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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Men and Morale - Canadian Army Training in the Second World War
DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Soldiers attending a field lecture in Vernon\, BC\, Canada\, ca. 1940. (Museum and Archives of\nVernon\, #9678) \nWatch the recording.\nThe Canadian Army of the Second World War spent more time preparing and training their citizen soldiers then they did in sustained action. This chiefly took place across Canada and in the United Kingdom. Adequate training functioned as a cradle for collective action\, morale\, empowerment\, self-confidence\, and\, ultimately\, success in battle. Yet\, due to a number of factors\, a sufficient standard of training was not always achieved by all. \nThere were limits to the Canadian Army’s ability to control the morale of its men as it created a vast organization from scratch. Training camp experiences varied\, influenced by factors such as food\, weather\, comfort\, group cohesion\, leadership\, skill level\, discipline\, social activities\, and interactions with local civilians. In fact\, it required a constant negotiation between camp leadership and the rank and file. Drawing from her research on both the Canadian and wider Commonwealth armies\, Megan Hamilton’s presentation will explain why soldiers’ morale in training was a difficult\, yet vital\, balancing act. \n“Men and Morale – Canadian Army Training in the Second World War” takes place Thursday\, January 19\, 2023 at 7 pm. The lecture premieres both in-person at the Civic Museum\, and online via our Facebook livestream. The recorded conversation will be available on Facebook\, YouTube\, and our Museum Everywhere Portal after the event. \nTo attend the conversation in-person\, registration is required through Eventbrite. \nGuelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. \n\nAbout Megan Hamilton:\n \nOriginally from Vernon\, British Columbia\, Megan Hamilton is a social and military historian of the 20th century. She has an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo. Her federally-funded master’s research focused on the Canadian experience of the Second World War\, specifically the Vernon Military Camp. Megan’s work has been published by a number of platforms and in 2022 she won the Tri-University History Program’s top essay prize for master’s students. \nShe is currently located in London\, England\, where she has begun a fully-funded PhD at King’s College London and the Imperial War Museum\, supervised by Dr. Jonathan Fennell. Her dissertation is a study of Second World War army training across the Commonwealth.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-men-and-morale-canadian-army-training-in-the-second-world-war/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: The Evolution of Canadian Export Policy\, 1946-1991
DESCRIPTION:“Things that go ‘Krump’ in the Night”: The Evolution of Canadian Export Policy\, 1946-1991 is presented by Paul Esau. \nFor more than three decades\, successive Canadian governments have tied themselves in knots to justify the sale of Canadian-produced weapons to Saudi Arabia. Yet the Saudi sales are only the latest chapter in a history of arms sales to conflict regions which extends back to the Second World War\, and includes customers from all over the world. These sales have contradicted both Canada’s foreign policy in general\, as well as the specific military export restrictions which are supposed to constrain Canadian arms sales to certain destinations. \nFrom a historical perspective this hypocrisy is the norm\, rather than the exception. For nearly 80 years the Canadian government has been attempting to decide what can be sold to whom\, and why – while constantly revising its decision to allow for the next lucrative arms sale. Still\, how does a country which has consistently committed to upholding democracy\, human rights and peacekeeping also justify consistently selling weapons to undemocratic and repressive regimes in conflict regions? The answer reveals a remarkable story of creative policy-making\, bureaucratic bumbling\, cultivated innocence\, and occasional scandal. \nCanadian-made LAVs being transported along the 401 highway in Ontario (c. 2019). Photo courtesy of Dr. Kevin Spooner. \n\nAbout Paul Esau: \nPaul Esau is a PhD Candidate at Wilfrid Laurier University in the History Department. He has interned with several Canadian peace and disarmament organizations\, including Project Ploughshares and the Canadian Landmines Foundation\, and teaches classes on nuclear\, chemical\, biological\, and conventional arms control. He lives in Kitchener with his wife\, Heidi\, and their hedgehog Juniper. \n\nMiss the live event? Watch a recording of the Military Lecture via our YouTube channel: \n\nLecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/the-evolution-of-canadian-export-policy-1946-1991/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221021
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Missing Memorials? How Canada has Commemorated the Second World War
