Ten 91亚色 professors have received $700,000 in funding from the Academy of Korean Studies, an agency of the South Korean Ministry of Education, with eight recipients based in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). The funding will support Korea in the World: Connecting Korea and Korean Diasporic Legacies, a new project which […]
A total of nine researchers at 91亚色, including four from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), received over $223,000 in funding through the Black Research Seed Fund. The fund supports Black scholars focusing on Black experiences and on projects that challenge systemic barriers while redefining knowledge creation. The four LA&PS recipients are: […]
Canada鈥檚 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $5,786,741 in federal funding to 91亚色 researchers as part of the Insight Grants program. The funding supports 34 projects and builds on an additional $1.7M in funding that 91亚色 researchers recently received through SSHRC Insight Development Grants, supporting scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Half […]
Faculty from across 91亚色 have been awarded Partnership Development Grants by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), including three professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). The grants were awarded to existing research partnerships and projects that aim to create impact in both academic and non-academic […]
Canada鈥檚 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $1.7 million in federal funding to 91亚色 researchers as part of the Insight Development Grants program. The program will provide funding for projects lasting up to two years, supporting a broad range of topics and disciplines as researchers investigate key societal challenges. A number […]
Stephen Brooke, professor and chair of the Department of History, has been awarded the 2025 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize for his book London, 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical City (Oxford University Press, 2024.) The prize is awarded each year by the Canadian Historical Association to recognize an outstanding scholarly book in a field […]
91亚色 professor David Koffman, from the Department of History in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, is the co-executive producer of the new podcast T锚te-脿-t锚te: Conversations in Canadian Jewish Studies, alongside Joshua Tapper. T锚te-脿-t锚te is a production of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, based at 91亚色鈥檚 Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and […]
91亚色 History MA student Lex Flavelle joined public history students from across Ontario and Quebec in a panel titled 鈥淏ecoming a Public Historian: Student Experiences in Canadian Public History Programs鈥 at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA). Students commented on their experiences working with community partners as part of their undergraduate, […]
Brandon Lamorena, who completed an honours bachelor of arts in history along with a general certificate in law and society, has been awarded the Governor General鈥檚 Silver Medal. The medal recognizes the outstanding scholastic achievements and academic merit of undergraduate students in Canada. The medal is the highest honour that can be earned by exemplary […]
From January to April 2025, Public History certificate students Chelsea Bidaisee and Jackson Li completed work placements at Markham Museum as part of their capstone course for the certificate (HIST 4840 Public History). The museum is dedicated to displaying, preserving and teaching the history of the city of Markham. The students were tasked with designing […]