Department of History - Western University

Mark your calendar and join us on Thursday, January 15th at 12:30pm to hear Dr. Eric Story speak on, "Before Civil Rights: Locating the Origins of Disability Rights Activism in Canadian History". All are welcome! #westernu

The Vatican held these sacred Indigenous artifacts for more than a century. They’re on their way home | CNN Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.

History and Indigenous Studies professor Cody Groat shared expert insight with CNN and CBC News Network on the meaningful return of Indigenous cultural items from the Vatican to communities in Canada. Read more: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/e...

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A 355-year-old Royal Charter that survived the blitz sold for $13m in Canada The Hudson’s Bay Company Royal Charter - considered one of the country's founding documents - will be donated to Canadian museums and archives.

BBC News, The Globe and Mail (A2), and Global National featured insights from History and Indigenous Studies professor Cody Groat on the sale of the HBC Charter to the Thompson and Weston families for $18M.
www.bbc.com/news/article... @westernuhistory.bsky.social

Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025 A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.

Here are the accounts we interacted with the most on Bluesky in 2025 in terms of overall engagements:
1. @westernu.ca
2. @westernupubhist.bsky.social
3. @alanmaceachern.bsky.social
4. @westernuir.bsky.social
5. @westernusocsci.bsky.social
See yours here: anisota.net/harvest

We want to extend an invitation to submit a proposal to the upcoming HGSA Graduate Conference on March 6, 2026. The submission date is January 4, 2026.

We look forward to seeing all the research that you're working on. Please feel free to email Rose Giles if you have any questions. rgiles5@uwo.ca

40 years ago, the founders of #publichistory @ Western prioritized hands-on real-world community projects as the core of our training. On #GivingTuesday help us protect these key elements of our curriculum from budget cuts. #ldnont #CEL www.westernconnect.ca/site/SPageNa...

Western event launches Canada’s first Black Studies major Western held a celebration honouring the launch of Canada’s first major in Black Studies on Nov. 20.

Western celebrated the launch of Canada’s first major in Black Studies — a milestone moment recognizing Black scholarship, history, and community. Read the full Western Gazette story here: westerngazette.ca/news/western...

History is now – Make your voice count! Join the Youth Advisory Council at LAC

Make your voice count — join LAC’s Youth Advisory Council!

Are you between 16 and 25? We’re looking for engaged, curious, and creative people who want to help shape the future of libraries and archives.

Ready to make a real difference? Apply by December 3!

www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

Prof. Cody Groat's new publication, "Always a Part of the Land: The Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories" is available for pre-order. www.mqup.ca/Books/A/Alwa... @westernulibs.bsky.social

Join us on Thursday, November 20th at 12:30pm as we welcome Prof. Adam Ali to our Research Seminar Series. "We will make refugees proud around the world, and we will make them smile': Necropolitics, post-colonialism, and the rise of the Olympic Refugee Team" All are welcome!

The International Relations and AIR welcomed Mr. Rudy Zimmer to the symposium today. His first book, published in 2015, this book is a biography of pacifist Martin J. Zimmer and is based on letters from the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Be sure to see all 3 of his publications.

stack of books focusing on the topic of international relations.

business card for the Association of International Relations (AIR) club at Western University.

a framed piece of barbed wire fence from the DMZ.

Did you know we have an International Relations display case on the second floor of Lawson Hall? Come visit to learn more about the program at Western. #westernu

It was a great day to welcome prospective students to Western University. Fall Preview Day was a fantastic day! #westernu @westernuir.bsky.social @westernupubhist.bsky.social

For more information on graduate programs visit - history.uwo.ca/graduate/pro... #westernu

Replaying the Second World War | Columbia University Press Oleksa Drachewych argues that Russia’s instrumentalization of its memory of WWII has played a significant role in leading Russian forces to commit similar ... | CUP

Prof. Oleksa Drachewych's forthcoming book - Replaying the Second World War: Soviet Parallels and Inspirations for Russian Atrocities in the Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-25, coming out with ibidem press and distributed by Columbia University Press in February 2026.
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High School History Day 2025: Delete Search History? - Faculty of Social Science - Western University More than 300 high school students from across Southwestern Ontario filled the Social Science Centre at Western University on Thursday, November 6, 2025, for High School History Day—a day that proved history is very much alive, relevant, and worth defending.

