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10/13/2026

Brock History professor Andrew McDonald was joined by former students in showcasing the Isle of Man at the Oakville Celtic Festival, September 2026.

For more information: https://wp.brocku.ca/humanities/history/2026/10/12/isle-of-man-fans-share-highlights-at-celtic-festival/

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Left to right: Dr. Andrew McDonald, Joey Sanders, Jack Evans, Erin Miller, Oakville Celtic Festival, Sept. 27, 2026 (not pictured: Derek Jansen). History Department professor Andrew McDonald and several former students journeyed to Oakville, Ontario, in late September to staff an Isle ...

10/12/2026

Ontario History, the journal of The Ontario Historical Society, has issued a call for papers for a special issue on the Welland Canals. Dr. Michelle Vosburgh, long-time sessional instructor in Brock's History Department, will serve as guest editor.

Publication is expected by Fall 2029. The deadline for submitting proposals is January 31, 2028.

Find out more about the special issue and the call here:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OH-CFP-The-Welland-Canals.pdf

Learn more about the journal here: https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/ontario-history-journal/

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10/10/2026

Are you studying the history of workers and organizing? Consider submitting a proposal to present at the 13th annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Labour and Working Class History (CAWLS), to be held on the Brock University campus in June 2027. The deadline for submissions is December 11, 2026.

This year's theme is "Making History: Workers, Conflict, and Collective Action."

The conference is sponsored by CAWLS and the Canadian Committee on Labour History, with local involvement by folks in Brock Labour Studies and the Brock History Department.

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The Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) is an academic association for scholars interested in work, workers, and labour.

10/10/2026

Learn about History Department assistant professor Dr. Joshua Manitowabi's work on how indigenous societies have influenced cartography.

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/10/historian-charts-the-impact-of-indigenous-communities-on-modern-maps/

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Joshua Manitowabi is looking to the past to understand how today's maps have been shaped by historical Indigenous communities. An Indigenous political historian specializing in Indigenous histories and education, Manitowabi researches the history of map making in eastern Canada — starting ...

09/26/2026

Karen Dubinsky (emerita, Queen's), a pioneering figure in Canadian women's history who branched out into a fascinating range of research areas, has died.

A tremendous loss for the historical profession.

Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, brilliant scholar and generous friend to so many, passed away on 4 September 2026 after a br…

09/26/2026

Brock folks are spending the weekend in Toronto at the Ontario Universities Fair, where associate professor Maria del Carmen Suescun Pozas has been enjoying the chance to chat with prospective students and their parents about the History Department.

If you happen to be attending, be sure to stop by!

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09/24/2026

The History Department is co-sponsoring a showing of the documentary film Ghost in the Machine, a gripping examination of artificial intelligence that the 2026 Sundance Film Festival has called an “urgent technological horror story.”

The film will be screened on Monday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre in downtown St. Catharines (incidentally, just named the 9th coolest neighborhood in the world according to Time Out Worldwide). It is free and open to the public.

Don’t miss it!

If you are affiliated with Brock, you can register here: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/331796

For the Sundance story: https://www.sundance.org/blogs/2026-sundance-film-festival-ghost-in-the-machine/

To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9DAv0D7tnY&t=1s

Additional sponsors: Posthumanism Reearch Institute, Social Justice Research Institute, and President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization

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09/23/2026

Niagara Falls Review ran a series of retrospectives on the post-9/11 era. Brock History associate professor and chair Tami J. Friedman weighed in.

For the full story: https://brocku.ca/humanities/history/2026/09/23/tami-friedman-analyze-us-canadian-relations-post-9-11/

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09/07/2026

Get down and dirty with flax! Join Brock History postdoc Ali Macdonald to harvest and process flax at The Brown Homestead in St. Catharines on September 19, 2026. All are welcome!

09/07/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS

Brock's Centre for Canadian Studies will be hosting its annual Two Days of Canada conference in March 2027. The focus of the conference is "Food for Thought."

Want to submit a paper proposal? Send it in no later than December 11, 2026.

https://brocku.ca/humanities/history/2026/09/07/two-days-of-canada-conference-call-for-papers-deadline-dec-2026/

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