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Ben Hoy contributes interview to this story on the history of the Canada-US border.
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‘Artificially drawn line’: 1860 engineers cabin a reminder of great effort to mark Canada-U.S. border
Like the decision-makers who agreed on the 49th parallel, experts today believe the border functions best when the two nations co-operate
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September 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ben Hoy contributes interview to this story on the history of the Canada-US border.
www.nsnews.com/local-news/a...
www.nsnews.com/local-news/a...
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Announcing the 2025 #USaskArtSci Alumni of Influence!
Five outstanding USask graduates who inspire others. artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
Five outstanding USask graduates who inspire others. artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
Alumni of Influence recipients making an impact on communities
The awards celebrate outstanding alumni of the USask College of Arts and Science
artsandscience.usask.ca
June 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Announcing the 2025 #USaskArtSci Alumni of Influence!
Five outstanding USask graduates who inspire others. artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
Five outstanding USask graduates who inspire others. artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
Congratulations to colleagues Ben Hoy, Jim Clifford, Paula MacDowell, Judy Jaunzems Fernuk and Jessy Lee Saas on winning a prestigious D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning for the game Homesteaders!
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
USask team wins international teaching award for Canadian history game
Homesteaders teaches the history of prairie settlement through tabletop gaming
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May 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Congratulations to colleagues Ben Hoy, Jim Clifford, Paula MacDowell, Judy Jaunzems Fernuk and Jessy Lee Saas on winning a prestigious D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning for the game Homesteaders!
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
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Congrats to our Executive member, @stundenbower.bsky.social, on be shortlisted for the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social Best (English-Language) Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize!
And extra congrats to the other nominees as well!
#cdnhist #envhist #aghist
And extra congrats to the other nominees as well!
#cdnhist #envhist #aghist
May 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Congrats to our Executive member, @stundenbower.bsky.social, on be shortlisted for the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social Best (English-Language) Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize!
And extra congrats to the other nominees as well!
#cdnhist #envhist #aghist
And extra congrats to the other nominees as well!
#cdnhist #envhist #aghist
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The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Wallace K. Ferguson prize! #cdnhist #prize
Shortlist: Wallace K. Ferguson Prize | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Wallace K. Ferguson prize. (In alphabetical order). Jacob Blanc, The Prestes Column: An Interior History of Modern Brazil. D...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Five of our department's PhD Candidates presented their research at their 990 Colloquium today. Congratulations to Justin Fisher, Kiera Mitchell, Dasha Guliak, Derek Cameron and Patrick Lee on a job well done. Five very interesting research projects and great questions from the audience!
May 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Five of our department's PhD Candidates presented their research at their 990 Colloquium today. Congratulations to Justin Fisher, Kiera Mitchell, Dasha Guliak, Derek Cameron and Patrick Lee on a job well done. Five very interesting research projects and great questions from the audience!
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld on promotion to full professor. This is very well deserved. Matthew was recognized at the College's RSAW Celebration.
May 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld on promotion to full professor. This is very well deserved. Matthew was recognized at the College's RSAW Celebration.
Congratulations to Erika Dyck, Jim Clifford and Nazeem Muhajarine on receiving an RSAW Publicly Engaged Scholar Team Award for their work on The Remember/Rebuild Saskatchewan project and Cheryl Troupe on receiving the College's RSAW New Scholar Award.
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
USask Arts and Science faculty recognized for research, scholarly, artistic impact on communities
Four Arts and Science faculty members presented with college awards for outstanding RSAW contributions
artsandscience.usask.ca
May 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Congratulations to Erika Dyck, Jim Clifford and Nazeem Muhajarine on receiving an RSAW Publicly Engaged Scholar Team Award for their work on The Remember/Rebuild Saskatchewan project and Cheryl Troupe on receiving the College's RSAW New Scholar Award.
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Cheryl Troupe on the publication of Putting Down Roots.
