In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham talks with Anne Millar of the University of Ottawa about the History of Women in Science and Engineering. They chat about systematic barriers and the efforts of early pioneers to break the glass ceiling, conceptions of gender and their influence on these fields, and the emerging […]

In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham chats with Katharine Rollwagen of Vancouver Island University about her research on childhood consumerism. They talk about marketing towards kids during the Depression, the impact of the Baby Boom, and the methodology of studying consumerism.

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Justin Bengry about his article on the question of coming out to students when teaching. They chat about the utility of revealing personal information in the classroom, the role of the university in fostering discussions on these issues, and voyeurism in the study of […]

In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham talks with Ian Mosby about the media storm that surrounded his article on nutritional experiments at Residential Schools in Canada. They chat about the research, the public reaction, and what has happened since the initial article was published. They recorded this episode in February, since which […]

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Professor Greg Stott about the Donnelly Massacre that occurred in Luncan, Ontario in 1880. They chat about University College of the North, his research on the town of Lucan, Ontario, and the culture of small towns in Canada.

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Mike Commito of McMaster University about Ontario’s spring bear hunt. They chat about the government’s decision to re-institute the hunt, the history of the bear hunt in Ontario, and the principles of wildlife management.

In this episode of the History Slam podcast, Sean Graham talks with Professor Verene Shepherd about women’s history in the Caribbean. They chat about how women’s history is taught in schools, efforts to get more women in leadership positions, the impact of the region’s nationalist movements on the women’s movement, and concepts of race.

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Robert Englebert about the Pierre Savard conference at uOttawa, returning to Ottawa, and his research on French North America. They also talk about the book he co-edited with Guillaume Teasdale entitled French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815.

In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham recaps the CHA Annual Meeting and Congress 2014 while addressing the future of conferences. He bookends the episode with Madeleine Kloske and Aaron Boyes, two conference rookies. He chatted with them before we left for St. Catharines and following the festivities. In the first part they […]

In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham chats with Professor Yves Frenette about his article on the politics behind the Harper Government’s recent policies on history. They talk about the history of commemoration in Canada, the politics of commemoration, and the place of history in Canadian life.