement complémentée par une foule de growing prominence of visual materials in teaching is further matériaux visuels. L’importance croissante du matériel visuel dans enhanced by the central place they hold in online learning l’enseignement est pareillement accentuée par la place de choix qu’oc- environments and fl exible learning projects. However, there cupe celui-ci dans les environnements d’apprentissage en ligne et les is a risk amongst scholars and students alike to omit these projets d’apprentissage fl exibles. Cependant, il est risqué pour les visual materials from the same rigorous interrogative treat- chercheurs et les étudiants de ne pas soumettre les matériaux visuels ment that we routinely apply to texts. A basic example of this au même questionnement rigoureux qui est couramment utilisé pour is that we train our students to conscientiously reference any les textes. Par exemple, nous enseignons à nos étudiants à citer scru- texts they use, but are far less clear on the expectations and puleusement tous les textes qu’ils utilisent, mais sommes beaucoup standards governing the citation of visual materials. In more moins transparents en ce qui concerne les attentes et les normes general terms, we devote much attention to training our stu- régissant la citation de documents visuels. De façon plus générale, dents in the skills necessary to critically read texts while only nous consacrons beaucoup de temps pour donner à nos étudiants les intermittently applying the same rigour to developing the compétences requises pour lire un texte de façon critique, tandis que competencies for using visual sources as the basis for histori- nous n’appliquons que sporadiquement la même rigueur au dévelop- cal evidence, argument, and interpretation. pement des compétences pour l’utilisation de sources visuelles à titre (above) Items from a 19c shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: de référence, argument et interprétation historiques. thehistoryblog.com / (en haut) Objets tirés d’un navire qui a fait naufrage au XIXe siècle dans le Golfe du Mexique. Photographie : Les nouvelles méthodes de reproduction, de création, de manipula- thehistoryblog.com tion, de circulation et de stockage d’images exigent une plus grande

