The Wilson Institute for Canadian History announces its short-list for the annual Wilson Institute Book Prize, given to the book which best exemplifies the quest to place Canadian history in a transnational perspective.   Our three nominees this year:Catherine Larochelle, School of Racism: A Canadian History, 1830-1915 (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2023). “Guided by … Continue reading The Wilson Institute for Canadian History announces its short-list for the annual Wilson Institute Book Prize

2022 Wilson Prize Finalists! It’s the time of year again! The moment when we, once again, reveal the Wilson Book Prize and Viv Nelles Essay Prize finalists.  Our thanks to the publishers and authors who have made the task of arriving at a short-list so difficult! Wilson Book Prize The Wilson Book Prize is awarded to … Continue reading Congratulations to the winners!

The Gendered Logic of Covid-19: Patterns in India and Beyond Dr. Bhattacharya is a world-renowned authority on Social Reproduction Theory (SRT), which explores everyday life under capitalism. Rather than an approach focused narrowly on waged workers and production, SRT looks more broadly at all the ways in which the social relations necessary for our capitalist … Continue reading The Wilson Institute is proud to announce the virtual visit to McMaster of Dr. Tithi Bhattacharya

Generously supported by the Future of Canada project, the “Sydemic Series” is about Canada, Covid-19 and our post-pandemic future. The name is borrowed from a comment by Dr. Richard Horton of the Lancet, who suggested that the “pandemic” might be better thought of as a “syndemic,”  because in it so many different crises and problems … Continue reading Syndemic Series

Unique Indigenous and settler cultures have been shaped in intimate relation with particular coastal environments and ecologies. The multi-racial and international social arrangements of urban waterfronts and rural resource ports have engendered distinctive political configurations. Dramatic weather and climate patterns have shaped coastlines and human fortunes alike, just as humans have reshaped coasts through industry, … Continue reading Coming up: The Coastal Communities Workshop, 19-20 November 2021

The Wilson Book Prize—awarded to the book published in 2021 that best place places Canadian history in its transnational and/or global context—is now open. Publishers and authors can send books to the Institute, using this address: 38 Oak Avenue, Dundas, Ontario, L9H 4Y9 (a temporary address during the pandemic). The deadline for submission of books … Continue reading The Wilson Book Prize competition for 2021 is now open!

Constant Struggle is now in print! The Wilson Institute is very proud to announce the publication of Constant Struggle: Histories of Canadian Democratization, edited by Wilson Fellows Jullien Mauduit and Jennifer Tunnicliffe, as the ninth volume in its “Rethinking Canada in the World” series.  This 503-page volume encompasses a wide diversity of topics and perspectives, … Continue reading Constant Struggle is now in print!