https://depot.erudit.org//id/004896dd Search the Channel search https://depot.erudit.org//simple-search https://depot.erudit.org//id/004908dd Title: Unsolved mysteries site wins Berton Award <br/> <br/>Issue Date: 2020-01-21 <br/> <br/>Abstract: The University of Victoria-based Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History website is the 2008 winner of the Pierre Berton Award, presented by Canada’s National History Society for outstanding work in popularizing Canadian history. It’s the latest honour for the popular project that invites students to ‘solve’ mysteries plucked from Canada’s rich history while developing their research skills. Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:01:23 GMT https://depot.erudit.org//id/004907dd Title: Wilson gift boosts canadian history at McMaster <br/> <br/>Authors: Nelles, H.V; Wilson, L.R <br/> <br/>Issue Date: 2020-01-21 <br/> <br/>Abstract: A multi-million dollar donation by Lynton Ronald (Red) Wilson, McMaster University’s Chancellor and noted businessman-philanthropist, will transform Canadian History at Mac over the next five years. The Wilson gift, matched in part by the University, will expand teaching and research capability and support faculty efforts to reposition the field of Canadian History within the emerging Global History framework. Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:58:58 GMT https://depot.erudit.org//id/004906dd Title: Stories matter <br/> <br/>Authors: O'Hare, Kristen; Zembrzycki, Stacey <br/> <br/>Issue Date: 2020-01-21 <br/> <br/>Abstract: Concordia University’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS), http://storytelling.concordia.ca, is currently developing new oral history database software, entitled Stories Matter. As Michael Frisch notes, “[the] Deep Dark Secret of oral history is that nobody spends much time listening to or watching recorded and collected interview documents.”Instead, oral historians tend to privilege transcripts over voices, losing the meanings inherent in their interviews. By returning the orality to oral history, Stories Matter will make it possible for oral historians to engage with their interviews and their collections in a more holistic way. Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:55:35 GMT https://depot.erudit.org//id/004905dd Title: Update for Congress 2009: “Authority in the Past, Authority of the Past” <br/> <br/>Authors: Walsh, John <br/> <br/>Issue Date: 2020-01-21 <br/> <br/>Abstract: As we reach another milestone, the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association becomes a little clearer. The inspiring but also terribly difficult process of evaluating proposals and drawing up a program is now complete. The core theme of the CHA meeting seems to have struck a chord and our program is littered with the concept of “authority”.We have an opportunity to open up some exciting discussions about different forms of authority, different practices that lay claim to be “authoritative”, and how we might navigate our archives with a heightened self-awareness regarding both authority in the past and authority of the past. Session and paper titles will signal where some of our discussions might be headed but I also hope the site and timing of our meeting is a dimension of all this.We shall be meeting in very difficult times for so many, both here in Canada and across the world. As some of the pillars of modern authority start to crumble, we historians might want to think about how we got here, but also how the here and now looks in (and at) the mirror of the past. Sitting in a capital city of one of the world’s G8 nation-states perhaps makes these discussions all the more urgent. Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:52:13 GMT https://depot.erudit.org//id/004904dd Title: Le Congrès 2009 : « L’autorité dans le passé, l’autorité du passé » <br/> <br/>Authors: Walsh, John <br/> <br/>Issue Date: 2020-01-21 <br/> <br/>Abstract: Nous voila arrivés à une nouvelle étape dans la préparation de la réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada. Nous avons terminé le processus, inspirant mais extrêmement difficile, qu’est celui d’évaluer les propositions reçues pour élaborer un programme. Le thème central de la réunion a touché une corde sensible parmi les gens et le concept d’ « autorité » sera par conséquent omniprésent dans le programme. Ce sera donc l’occasion d’amorcer des discussions stimulantes sur différentes formes d’autorité et diverses pratiques qui prétendent être « autoritaires », ainsi que sur la conscience accrue avec laquelle nous pourrions explorer nos archives dans nos recherches sur l’autorité dans le passé et sur l’autorité du passé. Les discussions s’orienteront selon les titres des séances et des présentations, mais j’espère qu’elles seront également inspirées par le lieu et le moment choisis pour la conférence. Certains piliers de l’autorité moderne commencent à s’effriter et, en tant qu’historiens, il peut être de notre devoir de chercher à voir comment nous en sommes arrivés où nous en sommes et de nous interroger sur le “ici et maintenant” à travers le miroir du passé. La tenue de nos débats dans la capitale d’un pays du G8 accentue peut-être encore davantage l’importance de ces questionnements. Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:49:14 GMT