Canadian Historical Association 31 New means of reproducing, creating, manipulating, cir- alphabétisation visuelle. Les professeurs d’université œuvrant dans culating, and storing images bring with them growing un grand nombre de disciplines reconnaissent l’importance de dével- demands for visual literacy. University teachers from a opper des pédagogies pour répondre à ce défi . Un aspect clé de ce multitude of disciplines are recognizing the importance phénomène réside dans la dimension matérielle de la cognition et of developing pedagogies to meet this challenge. A key de la représentation visuelles, qui élargit les réfl exions sur la culture aspect of this lies in the material dimension of visual cog- visuelle au contexte plus large de la culture matérielle. De par mes nition and representation, which expands considerations of travaux de recherche sur l’histoire des échanges entre la Grande- visual culture to the broader fi eld of material culture. With Bretagne et l’Inde, j’inculque la littératie visuelle à nos étudiants de a research background in the history of material exchanges premier cycle afi n de parfaire leurs compétences en analyse textuelle. between Britain and India, I am committed to cultivating in À l’ère visuelle, les compétences en matière de lecture critique des our undergraduates the visual literacy to complement their sources visuelles et matérielles deviennent aussi importantes dans skills in textual analysis. In our visual age, the skills of crit- notre mission pédagogique en arts et sciences sociales que l’a été l’ex- ically reading visual and material sources are becoming as égèse de textes des siècles durant. important to our pedagogic mission in the Arts and Social Sciences as the exegesis of texts has been for centuries. En réponse à ce défi , l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique (UBC) a organisé un symposium en janvier 2015 sur la pédagogie du In response to this challenge, in January 2015 the University matériel et de la culture visuels intitulé : Past Matters: Teaching His- of British Columbia (UBC) hosted a symposium on mate- tory through Material Culture. Grâce à des subventions du doyen de rial and visual culture pedagogy under the title Past Matters: la Faculté des arts et du département d’histoire de l’UBC, cet événe- Teaching History through Material Culture. Supported by ment d’une journée a réuni des chercheurs et des enseignants de sept grants from the Dean of Arts and Department of History universités de la Colombie-Britannique qui ont partagé des modèles at UBC, this one-day event brought together scholars and d’apprentissage visuel qui favorisent la réfl exion historique critique. teachers from seven universities in British Columbia to La diversité des matériaux et des méthodes utilisés par les présen- share visual learning models that successfully foster critical tateurs et les intervenants refl ète la multitude des disciplines qui y historical thinking. Th e diversity of materials and meth- étaient représentées dont l’anthropologie, l’archéologie, les études odologies used by the presenters and discussants refl ected régionales (l’Asie, l’Europe, le Proche-Orient), l’histoire de l’art, l’édu- the great diversity of disciplinary backgrounds, including cation, les études des Premières nations, les études de genre, l’histoire, anthropology, archaeology, area studies (Asia, Europe, Near la muséologie, la philosophie et les études religieuses. East), art history, education, fi rst nations studies, gender studies, history, museology, philosophy, and religious studies. Le sujet de certaines pratiques d’enseignement, considérations disci- plinaires et réfl exions théoriques a été abordé pendant ce colloque qui Th e symposium consisted of six panels that focussed on était divisé en six sessions. Par exemple, l’un des panels d’ouverture particular teaching practices, disciplinary considerations, a examiné le rôle de la culture matérielle pour rendre les épisodes and theoretical refl ections. For example, one of the opening historiques violents plus palpables en classe. Roxanne Panchasi (Uni- panels explored the role of material culture in making vio- versité Simon Fraser) a ainsi invité plusieurs bénévoles à dérouler lent historical episodes tangible in the classroom. Roxanne le dernier ouvrage de Joe Sacco, Th e Great War, un panorama de Panchasi (Simon Fraser University) called upon several vingt-quatre pieds de long qui se replie comme un accordéon et qui volunteers to unfold Joe Sacco’s latest work, Th e Great War, illustre le premier jour de la bataille de la Somme, l’un des plus san- a twenty-four-foot-long panorama that folds like an accor- glants combats armés de l’histoire. Elle a également fait circuler un dion, illustrating the fi rst day of the Battle of the Somme, obus d’artillerie en laiton, comme elle le fait dans ses classes sur la one of the bloodiest battles in world history. She also passed Grande Guerre, en soulignant que les étudiants bénéfi cient du fait around a brass artillery casing, as she does in her classes on de pouvoir sentir le poids de ces objets, tant au sens propre qu’au the Great War, stressing that students benefi t from feeling sens fi guré. Un autre exemple de l’utilisation expérientielle d’objet the weight of such objects, both literally and metaphorically. a été celle d’Antonia Mills (Université du Nord de la Colombie-Bri- Another direct, experiential use of objects was exemplifi ed tannique), qui nous a démontré le rôle essentiel que joue la culture in a later panel by Antonia Mills (University of Northern matérielle dans les cours sur les Premières nations. Dans le cadre du British Columbia), who reported on the central role that cours qu’elle enseigne, les étudiants construisent une pirogue tra- material culture played in a course in First Nations Studies. ditionnelle en peuplier deltoïde, qui est ensuite mise à l’eau dans la As part of the coursework, students craft ed a traditional- rivière Nechako, en collaboration avec les aînés de la nation Lheidli ly-made cottonwood dugout canoe and launched it into the T’enneh. Une présentation de Franco De Angelis (UBC), off erte dans Nechako River in collaboration with elders of the Lheidli le cadre d’une table ronde portant sur les aspects théoriques de l’en- T’enneh nation. A panel on the theoretical aspects of teach- seignement par le biais de la culture matérielle, a retracé l’histoire ing through material culture featured a paper by Franco De fascinante du schisme visuel textuel dans les sciences humaines. Sa Angelis (UBC), who traced the fascinating history of the communication était l’une parmi tant d’autres qui encourageaient visual-textual schism in the humanities, which combined l’adoption de nouvelles approches théoriques en enseignement. Le with other presentations to urge new theoretical approaches symposium s’est conclu par le discours liminaire de Beverly Lemire in our teaching. Th e symposium concluded with a keynote (Université de l’Alberta) intitulé « Habits and Practice in an Early

32 Société historique du Canada We are living in a visual age, in which images have become a central way of representing and interrogating issues in society .... Historians of all regions and periods are turning to visual materials no longer just to fi nd eye-catching cover images and illustrations, but as primary sources whose study brings with it distinct method- ologies and modes of interpretation.