DESCRIPTION:Banner image: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth unveiling the National War Memorial in Ottawa\, May 22\, 1939. Toronto Star Photograph Archive\, TSPA_0122512F. \nThe war memorials that dot communities across the country are the sites of the most important public ceremonies of the civic calendar. They hearken back to our history\, they help us remember our war dead\, and they help us envision the future. But they have histories of their own.  \nThis talk by Thomas Littlewood presents new research which reconsiders our understandings of these memorials\, when they were built\, and what they mean. \n\nAbout Thomas Littlewood:\nThomas Littlewood is a PhD candidate at the University of Guelph. His research considers how Canada has commemorated the Second World War. Originally from New Brunswick\, Thomas is interested in how local communities engage with their pasts—this includes commemoration\, museums\, and memory. He has degrees from Mount Allison University\, the University of New Brunswick\, and Western University. \n \nGuelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. \n \n  \n\nMissed the live event? Watch the recording of the lecture via our YouTube channel:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-missing-memorials-second-world-war/
LOCATION:Guelph Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220923
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: The Irish Canadian Rangers in Canada and Ireland\, 1915 -1917
DESCRIPTION:The Irish Canadian Rangers began as a Militia Regiment in 1915 after Catholic and Protestant Irish agreed to cooperate. After the battle of Second Ypres the regiment contributed a full company to the 60th Battalion and began a campaign to persuade Sam Hughes to promise that an Irish Canadian Rangers battalion would go overseas as the 199th under its own officers. Recruiting began in 1916 and continued despite the Easter Rebellion in Dublin and the growing turmoil in Ireland. The 199th struggled to reach full strength but responded favorably to a British request to tour Ireland before joining the 5th Canadian Division. \nDrawing upon research for his recent book Montreal At War 1914-1918\, Terry Copp examines both Irish and Canadian history in this dramatic\, formative period. \n \n\nAbout Terry Copp:\n \nTerry Copp is the leading scholar of Canada’s military role in the Second World War and an influential advocate for military history in both military and civilian post-secondary education. His books on battle exhaustion\, on 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade\, and his two volumes on the Canadians in Normandy and Northwest Europe\, Fields of Fire (2003) and Cinderella Army (2006) have led to a reinterpretation of Canadian soldiers’ effectiveness in 1944 and 1945. He was also the onscreen historian for the television series No Price Too High and a regular contributor to Legion Magazine. \nTerry has explored Canada’s European battlefields for more than thirty years with hundreds of students and members of the public. This interest in the battlefields of northwest Europe has led to the creation of battlefield memorials and the publication of a series of battlefield guidebooks. Terry is a dual Canadian and Irish citizen and has a long-standing interest in Irish history and connections with Canada \nTerry’s most recent project is Montreal at War 1914-18\, available now from the University of Toronto Press. \n\nMissed the live event? Watch the recording of the lecture via our YouTube channel: \n\nGuelph Museums’ Military Lecture series is presented in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-the-irish-canadian-rangers-in-canada-and-ireland-1915-1917/
LOCATION:Civic Museum\, 52 Norfolk Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 4H8\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220415
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Heritage\, Meaning\, and Remembering Well in 21st Century Canada
DESCRIPTION:Tune in for “The torch; be yours to hold it high”: Heritage\, Meaning\, and Remembering Well in 21st Century Canada\, presented by Dr. Geoffrey Bird on Thursday April 14th\, 2022 at 7 pm. \nInterpreting John McCrae’s immortal poem\, In Flanders Fields\, as a call to action to remember is particularly prescient in our world today. But in the context of commemoration and remembrance of the world wars\, what should holding the torch high look\, and feel\, like? Is there a good or preferred way to remember? \nThis presentation explores the idea of remembering well\, both in the role played by various forms of war heritage—from sites\, artefacts and art\, to rituals and traditions of commemoration—and the meanings we construct from them. Our attention will involve considering the experience of visiting iconic Canadian sites such as Ypres\, Vimy\, and Normandy as well as lesser-known sites across Canada and elsewhere. Of particular interest to this interdisciplinary discussion is to explore concepts such as sense of place associated with sites of war memory\, and the extent to which they are managed\, as well as the significance of storytellers as guardians of remembrance. \n\nAbout Dr. Geoffrey Bird:\n \nDr. Geoffrey Bird\, PhD\, is a Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University\, Victoria\, BC. Geoffrey created the War Heritage Research Initiative in 2015 and has produced over 30 short documentary films exploring Canada’s world war heritage from the world wars.  His doctoral research focused on the battlefields of Normandy and the role played by tourism in remembrance. Geoff has consulted for agencies such as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Education First Tours in their design of the Vimy 100 Education Expo in Arras\, France. \nPrior to RRU\, Geoff’s career involved serving as a naval reserve officer\, with the provincial government in the field of post-secondary education\, and leading a community development project in Vietnam while at Capilano University.  He also worked as a heritage interpreter at the Canadian National Memorial at Vimy Ridge. One other significant experience: Geoff volunteered at McCrae House while attending University in Guelph! He has lived and worked in Southeast Asia\, Africa\, Europe and across Canada\, and calls Victoria home. \n\nMissed the live event? Watch the recording of Heritage\, Meaning\, and Remembering Well in 21st Century Canada below: \n\nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-heritage-meaning-and-remembering-well-in-21st-century-canada/
