Crossroads: Historians and Scholarship for an Uncertain World

From May 28 to May 30, the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University hosted the 91st annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association. But delegates’ introduction to the region had started on Sunday when the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies provided 36...

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Main Author: MacDougall, Heather
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada 2020
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Online Access:https://depot.erudit.org/id/004756dd
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Summary:From May 28 to May 30, the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University hosted the 91st annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association. But delegates’ introduction to the region had started on Sunday when the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies provided 36 people with a first hand look at the War of 1812 battlefields in the Niagara peninsula. Later in the day a small but enthusiastic audience which included Aboriginal experts from the Ohsweken Genealogical Society examined the interplay of history and genealogy as a means of understanding the contested history of the First Nations in southern Ontario. These events set the stage for a busy three days of papers, round tables, keynote addresses and social interaction. L’Université de Waterloo et l’Université Wilfrid Laurier ont accueilli la 91e réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada du mai 28 au 30 mai. Mais les 36 délégués qui ont participé à la visite guidée des champs de bataille de la Guerre de 1812 dans la péninsule du Niagara organisée par le Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies ont pu découvrir la région dès le dimanche. Plus tard dans la journée, un groupe restreint mais chaleureux de spectateurs et d’experts autochtones de la Société généalogique Ohsweken a examiné l’interaction entre l’histoire et la généalogie pour mieux comprendre l’histoire contestée des Premières Nations dans le sud de l’Ontario. Ces activités amorçaient une période de trois journées affairées de communications, de tables rondes, de discours liminaires et d’interaction sociale