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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Donate December 1st to bring History to Life

This #GivingTuesday donate to bring Ottawa's history to life! On December 1st @carletonuniversity is supporting CapitalHistory.ca by doubling the impact of your donations dollar-for-dollar. With more than 35,000 people passing by each day this is one of the most dynamic ways residents and visitors can learn about little known and untold stories.... More

Monday, March 16, 2020

History Department Main Office is Closed – Staff Working Remotely

Important Notice: Following the advice of Ottawa Public Health, the Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Agency of Canada, Carleton University has closed all non-essential services. During this time, The Department of History will be operating online, and staff will be working remotely. For support, please... More

Friday, December 14, 2018

Jennifer Evans Publishes Article in Washington Post

Jennifer Evans published an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Tumblr and Facebook's troubling new Community Standards policy. Drawing on her SSHRC-supported research in the history of sexuality and photography, she argues that overreaction to charged images reflects age-old tensions around photography's place on the border between art and... More

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Finding Big Meaning in Small Histories

Since April 2014, Sara Spike’s Small History NS Twitter feed and Tumblr blog have reached hundreds of followers with daily news from rural and small-town Nova Scotia, c.1880-1910. Drawn from her dissertation research, these tweets chart seasonal rhythms of labour, leisure, land, and sea with updates such as: The first wild strawberries... A... More

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