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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Student Opportunity – PT Research work April and May – closing Friday April 11th at 11:59am ET

PHILATELY IN TROUBLED TIMES Interested in postage stamps, national histories, and public history? Available for fifteen hours paid research work in mid-April and early May? Then read further! View / Download PDF > PHITT Call for Researchers April May 25 Philately in Troubled Times is a SSHRC-funded research project led by Prof. David Dean... More

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Upcoming Public History Events – Night at the War Museum April 10, 2025

Thursday April 10, 2025: Public History Night at the War Museum starting at 5pm ET Public History Night at the War Museum! Join us for the start of (what we hope is) a new ongoing Public History event series from CCPH spotlighting different museums and new opportunities for cultural heritage and public history in... More

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Researcher Expression of Interest – Japanese Canadian Legacies – closing date Apr 9th

  Call to Researchers – Expression of Interest Place-Based Research and Dissemination of the History of Japanese Canadian Residents of New Westminster The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society (JCLS) is supporting the City of New Westminster (B.C.) for the project titled Place-Based Research and Dissemination of the History of Japanese... More

Monday, March 31, 2025

Summer Student Opportunity – Workers History Museum – closing date Apr 25th

Job Title: Collections Assistant - Summer Student Number of Positions: 2 Organization Name: The Workers' History Museum (WHM) Job Location: Ottawa, ON Length of Assignment: May 12, 2025 – August 15, 2025 Hourly Wage: $20.00 Deadline to Apply: April 25, 2025 Only those who apply via email to info@workershistory.ca and express interest through the... More

Monday, March 10, 2025

8th Annual Public History Summer School in Wrocław, Poland: Hybrid/In-Person – apply by March 16, 2025

The Historical Institute of the University of Wrocław, Poland (HI UWr), Depot History Centre, the International Federation for Public History, EuroClio – European Association of History Educators, and the Commission for Public History of the Committee of Historical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences invite students, PhD candidates and... More

Monday, March 10, 2025

Bytown Museum – Visitor Engagement Officer / Agent des services aux visiteurs – apply by March 16, 2025

Positions Open: Visitor Engagement Officer (Summer Contract) Rate of Pay: $17.50/hour Work Term: April 28 to August 31, 2025 Application DUE DATE: Resume and a cover letter to be received no later than 11:59 pm on March 16, 2025, to applications@bytownmuseum.ca. No telephone inquiries please. Click HERE to download a PDF of the posting... More

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Upcoming Public History Events – Steven High Book Launch March 18, 2025

Tuesday March 18, 2025: Steven High Book launch at Perfect Books 7-8:30pm ET  Steven High Book Launch Time/Date: Tuesday March 18, 2025 starting at 7pm ET Location: Perfect Books, 258 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K2P 0J2 Registration Required (Y/N): no In partnership with the Department of History and the Centre for Public History at... More

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

CHA Public History Prize 2024 Call for Nominations – deadline March 28, 2025

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: CHA PUBLIC HISTORY PRIZE 2024 Le français suit The Public History Group of the Canadian Historical Association is welcoming nominations for its annual Public History Prize – deadline for nominations: 28 March 2025. The Prizes recognize outstanding public historical work in Canada, and are judged on the following five... More

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

In-Person Event *CANCELLED* join us virtually to celebrate Douglass Day 2025

*Our in-person drop in event scheduled for Fri Feb 14th from 12-2pm has been CANCELLED* Please join us virtually to celebrate Douglass Day by joining the Library of Congress' transcribe-a-thon on Feb 14th - more information below. ******************************** Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass! Although Douglass never knew his birthdate, he... More

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Upcoming Public History Events > NOTE: February Comics Events RESCHEDULED

Thursday January 23, 2025: Disability Justice and Queer Crip Art Curation with Author and Curator Kenny Fries. More information below. *EVENT RESCHEDULED* > please contact the Ethnography Lab for details on new date/time. Tuesday February 4, 2025: Comics and Telling Research Stories: Let's Make Zines! A Workshop by Sally Campbell Pirie. More... More

Friday, April 12, 2024

Job Opportunities: Info Session Apr 24th on Young Canada Works – Building a Career in Heritage

ATTN: current secondary and post-secondary students under the age of 30 Young Canada Works is a youth employment program funded through Canadian Heritage that creates work opportunities in the Heritage sector (museums, art galleries, libraries, archives etc.). Positions are now being posted on the YCW job board: young-canada-works.canada.ca... More

Friday, April 12, 2024

Job Opportunity: Research Assistant (4 month contract)

Positions Open: Research Assistant (1 Position) - 4 month contract Position timeline: May 2024 – August 2024 with possibility to extend This is a posting on behalf of The Kichi Sibi Historical Research Project (KSHRP) Le français suit The Project: The Kichi Sibi Historical Research Project (KSHRP), based at the University of Ottawa, is... More

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