Nous vivons à l’ère visuelle où les images sont devenues un outil essentiel pour évoquer et aborder les questions sociétales .... Les historiens de toutes les régions et périodes se tournent vers l’au- diovisuel pour non seulement trouver des images de couverture et illustrations frappantes, mais comme source primaire dont l’étude engendre des méthodologies et des modes d’interprétation distincts.

lecture by Beverly Lemire (University of Alberta) on “Habits Globalizing Era: Exploring Connections in Changing Material and Practice in an Early Globalizing Era: Exploring Connec- Lives, c.1600-1800 ». S’appuyant sur ses recherches novatrices dans tions in Changing Material Lives, c.1600-1800”. Drawing on le domaine de l’étude historique de la culture matérielle, Lemire a her pioneering work in the historical study of material cul- partagé ses réfl exions sur le nouveau regard que les étudiants doivent ture, Lemire refl ected on the new sort of looking required porter lorsqu’ils font face à, ou sont défi és ou hypnotisés par, la of students as they are faced, challenged, entranced, and at présence d’objets muets – un chapeau de castor anglais, une pipe jap- times unsettled by the presence of mute objects—an English onaise, ou une boîte brodée européenne. Une étude qui met l’accent beaver hat, a Japanese tobacco pipe, or European embroi- sur l’objet peut servir d’illustration aux étudiants pour démontrer la dered box. Focussed object study can manifest to students façon dont les liens, souvent abstraits et éphémères, se forment entre how otherwise abstract and ephemeral connections across diff érentes cultures tout en révélant comment les systèmes d’objets cultures are forged, and thereby reveal how objects systems aff ectent et sont aff ectés par des événements plus larges. aff ect and are aff ected by wider events. Puisque de nombreuses institutions investissent dans le développe- As many institutions invest in the development of new forms ment de nouvelles formes et de nouveaux formats d’enseignement and formats of teaching that privilege the use of visual mate- qui favorisent l’utilisation du matériel visuel à un degré sans précé- rials to an unprecedented degree, it becomes necessary to dent, il devient nécessaire de théoriser et d’élaborer des stratégies theorize and strategize a pedagogy that responds eff ectively d’une pédagogie qui répond effi cacement et de manière responsable and responsibly to this transformation. Th is symposium à cette transformation. Ce symposium a encouragé un large débat fostered a wide-ranging discussion across the disciplines interdisciplinaire au sujet des compétences que nous cherchons à about what competencies in the use of visual and material inculquer dans l’utilisation de la culture visuelle et matérielle et a culture we seek to instill, and shared hands-on experiences facilité le partage d’expériences pratiques et de moyens pour le faire. of and methods for doing so. It was conceived as one step Il a été conçu comme une étape dans l’élaboration d’un programme in developing a core curriculum of visual literacy across de base d’alphabétisation visuelle interdisciplinaire dont les perspec- the disciplines, the extraordinary prospects of which have tives extraordinaires ont été soulignées dans ces présentations et ces been highlighted by these inspiring presentations and dis- discussions inspirantes. cussions. Le programme du colloque est disponible en ligne au www.history. Symposium website with full program at: www.history.ubc. ubc.ca/past-matters ca/past-matters Le hashtag du symposium : #ubcpastmatters Symposium hashtag: #ubcpastmatters Coordonnées de la responsable: [email protected] Convenor contact: [email protected]

Canadian Historical Association 33 History on the Web / L’Histoire The I.T. Insights of Historians sur la toile