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Civilians at the Sharp End - First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe\, 1944-1945
DESCRIPTION:Image: British soldier helping an elderly woman in Caen\, France\, July 1944\, World War II \nTune in for Civilians at the Sharp End – First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe\, 1944-1945 presented by David Borys on Thursday March 17th\, 2022 at 7 pm. \nCivil Affairs is the forgotten branch of First Canadian Army (FCA) in the Second World War. The men of Civil Affairs (CA) were a crucial link between the army and the civilian populations that were both liberated and occupied by FCA. From control of refugees\, to reestablishing law and order\, to organizing civil defence\, to the recovery of lost and stolen art as well as an entire spectrum of activities\, FCA Civil Affairs handled a wide variety of tasks and met challenges in every new region they entered. \nIn this talk David Borys will touch on some of those key challenges as the men of FCA Civil Affairs worked their way across northwest Europe from northern France all the way into northwestern Germany. \n\nAbout David Borys:\n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nDavid Borys is a Canadian military historian and a faculty member at Langara College. His research focuses on the history of the relationship between the Canadian Armed Forces and civilian populations in combat zones. His published works include a wide variety of topics in the realm of Canadian military history and have been printed in academic journals such as Canadian Military History Journal and in print media such as the Globe and Mail. \nHis most recent book is titled Civilians at the Sharp End: First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe\, 1944-1945 published by McGill-Queens Press in 2021. He has been seen on such television history programs as APTN’s Nations at War and National Geographic’s Hitler’s Last Stand. David is also the producer\, writer and host of the popular Canadian history podcast\, Cool Canadian History. \n\nMissed the live event? Watch the recording of Civilians at the Sharp End below:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-civilians-at-the-sharp-end-first-canadian-army-civil-affairs-in-northwest-europe-1944-1945/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220218
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Atomic Soldiers - The Canadian Armed Services and Radiation Exposure during the Cold War
DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: April 1935\, W.L. Britnell and Stan McMillan unload the first shipment of uranium concentrate from the Northwest Territories. Source: opentextbc.ca\, Canadian History: Post-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw \nMilitary Lecture: Atomic Soldiers – The Canadian Armed Services and Radiation Exposure during the Cold War is presented by Dr. Matthew Wiseman. \nDuring the early Cold War period\, the United States and the United Kingdom conducted various nuclear weapons trials with live radiation\, but little is known of Canada’s participation. In this talk\, Dr. Matthew Wiseman will discuss the history of No. 1 Radiation Detection Unit (RDU)\, a special tri-service unit established in 1950 to assess radiological hazards for the Canadian military. \nOperational between 1950 and 1959\, RDU personnel participated in live trials and assessed nuclear toxicity at blast sites in the United States and Australia.  Recently opened records suggest that senior officials in the Canadian Army exposed unit personnel to hazardous conditions during trials\, resulting in direct exposures to dangerously high radiation levels. Dr. Wiseman will explore and discuss the military and ethical considerations of using soldiers during live nuclear weapons trials\, as well as the continuing impact on the participating soldiers and their families. \n\nAbout Matthew Wiseman:\n \nDr. Matthew Wiseman is a Banting Fellow in the Department of History at St. Jerome’s University in the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on the history of science and technology in modern Canada. With an eye to understanding the social impacts of scientific research and technological development\, his published work examines the political and ethical dimensions of state-sponsored research conducted at government\, private\, and academic institutions. He also studies the history of Canada’s National Research Council and the role of gender in the development and progression of the natural sciences. \nWiseman holds a Ph.D. in History from Wilfrid Laurier University and the Tri-University Graduate Program in History. Upon the completion of his doctoral degree\, he held a two-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of History at the University of Toronto and later a one-year Associated Medical Services (AMS) Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of History at Western University. \n\nMissed the live event? Watch the recording of Atomic Soldiers below:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-atomic-soldiers/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220121
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Catastrophe - Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion
