Public History, Western University
@westernupubhist.bsky.social
MA & Undergrad Minor #PublicHistory @huronatwestern
@westernu @kingsatwestern. Affiliated with @westernumedarti
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@westernu @kingsatwestern. Affiliated with @westernumedarti
#LdnOnt https://www.history.uwo.ca/public_history/index.html
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The MA in History, Public History field at Western is Canada’s longest-running field of its kind. Established in 1986, it provides graduate students with the knowledge, skills, training & practical experience required to promote historical research and understanding within the public sphere.
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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
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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
Call out to senior #publichistorians: we are looking for photos from the 1983 @ncph.bsky.social annual meeting held @uwaterloo.ca, Canada, especially any showing Canadian participation @cndhistassoc.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Call out to senior #publichistorians: we are looking for photos from the 1983 @ncph.bsky.social annual meeting held @uwaterloo.ca, Canada, especially any showing Canadian participation @cndhistassoc.bsky.social
While we are no longer on X, our MA #publichistory students are taking over the social media (X/Facebook/IG) of Banting House this month! Check it out on these other platforms all November to celebrate 50 years of research by @diabetescanada.bsky.social #LdnOnt #CEL @westernusocsci.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
While we are no longer on X, our MA #publichistory students are taking over the social media (X/Facebook/IG) of Banting House this month! Check it out on these other platforms all November to celebrate 50 years of research by @diabetescanada.bsky.social #LdnOnt #CEL @westernusocsci.bsky.social
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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...
‘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.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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...
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A beautiful tribute to Tim Cook by Pamela Wallin in the Senate of Canada. youtu.be/17wNnUfCdx0?...
Senator Pamela Wallin's Tribute to Canadian War Museum Historian Dr. Tim Cook in the Senate
YouTube video by No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin
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November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A beautiful tribute to Tim Cook by Pamela Wallin in the Senate of Canada. youtu.be/17wNnUfCdx0?...
Sarnia's First World War in 15 Objects. Curated by current MA History, Public History field students, Rylee Brooks.
.https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1d2024d5e8564b0baa94a61cf788f412
.https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1d2024d5e8564b0baa94a61cf788f412
Sarnia's First World War in 15 Objects
When Britain and Germany went to war on 4 August 1914, Canada (like the rest of the British Empire) was automatically at war too. Canadians from all parts of society – churches, labour unions, industr...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sarnia's First World War in 15 Objects. Curated by current MA History, Public History field students, Rylee Brooks.
.https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1d2024d5e8564b0baa94a61cf788f412
.https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1d2024d5e8564b0baa94a61cf788f412
The latest event to showcase the O-Pee-Chee documentary film project was last weekend's Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) meeting we hosted here in London.
October 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The latest event to showcase the O-Pee-Chee documentary film project was last weekend's Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) meeting we hosted here in London.
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Be sure to check out this important book. "Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the Mohawk Institute, Canada's Longest-Running Residential School." press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Be sure to check out this important book. "Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the Mohawk Institute, Canada's Longest-Running Residential School." press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
Watching the MA #publichistory students graduate today! @westernuhistory.bsky.social vimeo.com/event/5176456 #LdnOnt
Fall Convocation 2025: Octo 23 , 2:30
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October 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Watching the MA #publichistory students graduate today! @westernuhistory.bsky.social vimeo.com/event/5176456 #LdnOnt
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It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S
Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S
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October 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ATT: Ontario #Museum workers! With the downloading of heritage from regions to local levels, data is needed about the future capacity of Ontario museums to take on tens of thousands of deaccessioned artifacts & archival records. Please take this anonymous short survey lnkd.in/g9M3GA7K to help.
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
ATT: Ontario #Museum workers! With the downloading of heritage from regions to local levels, data is needed about the future capacity of Ontario museums to take on tens of thousands of deaccessioned artifacts & archival records. Please take this anonymous short survey lnkd.in/g9M3GA7K to help.