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While working as a postdoc at Trent’s interdisciplinary Environmental Despite these advantages, researchers who use digital cameras or Studies department this past year, I also learned that historians’ tech- scanners inevitably discover a problem. Th ey return home with nological struggles are not unique. Archaeologists, geographers and hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands, of JPGs™ with biologists, for example, also use cameras, critter cams or microscopes ambiguous fi lenames like “IMG_6392,” and are forced to spend for their research. I know researchers who literally spent months hours or even days sorting them all into groups with more mean- manually sorting hundreds of thousands of images into scientifi c ingful titles. Researchers who want to annotate their photographs datasets. 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34 Société historique du Canada Obituary/ Nécrologie

David Terence Ruddel (Th iery) 1943-2015

Un ami, un collègue, s’est éteint le 28 avril 2015.

Mon amitié avec Th iery remonte à plus de 40 ans, alors que nous étions à l’Université Laval. Elle s’est poursuivie jusqu’à sa mort tant sur le plan professionnel que personnel. Pour cette raison, je tiens ici à lui rendre hommage et à partager avec ses amis et collègues ces quelques mots.

Th iery était doté d’un esprit curieux, créatif et aventureux, autant de qualités qui l’ont conduit à entreprendre plusieurs carrières à la fois riches et mouvementées. Après avoir obtenu son baccalau- réat de la University of Britih Columbia, il poursuit ses études au Th iery est toujours demeuré fi dèle à ses origines. Il a grandi Princeton Th eological Seminary et à la Woodrow Wilson School dans un milieu ouvrier et ne l’a jamais oublié. Les intérêts des of Public and International Aff airs à Princeton aux États-Unis. groupes les moins nantis qui forment la majorité de la société Il obtient ensuite une maîtrise puis un doctorat en histoire à l’ont toujours préoccupé et au travail, ce sont surtout les « l’Université Laval à Québec. Il devient conservateur et historien classes laborieuses », le monde ouvrier, qui ont fait l’objet de ses au Musée canadien des civilisations à Gatineau et au Musée des recherches et de ses écrits. À titre de conservateur de musée, il sciences et de la technologie à Ottawa où il se distingue par ses s’est eff orcé de préserver de l’oubli et de mettre en valeur le pat- expositions originales et ses recherches en histoire. Se développe rimoine matériel de la majorité, notamment des artisans, des alors chez lui un intérêt pour la muséologie et plus particulière- journaliers et des ouvriers de manufactures. ment pour la formation des conservateurs. Il se dirige donc vers l’Université de Toronto où il enseigne cette discipline et met en Malgré le cancer qu’il savait irréversible, la persévérance et la œuvre un solide programme de maîtrise avec des collaborateurs. ténacité qui le caractérisaient dans toutes ses entreprises l’ont amené, ces deux dernières années, à terminer certains travaux qu’il considérait inachevés et à rendre accessibles au plus grand nombre l’ensemble de ses écrits en histoire et en muséologie. Ces derniers portent notamment sur les représentations des identités nationales dans plusieurs musées du monde qu’il a tenu à vis- iter lui-même. Historiens, ethnologues, muséologues et simples amoureux du patrimoine peuvent donc avoir accès à son œuvre dans un site voué aux chercheurs de diff érentes disciplines : Aca- demia.edu, sous le nom de David-Th iery Ruddel.

