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Preview: The History of Neoliberalism in Canada / Aperçu : L’histoire du néolibéralisme au Canada

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Mack Penner (pennej1@mcmaster.ca) and Nick Fast (nick.fast@mail.utoronto.ca), editors For a number of years now, neoliberalism has been a much-discussed category and a much-studied topic. At stake in these conversations are issues as basic as whether neoliberalism even exists and whether it’s a meaningful analytical concept. Notwithstanding these existential questions, which themselves have often been productive … Continue reading Preview: The History of Neoliberalism in Canada / Aperçu : L’histoire du néolibéralisme au Canada

Seeing Themselves: Race, Education, and Black Life in Canada, with Funké Aladejebi

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On 4 November 2020, Dr. Funké Aladejebi presented a paper for our Racialized Peoples and Democracy Speaker Series titled Seeing Themselves: Race, Education and Black Life in Canada.  Dr. Funké Aladejebi is a professor of history at the University of Toronto. She specializes in twentieth century Black Canadian history, with a focus on oral history, the history of education … Continue reading Seeing Themselves: Race, Education, and Black Life in Canada, with Funké Aladejebi

Colonialism’s Currency, with Brian Gettler

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In episode 9 of our Wilson Institute Speaker Series, Self-Isolation Edition, we talk to Brian Gettler about his latest book – Colonialism's Currency: Money, State, and First Nations in Canada, 1820-1950 – published this past July with McGill-Queen’s University Press. His book analyses the historical experiences and interactions of three distinct First Nations with monetary forms and … Continue reading Colonialism’s Currency, with Brian Gettler

The Border Crossed us too, with Elizabeth Ellis

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On 1 October 2020, Dr. Elizabeth Ellis presented a timely paper for our Racialized Peoples and Democracy Speaker Series titled The Border Crossed us too: The Overlap between the Struggles for Migrant and Indigenous Justice.  Dr. Elizabeth Ellis is a professor of early American and Indigenous history and the co-director of the Natives Studies Forum at New … Continue reading The Border Crossed us too, with Elizabeth Ellis

Catching up with Jennifer Bonnell

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In the 8th, and for now, final episode of our Wilson Institute Speaker Series, Self-Isolation Edition, we catch with former Wilson Institute fellow Jennifer Bonnell. Jenn is currently a professor of history at York University and in 2013-15, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Wilson Institute. It was great to catch up with Jenn … Continue reading Catching up with Jennifer Bonnell

Catching up with Katharine Rollwagen

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In episode 6 of our Wilson Institute Speaker Series, Self-Isolation Edition, we catch up with former Wilson Fellow Katharine Rollwagen! A professor of history at Vancouver Island University, Katie was a visiting assistant professor at the Wilson Institute for Canadian History in 2013-14. Max and Katie chatted about everything, from their kids, to her current projects, … Continue reading Catching up with Katharine Rollwagen

The Audacity of his Enterprise, with M. Max Hamon

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In episode 5 of our Wilson Institute Speaker Series, Self-Isolation Edition, it is my pleasure to talk to M. Max Hamon about his 2019 Wilson Book Prize winning The Audacity of his Enterprise: Louis Riel and the Métis Nation that Canada Never Was. His book tells the story of Louis Riel and the Red River Resistance of … Continue reading The Audacity of his Enterprise, with M. Max Hamon

Not for King or Country, with Tyler Wentzell

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In episode 4 of our Wilson Institute Speaker Series, Self-Isolation Edition, we talk to Tyler Wentzell about his latest book: Not for King or Country: Edward Cecil-Smith, the Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War, which was published in January 2020. His book tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, the commander of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, … Continue reading Not for King or Country, with Tyler Wentzell

Reflecting on COVID-19 and our Food Systems, with Jodey Nurse

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Welcome to Episode 3 of the Wilson Institute Speaker Series, Self-Isolation Edition. In this video, Jodey Nurse (a visiting assistant professor at the Wilson Institute for Canadian History) will reflect on COVID-19 and our food systems. Dr. Jodey Nurse is an L. R. Wilson Assistant Professor at the Wilson Institute for Canadian History. A graduate of Queen’s … Continue reading Reflecting on COVID-19 and our Food Systems, with Jodey Nurse