HPMP Presents: "How to Survive First Year: Mastering Time Management & Managing Well Being"

Event Date: 
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Ryan Building 3049
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone one is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Dr. Steven Jobbitt (Peer Mentorship Program Coordinator)
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 343-8305
Event Contact E-mail: 


The Department of History Peer Mentoring Program (HPMP) Presents:



"How to Survive First Year: Mastering Time Management & Managing Well Being"Poster

Tuesday, November 25th 2014, 1:00-2:30 in Ryan Building 3049

This workshop gives students time-management and wellbeing strategies that will help them both in school and in the real world. We will explore the importance of these techniques, their impact on student’s lives and easy ways to maintain them. A workshop designed by students, for students. All are welcome.

This workshop is designed and presented by students for students. Everyone is welcome.

HPMP Presents: "Mission Impossible - Gutting a Book"

Event Date: 
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Ryan Building 3049
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Dr. Steven Jobbitt (Peer Mentorship Program Coordinator)
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 343-8305
Event Contact E-mail: 


The Department of History Peer Mentoring Program (HPMP) Presents:

"Mission Impossible: Gutting A Book"

Tuesday, November 11, 4:00-5:30 pm in Ryan Building 3049.

Have your professors assigned a pile of books for you to read this semester? Wondering how you can possibly get through it all in the limited time you have? If so, we have some practical tips and strategies for you! Learn how to get in and out of a book quickly and effectively in this one-hour workshop led by student mentors from the Department of History. 

This workshop is designed and presented by students for students. Everyone is welcome.

HPMP Presents: "How To Write a History Essay"

Event Date: 
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Ryan Building 3027
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone one is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Dr. Steven Jobbitt (Peer Mentorship Program Coordinator)
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 343-8305
Event Contact E-mail: 


The Department of History Peer Mentoring Program (HPMP) Presents:

"How To Write a History Essay"

Monday Nov. 3, 12:00-1:30 in Ryan Building 3027.

This workshop will walk students through the various stages of writing a history paper. We will begin with the research process and how to develop a thesis, and then will look at how to write the paper itself. We end with some tips on editing and proper formatting.

This workshop is designed and presented by students for students. Everyone is welcome.

History Book Launch: Queen of the Hurricanes - The Fearless Elsie MacGill

Event Date: 
Monday, December 22, 2014 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East)
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: 


Come out to the Thunder Bay Museum to hear alumna Crystal Sissons (HBA 2003) talk about her new book Queen of the Hurricanes: The Fearless Elsie MacGill (Second Story Press/Feminsit History Society, 2014).Queen of the Hurricanes Dust Jacket

Elsie MacGill’s life spanned much of the 20th century, and it was a life full of firsts. While she was still a child, Canadian women won the right to vote for the first time. In the 1920s, she was the first woman to graduate in engineering from the University of Toronto and to later earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. Elsie would live to see the first person walk on the moon, and she would become the first woman aircraft designer in the world. 

Elsie’s twin passions for engineering and feminism drove her throughout her life. They inspired her to work for more than fifty years in her field and to become a tireless advocate for women’s rights. She supported women’s struggles and achievements, enshrining their rights and expanding their opportunities.

Elsie’s work during the Second World War on aircraft designs and production made her a popular cartoon character called the “Queen of the Hurricanes.” She continued her achievements into the 1970s as an activist, changing the lives of women in Canada for the better. A truly inspiring woman for the ages.

Copies of the book will be sold at the event.

Partners: Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society and the Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Centre. Additional partnerss TBA.

Bio: Crystal Sissons is an independent historian and works at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in Ottawa. She completed her Master’s and Ph.D. in history at the University of Ottawa, after finishing undergraduate degrees in history and education at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Crystal is also active in a number of organizations, including the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Ottawa within BPW Canada.

Oral History Workshop: Engaging With Stories

Event Date: 
Saturday, November 1, 2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Event Location: 
Mary J.L. Black Branch Library - 901 S. Edward Street
Event Fee: 
No cost, but please RSVP to the contact email.
Event Contact Name: 
Sar Janes
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 


On 1 November, the Northwestern Ontario Archivist's Association presents Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki (Concordia University) who will be facilitating "
Oral History Workshop: Engaging With Stories." 