Jean-Pierre Hardy Chercheur associé Musée canadien de l’histoire Gatineau

Canadian Historical Association 35 Historians in the News / Les historiens font les manchettes

“Historians in the News” acknowledges some of the many suc- cesses of historians in Canada, including their engagement with the public. If you know of someone who has won a book or article prize, received a teaching award, delivered a public lecture, given an interview, written an editorial, started a new blog or written a notable entry, or has been awarded an honorary degree, let us know! Here are just a few developments that caught our atten- Des passages des livres de Helen Forsey, A People’s Senate for tion over the past months: Canada – Not a Pipe Dream! (Fernwood, 2015) et Eugene Forsey, Canada’s Maverick Sage (Dundurn, 2012), ont été publiés dans « Les historiens font les manchettes » vise à reconnaître et à hon- Th e Hill Times, le CCPA Monitor, HistoryWire, l’Ottawa Citizen orer quelques-uns des nombreux succès d’historiens au Canada, y et Lower Island News en Colombie-Britannique. Helen a égale- compris leur engagement avec le public. Si vous ou quelqu’un que ment écrit une lettre d’opinion sur A People’s Senate dans le Globe vous connaissez qui a : gagné un prix du livre ou d’article, reçu and Mail (http://goo.gl/otsWH4). un prix d’enseignement, donné une conférence publique ou une entrevue, écrit un éditorial, commencé un nouveau blog ou écrit Jennifer Bazar (Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care and un texte remarquable, été aff ecté dans un nouveau poste adminis- University of Toronto) has launched the Remembering Oak Ridge tratif, ou reçu un diplôme honorifi que, veuillez nous en informer Digital Archive and Exhibit (https://historyexhibit.waypointcen- et nous tenterons de l’inclure dans notre rubrique. Voici quelques tre.ca). Th e site features over 400 digital copies of photographs, faits qui ont retenu notre attention au cours des derniers mois : artefacts, and archival documents as well as nine exhibits focused on the history of Oak Ridge, Ontario’s only maximum security Joan Sangster (Trent University), President forensic mental health division for 81 years. Oral history inter- of the CHA, wrote a letter-to-the-editor views with former staff members are now underway and will be in the Globe and Mail in which she chal- added to the site in the spring of 2016. lenged recent eff orts to minimalize the negative impacts of the cancellation of the long-form census. She called for a broader discussion among political leaders during the 2015 federal election campaign. (http:// goo.gl/HQPEZc) Joan also co-authored an opinion piece of the importance knowledge in the federal election campaign for the Jennifer Bazar (Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care et Federation for the Humanities and Social Science. (http://goo. l’Université de Toronto) a lancé les archives numériques et gl/1mLDjr) l’exposition Remembering Oak Ridge (https://historyexhibit. waypointcentre.ca). Le site met en vedette plus de 400 copies Joan Sangster (Université Trent), présidente de la SHC, a écrit numériques de photographies, artefacts and documents d’ar- une lettre d’opinion dans le Globe and Mail pour dénoncer les chive ainsi que 9 expositions qui portent sur Oak Ridge, la seule récents eff orts pour minimiser les impacts négatifs de l’abolition division de sécurité maximale d’un Centre de santé mentale en de la version longue du formulaire de recensement. Elle souligne Ontario pendant 81 ans. Des entrevues d’histoire orales avec la nécessité d’une discussion plus large par les dirigeants poli- d’anciens membres du personnel sont en cours et seront ajoutées tiques durant la campagne électorale fédérale 2015. (http://goo. au site au printemps 2016. gl/HQPEZc) Joan est également la coauteure d’une lettre d’opin- ion émise par la Fédération canadienne des sciences humaines Jennifer Bonnell (York University) won the durant la campagne électorale fédérale sur l’importance du Ontario Historical Society’s Fred Landon Award savoir. (http://goo.gl/1mLDjr) recognizing the best book on local or regional history in Ontario for her book Reclaiming the Excerpts from Helen Forsey’s A People’s Senate for Canada – Not a Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don Pipe Dream! (Fernwood, 2015) and Eugene Forsey, Canada’s Mav- River Valley (University of Toronto Press, 2014). erick Sage (Dundurn, 2012) were published in Th e Hill Times, the CCPA Monitor, HistoryWire, the Ottawa Citizen and BC’s Lower Jennifer Bonnell (Université York) a remporté le prix Fred- Island News. Helen Forsey also wrote an op-ed piece on a People’s Landon de l’Ontario Historical Society qui récompense le Senate for the Globe and Mail (http://goo.gl/otsWH4). meilleur livre d’histoire locale ou régionale en Ontario pour son

