Archives: Public History

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Labour Film Night: Wed Nov 26, 2025 from 6-8pm in partnership with HGSA and Workers History Museum

As part of Labour Film Month, the Carleton History Graduate Students Association (HGSA) in partnership with the Workers History Museum and CCPH will be screening a series of short films that are part of the CLIFF (Canadian Labour International Film Festival), including Carleton Public History student Lauren Stoyles' film "They Called it the... More

Monday, November 10, 2025

Upcoming Public History Event – Ottawa Premiere, ‘The Nest’ (2025) on Nov 19, 2025

The Nest / Le nid (2025) - Documentary Film by Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh In a house full of secrets, centuries of forgotten matriarchs emerge to reveal untold stories of resistance and resilience. At the end of her mother’s life, decolonial writer Julietta Singh returns to say goodbye to her haunted childhood home.... More

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Postage Stamps as Public History – Philately in Troubled Times: A New Citizen Science Project

In April 2022 in the midst of war, thousands of Ukrainians queued up not for food or fuel, but for a postage stamp. One of them, Victor Fyodorovich, told Guardian reporter Luke Harding. “I’m 63 years old. I’ve never felt so much pride before in our nation. It’s a symbol of our courage and... More

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Lecture – ‘Refugee Letters & the Ukrainian Aid Committee after WWII’ on Fri Sept 26, 2025

Refugee Letters & the Ukrainian Aid Committee after WWII: An afternoon with Henrique Schlumberger Vitchmichen Friday, September 26, 2025 In-Person and Hybrid Lecture Time/Date: Friday, September 26, 2025 from 1-2:30pm ET Location: In-Person > 433 Paterson Hall 1125 Colonel By Dr Location: Virtual >... More

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Upcoming Public History Event – Night at the Bytown Museum Wed Sept 24, 2025

Wednesday September 24, 2025: Public History Night at the War Museum starting at 4pm ET Public History Night at the Bytown Museum: Visit the oldest stone structure in Ottawa right in the heart of downtown! 'Public History Night at the Museum' is the ongoing Public History event series from CCPH spotlighting different museums and... More

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Shannon 2025 Lecture Series: Revisiting Canadian Armed Forces Experiences – starting Mon Sept 22nd

Shannon Lectures, Fall 2025: Revisiting Canadian Armed Forces Experiences Join us this Fall (Sept-Nov 2025) starting Monday Sept 22nd for the Shannon Lectures in History The Shannons are a series of thematically linked public lectures offered at Carleton University each autumn and made possible through the Shannon Donation, a major gift from a... More

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 Event – 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

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