Welcome to the Ontario Women’s History Network’s news blog. We’d like to hear from you! We’re interested in all women’s and gender history-related content like conferences and events, historic site visits, new publications or exhibits, and teaching materials, among other things. Please also send along photos to accompany your news.
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Has the Second Wave Become a Tsunami?
By Monda Halpern, Professor, The University of Western Ontario On the weekend preceding the November 2024 American presidential election, my sister and I had the opportunity to be in Washington, DC where we attended the pro-Kamala Harris Women’s March. Dressed in costumes and waving clever and humorous placards, approximately 10,000 people gathered in Freedom Plaza…
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OWHN members Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Cook each win Alison Prentice Award
OWHN members Dr. Sara Z. MacDonald and Dr. Sharon Cook each received the 2022-2023 Alison Prentice Award from the The Ontario Historical Society.
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Framing Our Past 2.0 team
By Janet Lee, University of Toronto Led by professors Marie-Hélène Brunet & Rose Fine-Meyer, and including four graduate students Tifanie Valade, Janet Lee, Manouchka Otis, and Béatrice de Montigny from the University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto, the Framing Our Past 2.0 team was assembled to make an important intervention in history teaching…