36 Société historique du Canada livre Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s L’historien Eric Wright dénonce le monument aux victimes du Don River Valley (University of Toronto Press, 2014). communisme proposé à Ottawa comme étant un « piètre exem- ple d’histoire publique » dans le Vancouver Georgia Straight. Crystal Sissons (Social Sciences and Humanities Research (https://goo.gl/vscWFH). Council) won the Ontario Historical Society’s Alison Prentice Award recognizing the best book on women’s history in Ontario Jean Barman (University of British Columbia) won the Gover- for her work, Queen of the Hurricanes: Th e Fearless Elsie MacGill nor General’s Gold Medal for Scholarly Research for her work, (Second Story Press, 2014). French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacifi c Northwest (UBC, 2015). Th e event was covered by Radio-Canada in an interview with CHA Executive Director Michel Duquet. (http://goo.gl/bi8aav)

Crystal Sissons (Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines) a remporté le prix Alison-Prentice de l’Ontario Historical Soci- ety remis au meilleur livre sur l’histoire des femmes en Ontario pour son livre Queen of the Hurricanes: Th e Fearless Elsie Mac- Jean Barman (Université de la Colombie-Britannique) a rem- Gill (Second Story Press, 2014). porté le prix du Gouverneur général pour la recherche savante pour son livre French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women Christopher Armstrong (York University) won in the Making of the Pacifi c Northwest (UBC, 2015). Le prix a fait the Ontario Historical Society’s J. J. Talman l’objet de reportages dont une entrevue avec le directeur général Award recognizing the best book on Ontario’s de la SHC, Michel Duquet (http://goo.gl/bi8aav). social, economic, political, or cultural history for his book, Making Toronto Modern: Architecture Th e CHA organised a panel on women’s history at the History and Design, 1895-1975 (McGill-Queen’s Univer- Forum that is held each year during the Governor General His- sity Press, 2014). tory Awards. Entitled Researching the lives of women, it featured Jean Barman, winner of the 2015 Sir John A. Macdonald Prize; Christopher Armstrong (Université York) a remporté le prix Dominique Deslandres, Université de Montréal; and Rose Fine- J.-J.-Talman remis au meilleur livre sur l’histoire sociale, Myer from OISE. It was moderated by Ruby Heap form the économique, politique ou culturelle de l’Ontario pour son livre University of Ottawa. Making Toronto Modern: Architecture and Design, 1895-1975 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014).

Robert Talbot (University of New Brunswick), English-Language Secretary of the CHA, wrote an article for iPolitics.ca on the federal election in which he discussed some of the historical and potential long-term implications of the La SHC a organisé un panel sur l’histoire des femmes lors du emergence of a right-left dichotomy in Cana- Forum d’histoire qui a lieu chaque année durant les activités du dian politics (http://goo.gl/YJlnUV). Prix d’histoire du Gouverneur général. Intitulé, Recherche sur la vie des femmes, il était composé de Jean Barman, lauréate du prix Robert Talbot (Université du Nouveau-Brunswick), secrétaire de Sir-Jonh.-A.-Macdonald, Dominique Deslandres, Université de langue anglaise de la SHC, a rédigé un article pour iPolitics.ca au Montréal et de Rose Fine-Myer, OISE. La modératrice était Ruby sujet de l’élection fédérale où il se penche sur les implications his- Heap, Université d’Ottawa. toriques et à long terme de l’émergence d’une dichotomie politique entre la droite et la gauche au Canada (http://goo.gl/YJlnUV). Th e joint eff ort of the CHA and the Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française to lobby the Quebec government to Historian Eric Wright criti- grant heritage status to the Jacques Le Ber archaeology site in cized the proposed memorial Montreal, which is threatened by the construction of the new to the victims of Communism Champlain Bridge, was covered in a story by Le Devoir. (http:// in Ottawa as a “poor exam- goo.gl/Mrzeda) ple of public history,” in the Vancouver Georgia Straight. Le journal Le Devoir a publié un texte sur l’eff ort conjoint de (https://goo.gl/vscWFH). la SHC et de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française pour

