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John Devine, LVO, OBE, Head of the Scottish Government Office in Canada and at the University of Guelph, invite you to attend a reception to launch the Scottish-Canadian Academic Partnership—a catalyst for cooperation between scholars in the two countries.

Rural History Speaker Series for Fall 2024

• Thursday, 26 September, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Rebecca Beausaert, University of Guelph. Book Launch. 'Tea Meetings, Concerts, and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention': Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914. 
• Thursday, 17 October, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Edward Dunsworth, McGill University. "Beyond the Labour Shortage Narrative: A New History of Canadian Farm Labour."
• Tuesday, 12 November, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University. "A Measure of Improvement in Upper Canada: The 1852 Agricultural Exhibition."

Join Dr. Stephen Sherlock in an exploration of archeological sites in Northeast Yorkshire from the Neolithic period to the Roman arrival. Dr. Sherlock partners with , a research project partner in the Tri-U.

Rural History Speaker Series for Fall 2024

• Thursday, 26 September, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Rebecca Beausaert, University of Guelph. Book Launch. 'Tea Meetings, Concerts, and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention': Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914. 
• Thursday, 17 October, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Edward Dunsworth, McGill University. "Beyond the Labour Shortage Narrative: A New History of Canadian Farm Labour."
• Tuesday, 12 November, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University. "A Measure of Improvement in Upper Canada: The 1852 Agricultural Exhibition."

The Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada invites you to a hybrid lecture by Dr. Matthew Wiseman. In this talk, Dr. Wiseman will discuss his recent book, Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War, 1945-1970, that investigates the most challenging issue of Canadian defence in the postwar Arctic: the human body.

Rural History Speaker Series for Fall 2024

• Thursday, 26 September, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Rebecca Beausaert, University of Guelph. Book Launch. 'Tea Meetings, Concerts, and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention': Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914. 
• Thursday, 17 October, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Edward Dunsworth, McGill University. "Beyond the Labour Shortage Narrative: A New History of Canadian Farm Labour."
• Tuesday, 12 November, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University. "A Measure of Improvement in Upper Canada: The 1852 Agricultural Exhibition."

The Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada invites you to a hybrid lecture with Tim Cook. In this presentation Cook will discuss his new book, The Good Allies, a masterful account of how Canadians and Americans made the transition from wary rivals to steadfast allies, and how Canada thrived in the shadow of the military and global superpower. 

Aly Firth, MA student at Wilfrid Laurier University, offers an assessment of transgender roles and crossdressing in performances for the troops during the First World War. This Military Lecture is sponsored by Tri-U partner and Guelph Museums.

Three online lectures offered through the University of Guelph during Winter 2025 with thanks to the Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professorship in Rural History.

• January 23: Local Need, Lasting Legacies: Japanese Canadian Internment & Rural Medicine, Letitia Johnson, University of Victoria
• February 12: The Medieval Pig, Dolly Jørgensen, University of Stavanger
• March 12: Mmm...Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Foods We Eat, Kimberley Moore and Janis Thiessen, University of Winnipeg

In today's polarized world, anger is often celebrated as a tool for liberation, yet its roots in ancient and medieval thought have been largely overlooked. Join The  guest, Dr. Marc Cels of Athabasca University, who will meekly offer his observations about how the current debate could be enriched by becoming a bit medieval on the subject of anger.