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

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

Sarah Mulvihill, “Reclaiming Propaganda, Reviving Victory: Victory Gardens in the 21st Century,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2017

Phoebe Mannell, “Far From the Sea: An Exploration of 3D Photogrammetry Capabilities in Museum and Heritage Settings,” Digital Exhibit and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2017

Ruthanne Edward, “The Fight for Pay Equity,” Oral Storytelling Performance and M.A. Major Research Essay (co-supervision with David Dean), 2017

Kelsea McKenna, “Growing Up in Ajax, Ontario: Memories of Childhood in a Transforming Postwar Community, 1945-1975,” M.A. Major Research Essay, 2017

Elise Bigley, “Creativity, Community, and Memory Building: Interned Jewish Refugees in Canada During and After World War II,” M.A. Thesis (co-supervision with James Opp), 2017