John C. Walsh ( He/Him )

• MA (Ottawa), PhD (Guelph)
• Email John C. Walsh

Research Interests

• Canadian History and Public History
• Space and place
• Governmentality
• Epistemology
• Maps and mapping

Select Publications

(with James Opp) Home, Work, and Play:  Situating Canadian Social History third edition (Oxford University Press, 2015)

(with James Opp) Placing Memory and Remembering Place in Canada (UBC Press, 2010)

Recent Public History Projects

From the North to Ottawa’s Southway Inn, A Chapter from the Lost Stories Project

Outside the Frame: The Making of Qamutiik: From the North to Ottawa’s Southway Inn

Recent Completed Graduate Supervisions

Please note that I welcome expressions of interest for supervision of both traditional and non-traditional modes of historical research and dissemination. 

PHD

Breanna Lester, “Lest We Commemorate: Assembling Canada’s Great War Centenary, 2014-2018.” PhD Dissertation, 2021

Rick Duthie, “‘One Day Stronger’: A Public History Theatrical Experiment about Remembered Sudbury Strikes, 1958-2010,” PhD Dissertation, 2021 (co-supervised with David Dean)

Romalie Murphy, “Colonising Space and Producing Territory: John and Elizabeth Simcoe and Water, Power, and Empire in Upper Canada, 1791-1796,” PhD Dissertation, 2018

MA

2025 Elizabeth McNeill, ““Stand-Up Historians”: Interpreter and Visitor Laughter at Living History Museums,” Master’s Research Essay in Public History

2024 Gyn Wylie, “Displaced Heritage:  Place Attachment, the Loss of Land, and the Effects on Community Identity,” Major Research Paper in Canadian Studies (co-supervision with Dr. Susan Ross)

2024 Mathiew King, “Hail to the Merry Macs: Analyzing the Regulation of Women as Wage Earners and Athletes at McKinnon Industries in St. Catharines, Ontario: 1936-1964” Master’s Research Essay (co-supervision with Dr. Erica Fraser) 

2024 Hannah Pinilla, “Los Sabores de Hogar: The Transformation of Memory and Identity through the Food Practices of Colombian Migrants in Montreal,” Master’s Research Essay in Public History  (co-supervision with Dr. Sonya Lipsett Rivera)

2024  Kari Valmestad, “(Re)Building a Prairie Capital: Development, Gentrification, and Settler-City Making in Winnipeg’s Exchange District,” Master’s Research Essay in Public History

2024 Harris Barnard-Davidson, “Nostalgia and Race in Commemorative Photography of the Taylor Statten Summer Camps,” Master’s Research Essay in Public History

2023  Kirstan Schamuhn, “Starting with the Small: Decolonizing Collections Management Policies for Small and Mid-Sized Alberta Museums,” Sample Collections Policy and Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with James Opp)

2023  Sam Nicholls, “ ‘Doing the Local’: Public Histories, Curriculum, and Games-Based Learning in Kingston, Ontario,” Major Research Essay in Public History

2022 Chloe Dennis, “Re-Visiting Beechwood Cemetery and Encountering the Past,” Historical virtual tour and Major Research Essay in Public History

2022 Danielle Mahon, “Making Walking Africville: Co-production and Intimacy in Public History,” Historical Audio Walking Tour and Major Research Essay in Public History

2022 Meranda Gallupe-Paton, “Memories of Mechanicsville:  A Personal Public History,” Podcast Series and MRE in Public History, Major Research Essay in Public History

2022 Emmanuelle Masclet, “Grosse Île and the Marine Hospital for Emigrants in Quebec City: Perspectives from Government and Non-Government Institutions during the Typhus Epidemic of 1847,” Major Research Essay in History (co-supervision with Roderick Phillips)

2022 Eliza Hinton, “Margaret Carr’s “Cooking Chat”:  Health, Economy, and Food Writing in Toronto, 1951-1966,” Major Research Essay in History

2021 Fiona Lane, “Appleton for the Teacher: Developing New Educational Programming Materials for the North Lanark Regional Museum,” Education Materials and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History

2021 Jenna Emslie, “Remember Us: Designing a Video Game through a Public History Lens,” Game Design Document and Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with Shawn Graham)

2020 Stephanie Lett, “Garnet’s Journey: Developing New aids for Teaching the Topic of Residential Schools to Ontario High School Students,” Education Guide and Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with Michel Hogue)

2020 Marissa Foley, “Reclaiming Jamesville,” Podcast Series and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History

2019 Cassandra Marsillo, “Exhibiting the Yellow Line: Italo-Canadian Oral Histories from Montreal’s Backyards and Schoolyards,” Museum Exhibit, Website, and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History