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

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, 2023 (co-supervision with James Opp)

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

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, 2022 (co-supervision with Roderick Phillips)

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

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

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

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

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, 2019

Kirsten Widdes, “Dedicated Shoppers: Examining Teenage Consumer Culture in Postwar Canada, 1947-1972,” M.A. Major Research Essay, 2018

Kira Smith, “The Red Chair: Reflections on Writing Patient Centered Fiction of the Brockville Asylum,” Novella and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with James Miller), 2018

Jennifer Halsall, “Rooted in Land: Community, Memory, and Placemaking in Ottawa’s Greenbelt,” Website and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with Bruce Elliott), 2018

Adam Mahoney “Voicing the Silence: Curating the History of Slavery in New Brunswick,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2018

Rebecca Sykes, “Kitchen Table Conversations: Halal Foodways and Foodscapes of the Turkish Muslim Community in Ottawa,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2018