On 26 September, Chris McEvoy will be presenting “Discovery of Tug Boat Mary Ann, Lake Superior Shipwreck of Canada’s first registered vessel (1867).”

This presentation is part of the 2017-18 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of History. Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) from September to April.

The Lakehead University Historical Society will be holding its annual Archive Crawl on September 28th.

The crawl begins at 6pm at the Lakehead University Archives (located on the fifth floor of the Paterson library), travelling to The Archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thunder Bay at 7pm, and finishing off at the City of Thunder Bay Archives at 8pm. Rides will be arranged for students to travel from each venue.

For more information please contact Jayne Alexander at jalexan6@lakeheadu.ca

On 24 October, Paul and Leslie Conway will be presenting “Historical Stephen Leacock: What he did to History and What History did to him.”

This presentation is part of the 2017-18 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of History. Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) from September to April.

History for Lunch on 26 October will feature a short presentation and discussion by Dr. Brian Dunn on "Depicting the Dharma: Tibetan Buddhist performance of text.”

As Buddhism spread north to the Tibetan plateau, Buddhist teachers developed new and creative ways to take their teaching out of monastic contexts and turn them it into more publicly accessible art forms. This lecture explores how the historically scholastic and text-based traditions of Indian Buddhism got translated into a uniquely Tibetan aesthetic of mandalas, murals, and tangka paintings.  

About the Speaker: Dr. Brian Dunn is a researcher and lecturer in religious studies and inter-faith engagement. He holds an undergraduate degree from Lakehead University and a Masters and PhD in Religion and Theology from Oxford University. He lived and worked for a number of years in North India as head of religious education at an international school in the foothills of the Himalayas, teaching religious traditions to students coming from a diversity of backgrounds. He has recently returned to his hometown of Thunder Bay and currently works as contract lecturer and adjunct professor at Lakehead University. His primary research interests are Hindu bhakti, Himalayan Buddhism, World Christianity and comparative method in theology and religion.

History for Lunch is an opportunity to put a bit of History in your diet and for members of the community and the Department of History to showcase their current research.

More information about the sessions can be found on the Department of History website (history.lakeheadu.ca) and on our Facebook page (facebook.com/lakeheadhistory)

November 7, 2017 marks the first anniversary of Leonard Cohen's passing.

A public event organized to commemorate it will feature a free screening of the documentary Leonard Cohen: In His Own Words. The film offers an unmediated insight into Leonard Cohen's thoughts on growing up, writing, love, monastic life, human condition, and 'the third act' - some of the key themes that run through Cohen's work and inform his philosophy of life (and death). 

The screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A discussion session.

The event will take place on November 7, 2017 at 7 pm, in the Trinity United Hall, 310 Park Avenue (across from the Armoury). 

This event is free and sponsored by Lakehead University's Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Departments of English, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the North of Superior Film Association, and the Shaarey Shomayim Congregation.  

How did the first PMs shape the office?

How has the PM's role changed in the last century?

Does the argument of a recent centralization of power still hold?

Join us as Dr. Patrice Dutil discuss how his latest book, Prime Ministerial Power in Canada: Its Origins Under Macdonald, Laurier and Borden, 1867-1920, explores these questions and the implications the answers have for Canadian domestic and international decision making.

About the presenter: Patrice Dutil is a Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. Before joining the department in August 2006, he was the Acting Executive Director and Director of Research at the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). He is a frequent commentator on public affairs on radio and television, including a past regular panelist on TFO’s weekly program “360.”

The presentation is made possible by The Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council, Lakehead University’s Department of History, and Lakehead International. It also also the Thunder Bay launch of Prime Ministerial Power in Canada (UBC Press) and copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

Each fall the Department of History, Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, the HMCS Griffon, and the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council partners to hold a free symposium focusing on issues relating to the Canadian Forces.

This year's symposium is focused on issues surrounding Post Combat and Recognition and will be held on 25 November. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Christopher McCreery, MVO, FRCGS FRHSC. He will speak on "Canada’s Afghanistan Experience and the Coming of age of the Canadian Honours System."

The complete 'at a glance' program can be downloaded by clicking here. 

Additional partners include the Ontario Historical Society, Thunder Bay Military Museum, Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, Northwestern Ontario Archivists' Association, Lakehead University Library Archives, Lakehead University Alumni Bookstore, Rose N' Crantz Roasting Company, and the Thunder Bay Public Library.

More information about the annual symposium can be found at https://www.lakeheadu.ca/academics/departments/history/annual-military-symposium

On 28 November, Tommy Horricks will be presenting “Tommy Horricks & Friends: Adventures in Music Through the Years.”

This presentation is part of the 2017-18 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of History. Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) from September to April.

"War from the Inside" is the eighth lecture in the annual Jung Series presented by Religious Studies professor Marie Taylor in the Department of History. 

The presentation explores twentieth century European war through the observations and insights from Swiss psychologist C.G. Jung.

Free and open to the public.