Canada on Display

Celebrating the teaching of history at Trent
April 13-14, 2007

In order to honour three Canadian historians who have recently retired -- John Jennings, Elwood Jones and Dale Standen --  the Department of History has organized a two-day event to celebrate the teaching of Canadian History at Trent. All those giving papers are Trent alumni.

FRIDAY, April 13th

12:00-1:00 pm -- light lunch Senior and Junior Common Room, Traill College

1:00 Welcome, Prof. Tom Symons
1:15-3:15
Approaches to Historical Research
Chair: Jane Errington, (RMC)
Peter Way (University of Windsor), Locating the lower orders: Recovering the lives of 18th and 19th century soldiers and canal workers.
Josh MacFadyen (Guelph University), Exploring history through the life of a commodity - the case of flax.
Nancy Christie (Research Associate, Frost Centre), “The Family and the Study of Everyday Life in Canada”
David Churchill, (University of Manitoba) Promiscuity, Sexual Liberation and the Politics of AIDS”

break: tea and coffee

3:30-5:30
Issues in Public History
Chair: Damien Claude-Belanger (Trent University)
Kerry Badgley (Library and Archives Canada), “The Politics and Ethics of Public History”
Bill Waiser (University of Saskatchewan) Public History: Working with and through the Media
Tim Cook (Canadian War Museum) Museum or Memorial: Contested History at the Canadian War Museum
Chris Dummit (University of London) Remembering Willie: Mackenzie King and Canadian Culture

7:00 drinks for 7:30 banquet, Traill College

Saturday
9:00-10:30
Canada in International Context
Chair: Jamie Benidickson (University of Ottawa, Friends of the Frost Centre)
Kevin Spooner (Wilfrid Laurier University), “Peacekeeping as a Canadian Issue”
Adam Chapnick (Canadian Forces College) “Reflections on writing Canadian/International History
Rob Kristofferson (Wilfrid Laurier University at Brantford) “Craftsworkers, Labour Migration and Class Formation in Early Industrial Canada: An International View”

Coffee and tea
10:30 to 12:30 Biography and History
Chair: Donica Belilse (PhD, Canadian Studies, Trent University)
Suzanne Morton (McGill University), “From social history to Biography: not really any distance at all”
Margaret Hobbs and Sue Wurtele (Trent University), ‘Violet MacNaughton and Interwar feminism”
Peter Campbell (Queens University) "Two Solitudes?  Rose Henderson and the Labour Revolt of 1919 in Quebec."
Brendan Edwards (University of Saskatchewan) “‘I Have Lots of Books to Convince You’: Andrew Paull, Aboriginal political performance and the politics of literacy.”

Lunch 12:30 to 1:15 Sponsored by Trent Alumni Association

1:15-2:45
Law, Policy and History: Past and Present
Chair: Shelagh Grant (Frost Centre Research Associate)
Laura Peers, (Pitt Rivers Museum Research Centre, Oxford)
“The Legacies of Colonialism: a Red River Court Case and its meaning”
Penny Bryden (University of Victoria), “The Role of Historians in Public Policy Making”
Jamie Allum (Winnipeg City Archives), “Jumping on the Green Bandwagon...Again: Reflections on the history of Canadian environmental politics”

Au revoir: Emeritus Prof. Alan Wilson

3:00 Afternoon walking tour of historic Peterborough with Elwood Jones

Suggested Contribution for whole event: $50.
Banquet at Traill College only: $30.

For more information contact Kim Fielding, or visit the History web site.