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Putting Down Roots
Looking through the lens of women's work, Putting Down Roots reframes Métis road allowance communities as sites of profound resistance and resilience, restoring Métis life in places, times, and schola...
uofmpress.ca
May 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Cheryl Troupe on the publication of Putting Down Roots.
uofmpress.ca/books/puttin...
uofmpress.ca/books/puttin...
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Red Dress Day is May 5: All members of the #USask community are invited to gather in front of Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre on Monday, May 5 from 11am - 1pm to show their support for ending violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
May 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Red Dress Day is May 5: All members of the #USask community are invited to gather in front of Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre on Monday, May 5 from 11am - 1pm to show their support for ending violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
Congratulations to two of Dr. Ben Hoy’s undergraduate students, Andrew Kelly and Marissa Moberg, who attended the 2025 Crossing Borders Conference at Niagara University on March 29. Andrew was also awarded the Best Paper prize! This is a huge accomplishment for both students.
March 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Congratulations to two of Dr. Ben Hoy’s undergraduate students, Andrew Kelly and Marissa Moberg, who attended the 2025 Crossing Borders Conference at Niagara University on March 29. Andrew was also awarded the Best Paper prize! This is a huge accomplishment for both students.
Read about History Department alum Dr. Candice Klein as she talks about her work with Saskatoon Sexual Health in a recent news article.
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thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n...
How Canada Wins: Breaking the stigma of sexual health
Candice Klein, with Saskatoon Sexual Health, speaks about services they offer and the advocacy and education they do.
thestarphoenix.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Read about History Department alum Dr. Candice Klein as she talks about her work with Saskatoon Sexual Health in a recent news article.
thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n...
thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n...
Join us for a panel discussion on "Psychedelic Humanities or Humanistic Psychedelics? What the Humanities Can (and Can't) Contribute to the Psychedelic Landscape."
Tuesday, April 1 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Louis' Loft
Tuesday, April 1 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Louis' Loft
March 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Join us for a panel discussion on "Psychedelic Humanities or Humanistic Psychedelics? What the Humanities Can (and Can't) Contribute to the Psychedelic Landscape."
Tuesday, April 1 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Louis' Loft
Tuesday, April 1 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Louis' Loft
Happening Thursday March 20 at 4pm. The USask Museum of Antiquities will be hosting the first of its 50th anniversary celebration events in March, starting with a special guest lecture by Dr. Nathan. T. Elkins, Deputy Director of the American Numismatic Society, on the Colosseum on Roman coins.
March 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happening Thursday March 20 at 4pm. The USask Museum of Antiquities will be hosting the first of its 50th anniversary celebration events in March, starting with a special guest lecture by Dr. Nathan. T. Elkins, Deputy Director of the American Numismatic Society, on the Colosseum on Roman coins.
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I'm taking part in a round table, organized by a student group called Inspired 2 Uplift, focused on learning disabilities and other invisible disabilities on campus. The location changed to 211, Arts Building. Tonight at 5pm. Free pizza! @usaskartsci.bsky.social @usask.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'm taking part in a round table, organized by a student group called Inspired 2 Uplift, focused on learning disabilities and other invisible disabilities on campus. The location changed to 211, Arts Building. Tonight at 5pm. Free pizza! @usaskartsci.bsky.social @usask.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld (USask) and Sabine Jesner (Museum of Military History, Vienna) on the recent publication of their edited collection, Military Healthcare and the Early Modern State, 1660-1830.
This is an open access title and available at
www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com
This is an open access title and available at
www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld (USask) and Sabine Jesner (Museum of Military History, Vienna) on the recent publication of their edited collection, Military Healthcare and the Early Modern State, 1660-1830.
This is an open access title and available at
www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com
This is an open access title and available at
www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com
Are you a History Major? Considering a Major History? Join Prof. Mark Meyers, in collaboration with the College’s Undergraduate Student Office for a group advising session. Mon, Mar 31 from 12:30-1:30pm in ARTS 208.
Please register for the session here: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-in-m...
Please register for the session here: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-in-m...
March 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Are you a History Major? Considering a Major History? Join Prof. Mark Meyers, in collaboration with the College’s Undergraduate Student Office for a group advising session. Mon, Mar 31 from 12:30-1:30pm in ARTS 208.
