Aspects of the History of Nolalu and Area

Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East)
Event Fee: 
Free and open to the public.
Event Contact Name: 
Dr. Thorold Tronrud
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 623-0801

On 23 January, Harold Alanen will be presenting “Aspects of the History of Nolalu and Area.

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.

Free and open to the public.

History for Lunch - “Returning to History: Historical Narrative and the Politics of Eternity in Illiberal Hungary, 2010-present”

Event Date: 
Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Thunder Bay TBA | Orillia TBA
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome!
Event Contact Name: 
Gail Fikis, Administrative Assistant
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 346-7725
Event Contact E-mail: 

History for Lunch on 25 January will feature a short presentation and discussion by Dr. Steven Jobbitt, Assistant Professor of History, on “Returning to History: Historical Narrative and the Politics of Eternity in Illiberal Hungary, 2010-present.”

Description will be posted shortly. 

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)

CANCELLED - LUHS Bonfire and Skating Night

Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Lake Tamblyn
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.

The Lakehead University Historical Society is hosting a bonfire and skating at Lake Tamblyn on 7 February between 7 and 10 pm. Free hot chocolate will be available courtesy of the Department of History.

History for Lunch - "Climate Change Knowledge from Below and From Above: Differing Views of Climate Change in the Western Himalayas"

Event Date: 
Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Orillia OA 2019
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome!
Event Contact Name: 
Gail Fikis, Administrative Assistant
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 346-7725
Event Contact E-mail: 

History for Lunch in February will feature a short presentation and discussion by Dr. Pallavi Das, Associate Professor of History, exploring "Climate Change Knowledge from Below and From Above: Differing Views of Climate Change in the Western Himalayas."

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)

Black History at Lakehead

Event Date: 
Friday, February 16, 2018 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Lakehead University - AGORA
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.

African Caribbean Student Association (AFCASA) & The Department of History presents

 Black History at Lakehead

February 16th, 7 to 9 pm. 
Lakehead University - AGORA

Speakers include: Dr. Asiru Abu-Bakare, Prof. Walid Chahal, Prof Taina Chahal, and Dreeni Geer

Featuring: Dance & Performances by Elsa Beleke and Mateo Garcia

Film Screening of “Hard Time” presented by Dr. Ronald Harpelle

Lots of food and refreshments will be served! 

 

The event is sponsored by AFCASA, Lakehead University Department of History, Lakehead University Office of Human Rights and Equity, Lakehead International, and Lakehead University Student Union

Can the Sacred be Secular?

Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 8:00pm to 9:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Lakehead University International Centre (Ground Floor, Chancellor Paterson Library)
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 343-8341
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 

On 21 February at 8 pm in Lakehead University's International Centre (Ground Floor, Chancellor Paterson Library), Dr. Brian Dunn will discuss "Can the Sacred be Secular?" using India as a focus.

India is both a millennia-old Subcontinent and a 70-year-young Republic. As ancient and modern traditions negotiate for space in the world's largest democracy, a uniquely Indian form of secularism has been emerging. Although not without its myriad challenges and voices, Indian secularism comes with an unseen tensile strength - a wisdom for plurality and dialogue that knows that it can and, indeed, must make space for both religious and non-religious communities. This presentation introduces some of this and considers how Canadian and Indian models of secularism might learn from one another.

Free and open to the public! Everyone is welcome!

About the presenter: Dr. Brian Dunn is an internationally travelled researcher, writer and teacher. In addition to a childhood spent in Zambia, Canada and India, Brian returned to North India along with his wife and four children, where he served for eight years as the head of Religious Education at an international school in the foothills of the Himalayas. Upon completing his doctorate in religious studies from Oxford University, he has returned to his hometown of Thunder Bay where he now works as an Adjunct Professor at Lakehead University and researcher for a First Nations Tribal Council.

This event is made possible by The Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council, Lakehead University’s Department of History, and Lakehead International.

“History of Museums from the Renaissance to Catherine the Great”

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East)
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.

On 27 February at 7:30 pm, Dr. Tory Tonrud, Adjunct Professor of History and Director of the Thunder Bay Museum, will present “History of Museums from the Renaissance to Catherine the Great.”

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.

Free and open to the public.

The Impact of Development: Single Industry Communities and Capital Mobility

Event Date: 
Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 8:30am EST to Friday, March 2, 2018 - 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Trinity United Hall 310 Park Avenue Thunder Bay, Ontario
Event Fee: 
Free and open to the public.
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 

Over the past few decades, many Northern communities have experienced little sustained economic growth and now find themselves at a crossroads where the uncertain future of their extractive resource-based economies is combining with changes in global markets and undermining their social and economic prosperity. The recent global economic turmoil has exacerbated this trend by tying the fiscal hands of government, accelerating the decline in business investments, increasing unemployment dramatically and by stripping away markets and opportunities elsewhere.

The Impact of Development is a workshop that seeks to understand how single industry communities looking to the future can ensure that they will not repeat the mistakes of the past. The workshop offers both a regional and international focus on the various impacts of development on communities that depend on a single industry. A major consideration of the workshop is the place of northern economies in a changing world where competition comes in new forms and from many directions.

The goal of the workshop is to better understand the development of resource dependent communities in Canada in a comparative perspective. In particular, the workshop will examine how communities have attempted to remain resilient and what lessons can be learned from the evolving development of extractive industries in Canada and abroad. The workshop will bring presenters together to discuss future research that will assist northern communities in better understanding the challenges they face in the context of the global economic shifts currently taking place.

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Write On! Strategies for Writing History Community Workshop

Event Date: 
Saturday, March 3, 2018 - 12:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Mary JL Black Library (901 Edward Street South)
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 
 
Discover how you can write history.
1. Speakers discuss the strategies they use to write history.
2. Exercise: first steps to writing history
 
Everyone Welcome FREE ADMISSION
For more information: shi@lakeheadu.ca

In Conversation - Kitchen Soldiers: Feeding the Home Front in WWI

Event Date: 
Saturday, March 17, 2018 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Thunder Bay Public Library - Brodie Fireside Reading Room
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.

On Saturday, March 17 at 2 pm, Beverly Soloway from Lakehead’s History department will give a talk at the Brodie Library called Kitchen Soldiers: Feeding the Home Front in WWI.

During the First World War, the Lakehead – and all of Canada – undertook a plan of food control to provide for overseas soldiers and allies. This talk looks at how food regulations, thriftiness, and substitutions impacted Lakehead homes including a discussion on food, family meals, and suggested recipes.

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