Canadian Historical Association 37 Foundations of the Jacques Le Ber farm exposed on Île des Soeurs in 1969. Photo: Patrimoine Naturel et Urbain de Montréal, http://pnum.ca / Ensemble des fondations de la ferme de Jacques Le Ber sur l’île des Soeurs, 1969. Photography : Patrimoine Naturel et Urbain de Mon- tréal, http://pnum.ca.

inciter le gouvernement du Québec d’accorder le statut de pat- and Youth (SHCY) pour 2017-2019. Fondée en 2001, SHCY rimoine au site archéologique Jacques Le Ber à Montréal qui est est une organisation internationale qui compte 1 700 mem- menacé par les travaux du nouveau pont Champlain (http://goo. bres et qui organise des conférences biennales en Europe et en gl/Mrzeda). Amérique du Nord. Elle publie le Journal of the History of Child- hood and Youth et son prochain colloque aura lieu à l’Université Th e CHA added two new entries to its “CHA Media Contacts Rutgers-Camden près de Philadelphie. List,” which is a list of scholars who have made themselves avail- able to the media to discuss a variety of current and historical Leslie Howsam, Margaret Macmillan, David Van Der Oye topics. Th e new additions are Adam Chapnick (Royal Military Schimmelpenninck, David A. Wilson, Yves Frenette, and Ken College) on Canadian diplomatic practice and Canada at the Coates are part of the 2015 Fellows Class of the Royal Society United Nations, and Jacob Remes (SUNY Empire State College) of Canada. Congratulations to all of these noted historians. on Canada-US history, migration and the history of disasters. See - http://www.rsc-src.ca/sites/default/fi les/pdf/NF%20Cita- (http://goo.gl/afDMwL) tions%202015.pdf.

La SHC a ajouté deux historiens à sa liste de personnes-ressou- Les historiens Leslie Howsam, Margaret Macmillan, David Van rces destinée aux médias. La liste est composée d’historiennes Der Oye Schimmelpenninck, David A. Wilson, Yves Frenette et historiens qui sont disponibles pour répondre pour répondre et Ken Coates sont parmi les nouveaux membres de la Société à des questions du jour et historiques. Les nouvelles additions royale du Canada. Voir http://www.rsc-src.ca/sites/default/fi les/ sont Adam Chapnick (Collège militaire royal) sur la diplomatie pdf/NF%20Citations%202015.pdf. canadienne et les Nations unies ainsi que Jacob Remes (SUNY Empire State College) sur les relations canado-américaines, la ActiveHistory.ca and His- migration et l’histoire des catastrophes. (http://www.cha-shc.ca/ toireEngagee.ca continue to francais/a-propos/liste-de-personnes-ressources-de-la-shc-des- post well researched articles tinee-au-media.html#sthash.w2zpg2KL.6EHbygWv.dpbs) and thoughtful podcasts from members of the historical profession. Th e websites’ aim is to Dr. Patrick Ryan, Department of History at connect the work of historians with the wider public and the King’s University College, has been elected importance of the past to current events. President of Th e Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) for the 2017-19 ActiveHistory.ca et Histoi- term. Founded in 2001, SHCY is an interna- reEngagee.ca continuent tional organization based on a global network d’affi cher de précieuses con- of 1,700 scholars, which has held biennial con- tributions des membres de la ferences in both Europe and North America. It publishes the profession d’historien(ne) sur une base régulière. Le but des sites Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, will hold its next est d’informer le public sur la recherche historique en cours et conference June 2017 at Rutgers University-Camden near Phil- de promouvoir l’importance d’interpréter le présent à la lumière adelphia. du passé.

Le Dr. Ryan, département d’histoire au King’s University Col- lege, a été élu president de la Society for the History of Children

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