Delete Search History? www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2025/in...

Historian and Western grad Michael O’Hagan, MA’13, PhD’20, joined CBC Airplay in Yukon to discuss the internment of German POWs in Northern Ontario and Manitoba—a topic he explored in his MA and PhD at Western. Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...

Decades before Terry Fox, these WW I amputees hiked from Alberta to Ontario on crutches | CBC Radio More than 100 years ago, veteran amputees George Hincks and Marshall McDougall met in a Calgary military hospital and hatched a truly spectacular plan — to hike, on crutches, from Alberta to Ontario a...

Interview with Eric Story and Lauren McDougall produced by Chloe Shantz-Hilkes.

www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Each year, we come together to honour all who have served our country in times of war, conflict, and peace. #WesternU has been associated with Canada's armed forces throughout our shared history, and many of our members serve in the Canadian Armed Forces.
#LestWeForget #LdnOnt

This #RemembranceDay, we remember two WWI amputees—George Hincks and Marshall McDougall—who hiked 2,000 km to challenge ableism and raise awareness for disabled veterans.
Read their story 👉 news.westernu.ca/2025/11/war-...
#WesternU #DisabilityRights #LestWeForget @westernuhistory.bsky.social

Tomorrow we honour Remembrance Day—a time to remember and reflect. History must not be deleted. Read about Western’s High School History Day 2025: www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2025/in...
#WesternU #RemembranceDay #HistoryDay @westernuhistory.bsky.social

‘History that’s been overlooked’: The First World War amputees who walked across Canada Nearly 60 years before Terry Fox’s famous cross-Canada journey, a pair of First World War veterans attempted a similar feat.

History postdoc researcher Eric Story is uncovering the remarkable 1923 journey of George Hincks and Marshall McDougall — two disabled WWI veterans who hiked over 2,000 km to raise awareness of veterans’ challenges after the war. Featured by CTV Winnipeg: www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

Ahead of Remembrance Day, Eric Story, history postdoc spoke with Sarah Crosbie on QR 770 Calgary about George Hincks and Marshall McDougall, amputees who walked across Canada after losing limbs in the Great War. 🎖️
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Join us on Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 12:30pm to hear Huanyu Li, MA candidate speak on, "The Lawless Water: Legal and Practical Conflicts around Militarization of Civilian Naval Shipping during the Great War." RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca #westernu

As a grad student, I pestered the poor guy who played cover songs at the UWO Grad Club until he added "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" to his rotation. Not sure if he still plays it - anyone, @westernupubhist.bsky.social, @westernuhistory.bsky.social?

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Join us on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 12:30pm as we welcome Prof. Klaus Meyer, Ivey Business School, Western University to our Research Seminar Series. Prof. Meyer will be speaking on, "National Socialists infiltrating a University: A Micro Historical Investigation." #westernu

Announcement of Book Review Prize Winner In November 2015, the HAHR editorial team established an annual prize for the best book review published in the journal. This funded prize recognizes, in general, the very important ways that peer rev...

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Dyck who was recently awarded the annual prize (2025) for the best book review published in the Hispanic American Historical Review. doi.org/10.1215/0018....

CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.

🦞 1 place, 3 events, no waiting:

Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...

Canadian Historical Association, 1-3 June
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Atlantic Canada Studies, 3-5 June
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#cdnhist

YouTube video by No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin Senator Pamela Wallin's Tribute to Canadian War Museum Historian Dr. Tim Cook in the Senate

A beautiful tribute to Tim Cook by Pamela Wallin in the Senate of Canada. youtu.be/17wNnUfCdx0?...