The Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council and Lakehead University’s Department of History and are pleased to host Joyce and Peter Fergus-Moore who will speak on "To B* -- or Not to B* That is the Question:
*Boycott-Divest-Sanction Israel"

Speakers Bios: Peter and Joyce Fergus-Moore, who worked in Palestine as World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniers during November 2013-February 2014, became acutely aware of human rights violations due to the Israeli occupation. They would like to explain the current BDS Israel campaign.

On 22 March, Liz Wieben will be giving a free public presentation on “The Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Centre" at the Thunder Bay Museum.

Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society (TBHMS) 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 TBHMS's 2015-16 Lecture series is being sponsored by the Department of History and forms part of its 2015-16 Speaker Series.

On 26 January, Donetta Rasmusen will be giving a free public presentation on “A History of the HMCS Griffon” at the Thunder Bay Museum.  

Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society (TBHMS) 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 TBHMS's 2015-16 Lecture series is being sponsored by the Department of History and forms part of its 2015-16 Speaker Series.

The Lakehead University Historical Society has organized a special event as part of this year's winter carnival. For one night they are transforming the Outpost into a Speakeasy! Come on out for what will be a fantastic time!

On 23 February, Dr. Steven Jobbitt will be giving a free public presentation on “The Refugee Crisis in Europe: Global and Historical Perspectives" at the Thunder Bay Museum.

Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society (TBHMS) 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 TBHMS's 2015-16 Lecture series is being sponsored by the Department of History and forms part of its 2015-16 Speaker Series.

Written by the late Ernest Zimmermann and completed and edited by alumni and faculty Michel S. Beaulieu and David Ratz, The Little Third Reich explores the eighteen months during the Second World War that the Canadian military interned 1,145 prisoners of war in Red Rock, Ontario (about 100 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay). Camp R interned friend and foe alike: Nazis, anti-Nazis, Jews, soldiers, merchant seamen, and refugees whom Britain feared might comprise Hitler’s rumoured “fifth column” of alien enemies residing within the Commonwealth. For the first time and in riveting detail, the conditions in one of Canada’s forgotten POW camps is illuminated.

The book launch and presentation will be held on 17 December at the Red Rock Public Library beginning at 6:30 pm.

The Lakehead University Historical Society will be holding a social in The Outpost (or Study if closed) from 4 to 6 pm. All students, alumni, staff, and faculty are invited to come by!

The keynote speaker  this year will be renowned historian Dr. Jack Granatstein. A complete program can be found at https://www.lakeheadu.ca/academics/departments/history/annual-military-symposium

The symposium will be held on the 14 November at the  O’Kelly VC Armoury (317 Park Avenue) between 0830 and 1600, with a reception in the Officer's Mess and a tour of the Thunder Bay Military Museum on the evening of the 13 November. The event is free and coffee and lunch is provided courtesy of Canadian Legion Branch no. 5 and Rose N' Crantz Roasting Co.

The annual event is a joint-initiative of the Department of History, Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, the HMCS Griffon, and the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council. Additional partners this year include the Ontario Historical Society, City of Thunder Bay - City of the Poppy Committee, Thunder Bay Military Museum, Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, Northwestern Ontario Archivists' Association, and the Thunder Bay Public Library.

St. Paul's United Church will be hosting a presentation and discussion by current department member Peter Raffo and Professor Emeritus Victor Smith on the "Pity of War." Central to their presentation will be the question "why didn't they make peace in 1915 - and spare us Bolshevik Russia, Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and another great war, the Holocaust...?"