DESCRIPTION:Catastrophe – Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion will be presented by Roger Sarty\, Editor of the recovered book manuscript of ‘Catastrophe’ by the late Professor T. Joseph Scanlon. \nThe Halifax explosion\, 6 December 1917\, was the worst disaster in terms of loss of life in Canadian history.  More than 1\,900 people were killed and some 9\,000 injured in a population of about 55\,000; a quarter of the city was devastated and burned to the ground. \nThe explosion was the result of a minor collision between two ships close to the city waterfront.  Tragically\, the impact set fire to one of the vessels\, the French steamer Mont-Blanc\, whose cargo of  3000 tonnes of high explosives destined for Allied armies on the Western Front detonated\, in one of the largest man-made explosions before the atomic bomb. \nHighlights of the talk will include the First World War context of the explosion\, the crucial role of emergency relief work by the military\, the involvement of the municipal government and the railway\, and the politics and emotions surrounding this monumental disaster. \n\n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nAbout Roger Sarty:\nRoger Sarty has been a member of the history department at Wilfrid Laurier University since 2004.  A graduate of Duke University (MA 1976) and the University of Toronto (PhD 1983)\, he was a historian at the Department of National Defence (1981-1998)\, and then successively head of exhibitions and historical research and deputy director at the Canadian War Museum (1998-2003). A native of Halifax\, Roger grew up hearing stories of the Halifax explosion; his great-grandfather\, John Bell\, MD\, was one of the first responders. Catastrophe is the eleventh book on the military history of Atlantic Canada that Roger has authored\, co-authored\, or edited. \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. \n\nMissed the live event? Watch the recording of Catastrophe – Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion below:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-catastrophe-stories-and-lessons-from-the-halifax-explosion/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211119
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: The War Diaries of General David Watson
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Geoff Jackson will discuss the diaries of General David Watson. The presentation will focuses on the evolution of military leadership and associated challenges that Watson (and his peers) faced during the Great War. The talk will explain how he navigated not only the military battlefield in France and Belgium but also the political battlefield of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and larger British Expeditionary Force. The divisional commanders played a central role in the Corps’ transformation into a first-rate professional army\, a transformation that coincided with Watson’s tenure at the 4th Division. \n\nAbout Dr. Geoff Jackson:\n\n\nGEOF JACKSON earned his PhD from the University of Calgary in 2013. He teaches at Mount Royal University in the Humanities department. He has published numerous articles and books in the field of Strategic Studies. He is author of two books: The Empire on the Western Front(UBC Press\, 2019) and The War Diaries of David Watson(Wilfrid Laurier Press\, 2021) \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch the recording of Military Lecture: The War Diaries of General David Watson below: \n\n 
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-the-war-diaries-of-general-david-watson/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211022
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: The No. 2 Construction Battalion – Keeping History and their Legacy Alive
DESCRIPTION:This month we welcome Sergeant Craig Marshall Smith\, M.O.M to present The No. 2 Construction Battalion – Keeping History and their Legacy Alive. \nThis lecture will speak to the history of the No. 2 Construction Battalion and the work that has been done to keep their history alive\, including the work of the late Senator Calvin Ruck and The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia over the past 38 years. The lecture will include the call for an official apology from the Canadian Military and Government. We will also discuss the efforts of the late Capt. George Borden who wrote the open letter to the Government that helped provide the nudge needed to make this become a reality. \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch the recording of Military Lecture: The No.2 Construction Battalion below: \n \n\nAbout Sergeant Craig Marshall Smith\, M.O.M.:\n\nCRAIG SMITH is a Halifax based author\, former president / board chair of the Black Cultural Society for Nova Scotia\, who is in his 25thyear with the RCMP. \nCraig’s working career includes; Halifax North Branch Library – Library Youth Worker\, Director of the Community YMCA and the Metropolitan Authority as a Transit Operator\, before beginning his RCMP career. \nCraig has written extensively on African-Canadian achievement and he has lectured and conducted presentations on Black Canadian history\, race relations and policing from a Black perspective across Canada and in the United States. In Boston and Detroit in 1999. Gainesville\, Florida 2003\, Ottawa\, Saint John\, Charlottetown and Vancouver 2012\, Washington\, DC and Ottawa 2015\, Montreal 2017\, Indianapolis\, Indiana 2018 and Louisville\, Kentucky 2018. \nIn 2009\, Craig developed and rolled the African-Nova Scotian Cultural Competency one-day Workshop for employees in H Division and in 2018\, Craig and a group of four others came together and transformed the one-day course into the nationally recognized\, week-long African-Canadian Experience Course. \nCraig has written and published five books\, including two on the Black experience in the RCMP;. You Had Better Be White By Six