by Matt Baker | Dec 8, 2021 | Announcements, LCSC, War and Society
Arrival of Canadian Brigade in Hong Kong, 16 November 1941. For its fall 2021 issue, Canadian Military History has published a special issue to commemorate the Battle of Hong Kong’s eighteenth anniversary. This issue explores various aspects of the...
by Matt Baker | Nov 11, 2021 | Announcements, LCSC, War and Society
A draft of servicemen arrives at a Repatriation Depot, the first step in the long journey home. [LAC ZK-996] A version of this piece was delivered at Wilfrid Laurier University’s 2021 Remembrance Day Ceremony, organized by the History Student’s...
by Kyle Pritchard | Sep 26, 2021 | Announcements, LCSC, War and Society
Dear professors and university professionals, The Juno Beach Centre is recruiting its 2022 Guide Team! We have 6 positions to be filled for three periods of employment throughout the year. All contracts allow for a substantial professional experience for students in a...
by Kyle Falcon | Sep 7, 2021 | LCSC, Podcast, War and Society
The First World War was a literary conflict producing some of the most memorable poems, novels and plays of the twentieth century. While the Second World War left behind a striking visual record, including famous pictures such as Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima and Wait...
by Kyle Pritchard | Aug 22, 2021 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society |
by Megan Hamilton The historiography of Canadians in the Second World War was largely shaped by the work of official historian Charles P. Stacey. However, Stacey’s ability to produce the early histories of the war was inhibited by a lack of access to important...
by Kyle Falcon | Aug 1, 2021 | LCSC, Podcast, War and Society
In 1965, in the coastal province of Phú Yên, US Armed Forces embarked on an effort to pacify one of the least-secured regions of South Vietnam. Often described as the “other war” to win the “Hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese, pacification was, in reality, a...
