dr. steven jobbitt will discuss the current refugee crisis in hungary and europe. focusing upon hungary's response and his own recent first hand experiences in the country, he will examine the issues in a broader continental and global context. this presentation is free and open to the public and co-sponsored by resrg: resource, economy, and society research group.

written by the late ernest zimmermann and completed and edited by alumni and faculty michel s. beaulieu and david ratz, the little third reich explores the eighteen months during the second world war that the canadian military interned 1,145 prisoners of war in red rock, ontario (about 100 kilometres northeast of thunder bay). camp r interned friend and foe alike: nazis, anti-nazis, jews, soldiers, merchant seamen, and refugees whom britain feared might comprise hitler’s rumoured “fifth column” of alien enemies residing within the commonwealth. for the first time and in riveting detail, the conditions in one of canada’s forgotten pow camps is illuminated.

the book launch and presentation will be held on 27 october at the thunder bay museum beginning at 7:30 pm.

written by the late ernest zimmermann and completed and edited by alumni and faculty michel s. beaulieu and david ratz, the little third reich explores the eighteen months during the second world war that the canadian military interned 1,145 prisoners of war in red rock, ontario (about 100 kilometres northeast of thunder bay). camp r interned friend and foe alike: nazis, anti-nazis, jews, soldiers, merchant seamen, and refugees whom britain feared might comprise hitler’s rumoured “fifth column” of alien enemies residing within the commonwealth. for the first time and in riveting detail, the conditions in one of canada’s forgotten pow camps is illuminated.

the book launch and presentation will be held on 20 september at the nipigon-red rock district high school starting at 1 pm. a presentation will be made at 3 pm.

on 22 september, david w. tarbet will be giving a presentation based on his new book grain dust dreams published by suny press. he will examine the difficulties and dangers of working in a grain elevator—showing how they operate and describing the effects that the grain trade has on the lives of individuals and cities from their invention in buffalo, new york, through their present-day operation in thunder bay. copies of the book will be available for purchase at the presentation.

since 1908, the thunder bay historical museum society (tbhms) has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth tuesday of each month at the thunder bay museum (425 donald street east) from september to april. the tbhms's 2015-16 lecture series is being sponsored by the department of history and forms part of its 2015-16 speaker series.

the north shore historical assembly, which the thunder bay historical museum society hosted two years ago, was so well recieved that we have decided to stage a similar event this year, with a focus on northwestern ontario's history.

several of the region's leading historians working in a variety of areas have been invited to give short vignettes of their current work. for a complete list of speakers, please visit www.thunderbaymuseum.com

the conference will also feature the launching of alumna and department of history alumni award winner elinor barr's latest book swedes in canada: invisible migrants published by the university of toronto press.

admission to the conference is free as part of 2015 culture days. both events have been sponsored by the department of history, lakehead social history institute, and the thunder bay historical museum society. 

tea, conversation, and film commemorates the launch of women's history month. featured is the life of dorothea mitchell, pioneer film maker and lady lumberjack with displays, refreshments, and film showing of the fatal flower, a film shot in 1930 by the port arthur amateur cinema society and completed 75 years later by local film makers.

an event organized by the city of thunder bay's heritage advisory committee and part of culture days 2015, the film will be introduced by prof. kelly saxberg. the completion of this film was a true department of history project as michel s. beaulieu, ronald harpelle, peter raffo, and thorold tronrud formed the core project team.

not sure how to start a history project? interested in doing some local history research? are you a high school student working on a paper? confused about how to footnote?

join faculty, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and alumni from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s department of history for free drop-in history clinics.

not sure how to start a history project? interested in doing some local history research? are you a high school student working on a paper? confused about how to footnote?

join faculty, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and alumni from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s department of history for free drop-in history clinics.

not sure how to start a history project? interested in doing some local history research? are you a high school student working on a paper? confused about how to footnote?

join faculty, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and alumni from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s department of history for free drop-in history clinics.

the department of history and the resources, economy, and society research group (resrg) are pleased to present a free workshop on cultural sovereignty being held as part of the 2015 bay street film festival’s master classes series.

introduced by dr. ronald harpelle, in this workshop joanne gail johnson, director of sally’s way, will lead participants in exploring her experiences in cultivating personal esteem and cultural sovereignty for caribbean children. complete information can be found at http://www.baystreetfilmfestival.ca/events/master-classes/

facilitator bio:
joanne has worked in television, media production, theatre and children’s book publishing for many years. she has produced two feature length documentaries, the journey now start and the holy man. her passion is creating children’s content for and from the caribbean. her work includes: writer/director of two original stage plays, the island, (published as a picture book ibis stew? oh, no!) and the last of the super models. her growing catalogue of published children’s books and anthologized stories includes the illustrated reader, sally’s way . she is the series editor of the first caribbean, “tween” novella series island fiction (macmillan-caribbean). sally’s way is joanne’s first feature film. it premiered at the northwest film forum’s 2015 children’s international film festival seattle in january where it was awarded the global zoom prize for best promoting inter-cultural understanding.

a complete schedule of this year’s films can be found at http://www.baystreetfilmfestival.ca