The workshops is free, however please RSVP to sjanes@thunderbay.ca

Workshop Description: The stories that people tell matter. They matter for what they reveal about the past and for how they connect us to our families, friends, and communities. The discipline of oral history enables us to give a voice to all of these stories. In this 2-hour workshop, participants will receive basic training in oral history interviewing, ethics, listening, and project design. No prior experience is necessary; everyone can be an oral historian.

Facilitator Bio: Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Concordia University. An award-winning modern Canadian oral and public historian of ethnic, immigrant, and refugee experience, she is the author of According to Baba: A Collaborative Oral History of Sudbury's Ukrainian Community (UBC Press, 2014) and its accompanying website:www.sudburyukrainians.ca, and is co-editor of Oral History Off the Record: Toward an Ethnography of Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). Zembrzycki's current SSHRC funded project, Mining Immigrant Bodies, uses oral history to explore the connections between mining, health, and the environment and their impact on postwar immigrant communities in Sudbury, Ontario. She is also completing a book entitled Chaperoning Survivors: Telling Holocaust Stories on the March of the Living, which uses multiple, life story oral history interviews to understand how five Montreal Holocaust survivors give testimony, remember in-situ, and educate others about the horrors they witnessed.

The Department of History and Thunder Bay Public Library are pleased to be partners for this event. 

History for Lunch Presents: “Finland as German Satellite in 1918”

Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 11:30am to 12:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Ryan Building 3049
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Gail Fikis
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 346-7725
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 


History for Lunch on Tuesday 27 January will feature Dr. Taisto Kaipio who will be speaking on “Finland as German Satellite in 1918.”

History for Lunch is a lecture series sponsored by the Department of History and, in recognition of the centennial of the First World War, is focused this year on non-Canadian aspects of the conflict. This is an opportunity to put a bit of History in your diet and for members of the Department of History to showcase their research. More information about the sessions can be found on theDepartment of History website, and on our Facebook page.

History for Lunch / Black History Month Presents: "Africa and the First World War"

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 11:30am to 12:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Ryan Building 3049
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Gail Fikis
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 346-7725
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 


History for Lunch / Black History Month presents on Tuesday 24 February will feature Prof. Rafaela Jobbitt who will be speaking on “Africa and First World War.”

History for Lunch is a lecture series sponsored by the Department of History and, in recognition of the centennial of the First World War, is focused this year on non-Canadian aspects of the conflict. This is an opportunity to put a bit of History in your diet and for members of the Department of History to showcase their research. More information about the sessions can be found on the Department of History website, and on our Facebook page.

History for Lunch Presents: “The Mennonite Experience in Ukraine during the Great War”

Event Date: 
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 11:30am to 12:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Ryan Building 3049
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Gail Fikis
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 346-7725
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 


History for Lunch on Tuesday 25 November will feature Dr. Ernie Epp who will be speaking on “The Mennonite Experience in Ukraine during the Great War.”

History for Lunch is a lecture series sponsored by the Department of History and, in recognition of the centennial of the First World War, is focused this year on non-Canadian aspects of the conflict. This is an opportunity to put a bit of History in your diet and for members of the Department of History to showcase their research. More information about the sessions can be found on the Department of History website, and on our Facebook page.

"Charlottetown and Quebec 1864: The Politics of Canadian Federalism and an Asian Sidelight"

Event Date: 
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm EDT
Event Location: 
ATAC 1010 and OA 2006
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Gail Fikis
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 346-7725
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 


On 27 October, the Department of History is pleased to present Dr. Ernie Epp, Professor Emeritus of History, who will be speaking on "Charlottetown and Quebec 1864: The Politics of Canadian Federalism and an Asian Sidelight"

This presentation is being made in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Quebec Conference.

History for Lunch Presents: “Indian soldiers/sepoys in the First World War”

Event Date: 
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 11:30am to 12:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Ryan Building 3024
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.
Event Contact Name: 
Gail Fikis
Event Contact Phone: 
(807) 346-7725
Event Contact E-mail: 
Event Contact Web: 


History for Lunch on Tuesday 4 March will feature Dr. Pallavi Das who will be speaking on “Indian soldiers/sepoys in the First World War.”

History for Lunch is a lecture series sponsored by the Department of History and, in recognition of the centennial of the First World War, is focused this year on non-Canadian aspects of the conflict. This is an opportunity to put a bit of History in your diet and for members of the Department of History to showcase their research. More information about the sessions can be found on the Department of History website, and on our Facebook page.

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