Grad Research Archives - School of Canadian Studies

In/And/Or “Canada”: Positionings, Practices, Paradigms

donnamalone — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:16:34 +0000

The 2024 School of Canadian Studies Graduate Symposium invites you to think about your relations to Canada. Do you see your work within, in conjunction with or in contention with Canada? Canada Studies is an evolving and interdisciplinary field that abounds with areas of scholarly inquiry. We are interested in expanding understandings and definitions of Canadian Studies and studies of Canada.

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Mark your Calendar – January 24th Research Talk

donnamalone — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:51:52 +0000

Gale Franklin, PhD candidate, will be presenting on “Listening to Whiteness: Race, Space and Belonging on Parliament Hill”

From January 22^nd to February 23^rd, 2022, the so-called “Freedom Convoy” took up occupation of Ottawa. Drawing on testimony from the Ottawa People’s Commission inquiry into the occupation, this talk explores how sounded performances of whiteness were experienced as sonic violence, the function of whiteness in relation to music and sounds, as well as individual and collective listening practices on Parliament Hill. Gale Franklin is a PhD candidate in the School of Canadian Studies at �Ӱ�ԭ��.

Join us in DT 1216 from 2:30 – 3:30 on Wednesday January 24th.

Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to John Carlson on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation

donnamalone — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:00:17 +0000

John Carlson has successfully defended his PhD dissertation, “Empowering Indigenous Self-Determination In-Against-and-Beyond Capitalism: A Theory of Dual Dispossession.”

The dissertation was supervised by Professor Julie Tomiak.

Congratulations, John!!

Congratulations to MA student Gyn Wylie on the completion of her MRP

donnamalone — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:41:32 +0000

MA student Gyn Wylie has completed a Major Research Paper entitled “Displaced Heritage: Place Attachment, the Loss of Land, and the Effects on Community Identity.”

Adopting a ‘heritage from below’ approach, the project examines community perspectives on heritage after the mid-twentieth century construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, which produced dislocations for the Mohawk communities of Akwesasne and Kahnawake and settler-colonial villages in southeastern Ontario. The research was co-supervised by Professors Susan Ross, from the School of Canadian Studies, and John Walsh, from the Department of History.

Congratulations on the completion of this original research, Gyn!

End-of-Term MA Student Presentations

donnamalone — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:02:18 +0000

During their final class of the fall term, our cohort of first year MA students showed how very diverse and deeply interesting research proposals can be in the School of Canadian Studies, a School engaged in redefining Canada as an object of critical research.

Students clearly gave much careful thought to their projects, met with librarians and archivists, took time to position themselves within their community and within academia, and in this seminar, critically interrogated each others’ research processes, methods, definitions, and helped to practice and hone their presentation skills.

It was a fantastic opportunity for our first year MA’s to be able to present the work done in CDNS 5001 and give it a professional spin.

MA Core Course Field Trip

donnamalone — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:48:15 +0000

As part of their Core Course, our new MA students recently went to the Library and Archives Canada. Our students are committed to new critical findings. Visiting the Archives is a great way to get started, to explore resources and to ask research questions of the experts!

Later this term, this MA cohort will broaden their understanding of their research topic by digitizing archival material (handwritten text, maps, photography) that is not yet accessible on the internet.

PhD Candidate Amy Fung’s recent peer reviewed publication

donnamalone — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:22:01 +0000

To the Last Drop – Affective Economies of Extraction and Sentimentality

“The romance of extraction underlies and partly defines Western modernity and our cultural imaginaries. Combining affect studies and environmental humanities, this volume analyzes societies’ devotion to extraction and fossil resources. This devotion is shaped by a nostalgic view on settler colonialism as well as by contemporary »affective economies« (Sara Ahmed). The contributors examine the links between forms of extractivism and gendered discourses of sentimentality and the ways in which cultural narratives and practices deploy the sentimental mode (in plots of attachment, sacrifice, and suffering) to promote or challenge extractivism.”

Amy’s peer reviewed article in now out in this new edited anthology. Read:

Congratulations, Amy!!

SICS Alum Andrew Walker wins CSN Best MA MRP

donnamalone — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:54:18 +0000

Congratulations Andrew Walker!
CSN Best MA (or Equivalent) Thesis or Major Research Paper in Canadian Studies Prize winner!!

Andrew Walker’s “Hidden Voices: Professional Choristers in Southern Ontario,” an M.A. thesis (Indigenous and Canadian Studies, �Ӱ�ԭ�� University), contends that professional choristers form an important aspect of cultural life in Canada and yet are infrequently studied.

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