Please register for the session here: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-in-m...
Please register for the session here: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-in-m...
Check out this recent Active History post by our colleague, Dr. Robert Englebert activehistory.ca/blog/2025/03...
Trump needs a history lesson. Maybe we all do
By Robert Englebert The tariff war has begun. Since coming into office only weeks ago, Donald Trump’s on-and-off again threat of taking a sledgehammer to free trade has kept Canadians on edge. &nbs…
activehistory.ca
March 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Check out this recent Active History post by our colleague, Dr. Robert Englebert activehistory.ca/blog/2025/03...
Deadline to apply: Today at 11:59PM! Open to anyone with 30 cu course work or 3 cu History. The application is easy to complete; reference letters can come in after the deadline. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate students!
artsandscience.usask.ca/history/stud...
artsandscience.usask.ca/history/stud...
March 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Deadline to apply: Today at 11:59PM! Open to anyone with 30 cu course work or 3 cu History. The application is easy to complete; reference letters can come in after the deadline. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate students!
artsandscience.usask.ca/history/stud...
artsandscience.usask.ca/history/stud...
Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Cheryl Troupe, who is receiving an Order of Gabriel Dumont Gold Medal.
March 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Cheryl Troupe, who is receiving an Order of Gabriel Dumont Gold Medal.
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This is the introduction to an entire series that we co-published with @activehist.bsky.social on historians confronting climate change, which you can peruse here: niche-canada.org/tag/historia...
#envhist #climhist #climatechange
#envhist #climhist #climatechange
March 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is the introduction to an entire series that we co-published with @activehist.bsky.social on historians confronting climate change, which you can peruse here: niche-canada.org/tag/historia...
#envhist #climhist #climatechange
#envhist #climhist #climatechange
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Join Rural History Roundtable on Weds March 12 (330-5pm EST) as Kimberley Moore and @janisthiessen.bsky.social from University of Winnipeg present "Mmm...Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Food We Eat"
Register for this free Zoom talk here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/mmm-manito...
All are welcome! #cdnhist
Register for this free Zoom talk here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/mmm-manito...
All are welcome! #cdnhist
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Join Rural History Roundtable on Weds March 12 (330-5pm EST) as Kimberley Moore and @janisthiessen.bsky.social from University of Winnipeg present "Mmm...Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Food We Eat"
Register for this free Zoom talk here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/mmm-manito...
All are welcome! #cdnhist
Register for this free Zoom talk here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/mmm-manito...
All are welcome! #cdnhist
Join our Department on March 26 for Dr. Jim Clifford's 7 Nights of History talk titled, "July 16, 1945: The Day the Anthropocene Didn't Begin". March 26, 2025 Starts at 6:30pm and Better Brothers Brewing.
March 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Join our Department on March 26 for Dr. Jim Clifford's 7 Nights of History talk titled, "July 16, 1945: The Day the Anthropocene Didn't Begin". March 26, 2025 Starts at 6:30pm and Better Brothers Brewing.
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Our Historicizing Adaptation series begins today with an introduction by @stundenbower.bsky.social!
This series will feature environmental historians and scholars in allied fields reflecting on adaptation in historical perspective.
niche-canada.org/2025/02/27/i...
#envhist #adaptation
This series will feature environmental historians and scholars in allied fields reflecting on adaptation in historical perspective.
niche-canada.org/2025/02/27/i...
#envhist #adaptation
Introducing the “Historicizing Adaptation” Blog Series
Learn about “Historicizing Adaptation,” a blog series launching today that will publish on Thursdays for the next few months. This series will feature environmental historians and scholars in allied f...
niche-canada.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Our Historicizing Adaptation series begins today with an introduction by @stundenbower.bsky.social!
This series will feature environmental historians and scholars in allied fields reflecting on adaptation in historical perspective.
niche-canada.org/2025/02/27/i...
#envhist #adaptation
This series will feature environmental historians and scholars in allied fields reflecting on adaptation in historical perspective.
niche-canada.org/2025/02/27/i...
#envhist #adaptation