It's here! Get your copy @westernu.ca Book Store before his talk on Monday, 11-1230, Weldon Library @westernulibs.bsky.social. Follow Joe's story of sleeping in slave cabins to bring attention to Black heritage at historic sites, ultimately founding the Slave Dwelling Project. #LdnOnt
September 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's here! Get your copy @westernu.ca Book Store before his talk on Monday, 11-1230, Weldon Library @westernulibs.bsky.social. Follow Joe's story of sleeping in slave cabins to bring attention to Black heritage at historic sites, ultimately founding the Slave Dwelling Project. #LdnOnt
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Are you #AllinWesternU? Join us to build a better future for Canada and the world.
Learn more: allin.westernu.ca?utm_medium=s...
Learn more: allin.westernu.ca?utm_medium=s...
September 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are you #AllinWesternU? Join us to build a better future for Canada and the world.
Learn more: allin.westernu.ca?utm_medium=s...
Learn more: allin.westernu.ca?utm_medium=s...
Picked up my copy @booksatwesternu before Joseph McGill's talk, Monday, 1100-1230, Weldon Library 120 Community Room! Everyone welcome!
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Picked up my copy @booksatwesternu before Joseph McGill's talk, Monday, 1100-1230, Weldon Library 120 Community Room! Everyone welcome!
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
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Thank you to the Women's Canadian Club of London for inviting Prof. Mike Dove to kick off the 2025-2026 speaker's series this past Thursday with a talk "Packaging Fun: London's O-Pee-Chee Company!" @westernupubhist.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thank you to the Women's Canadian Club of London for inviting Prof. Mike Dove to kick off the 2025-2026 speaker's series this past Thursday with a talk "Packaging Fun: London's O-Pee-Chee Company!" @westernupubhist.bsky.social
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As a documentary film on the history of Canada's own O-Pee-Chee Company, supported by the MA Public History students over the past two years, continues in production, so too do efforts to promote it.
September 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As a documentary film on the history of Canada's own O-Pee-Chee Company, supported by the MA Public History students over the past two years, continues in production, so too do efforts to promote it.
We're at #BantingHouse today to kick off a social media project in our Public History Museums course! Community partners are key to our teaching!
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're at #BantingHouse today to kick off a social media project in our Public History Museums course! Community partners are key to our teaching!
COMING SOON! All welcome! Joe McGill Jr discusses founding the Slave Dwelling Project in Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery #LdnOnt #publichistory @londonontario.bsky.social @lpl.ca @westernusocsci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @westernulibs.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
COMING SOON! All welcome! Joe McGill Jr discusses founding the Slave Dwelling Project in Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery #LdnOnt #publichistory @londonontario.bsky.social @lpl.ca @westernusocsci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @westernulibs.bsky.social
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Interested in pursuing a MA in History, Public History field or a PhD for Fall 2026? Visit our website for info on admission requirements, courses, faculty research interests, etc history.uwo.ca/graduate/pro...
September 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Interested in pursuing a MA in History, Public History field or a PhD for Fall 2026? Visit our website for info on admission requirements, courses, faculty research interests, etc history.uwo.ca/graduate/pro...
What are the costs of deaccessioning museum objects? I've been thinking more about this process in light of the decision to close Halton Heritage Services and dispose of 18,500 objects. The math is staggering. Find out how much: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I've been thinking more about the costs of deaccessioning in light of the decision to close Halton Heritage Services and dispose of 18,500 three-dimensional objects. The math is staggering. If you...
I've been thinking more about the costs of deaccessioning in light of the decision to close Halton Heritage Services and dispose of 18,500 three-dimensional objects. The math is staggering. If you con...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What are the costs of deaccessioning museum objects? I've been thinking more about this process in light of the decision to close Halton Heritage Services and dispose of 18,500 objects. The math is staggering. Find out how much: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
It's time to nominate local #publichistorians for the London Heritage Awards! londonheritageawards.ca
London Heritage Awards – Celebrating & Recognizing Excellence in Built Heritage in London, Ontario
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September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's time to nominate local #publichistorians for the London Heritage Awards! londonheritageawards.ca
#DoorsOpenLondon is a fabulous opportunity to get out and explore our city and its heritage! #LdnOnt #publichistory
September 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#DoorsOpenLondon is a fabulous opportunity to get out and explore our city and its heritage! #LdnOnt #publichistory