A.M. – The African Canadian Experience in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police(2006) Educational edition released in (2017) and HerStory – Black Women Making A Difference in Canadian Law Enforcement (2020). He has also appeared in a number of historical video documentaries which include: The Long Road to Justice: The Viola Desmond Story; Soul on Ice ESPN video on the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes. \nCraig has received a number of awards and in recognition of his work in the area of diversity\, inclusion and race-relations including: Harry Jerome Award 2012; Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012\, the Dr. Burnley A. Jones Nova Scotia Scotia Human Rights Award in 2014. In March 2015\, Craig was appointed to the Police Order of Merit of Police Forces by His Excellency\, The Honourable David Johnston\, Governor-General of Canada. He is the first African-Nova Scotian police officer and first African-Canadian RCMP member to receive his honour. \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-the-no-2-construction-battalion-keeping-history-and-their-legacy-alive/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Events,Military Lecture Series,Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210924
DTSTAMP:20230110T173616Z
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture: Complicated Justice - A Canadian Response to War Crimes and War Criminals
DESCRIPTION:Using the Canadian trials at the end of the Second World War as evidence\, guest lecturer Katelyn Arac discusses the challenging nature of post-war proceedings. Military courts had the potential to unify Canadians in the search for war criminals. Instead\, they provided evidence of a divided nation not yet sure how to demobilize after a world war. \nFor Canada\, the issue of how to respond to war criminals – whether that was the post-war military trials conducted based on crimes committed against Canadian servicemen or alleged war criminals that had fled justice to settle in Canada after the war – is a divisive subject. Politically\, judicially\, and publicly there was contention over what justice looked like. This talk will discuss these contentions and contextualize why this discord exists\, as well as ground these issues in the present day. \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch Military Lecture: Complicated Justice below: \n \n\nAbout Katelyn Arac:\n \nKATELYN ARAC is a PhD candidate at Queen’s University and her research interests include Canadian political\, legal\, and social history in the 20th century. Supervised by Dr. Barrington Walker\, her research focuses on the immigration of war criminals into the country after the Second World War and how reactions to their entry have shaped the national project. The debate incited by the entry of war criminals into the country challenged the notion of Canadian identity and sparked debate between various ethnic communities. Concepts of multiculturalism and national identity were crucial concepts that the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals was forced to address. \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-complicated-justice-a-canadian-response-to-war-crimes-and-war-criminals/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Events,Military Lecture Series,Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210423
DTSTAMP:20230110T173742Z
CREATED:20210112T170326Z
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture - The Great Sickness of 1740: War\, Typhus\, and the Royal Navy
DESCRIPTION:The Capture of Puerto Bello\, 21 November 1739 by George Chambers\, Senior\, 1836\, National Maritime Museum\, Greenwich BHC0355 \n  \nPaul Mansell presents\, The Great Sickness of 1740: War\, Typhus\, and the Royal Navy. \nIn 1739\, after two and a half decades of relative peace\, Spain and Britain entered into the War of Jenkins’ Ear (1739-48). This war became subsumed into the War of Austrian Succession 1740-48) and has not received a lot of attention from historians. The Royal Navy had been actively recruiting seaman since the spring of 1739 and hostilities broke out in the summer. The navy found it had an unexplained shortage of active personnel despite doubling the number of seamen. Ships were not ready\, military operations were delayed\, and Walpole’s government demanded answers for the disarray. What stymied the navy was an alarming number of ill seamen and the cases mounted all through 1740. Sick quarters in several parts of Britain were completely overwhelmed by virulent epidemic typhus known as the “Great Sickness.” \nTyphus was an unsolvable problem for 18th century medicine\, being a contagion that caused record levels of mortality without any hope of a cure. The epidemic is largely forgotten now\, but by the end of 1742 it became the worst typhus epidemic of the century after it spread from the naval towns to the rest of Britain. The navy’s response to the outbreak is instructive because it demonstrates both the pitfalls of not responding adequately at the outset of a crisis and the successes of coordinated and targeted measures of prevention that remain effective today. The episode provides an example of how an organization under extreme stress managed to remain functional despite devastating numbers of incapacitated personnel. \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch Military Lecture: The Great Sickness of 1740 below: \n \n  \n\nAbout Paul Mansell:\n \nPaul Mansell studies military\, medical\, and early modern European history at Wilfrid Laurier University. His PhD dissertation examines the reactions of medical authorities and the Royal Navy to the worst British typhus epidemic of the 18th century. His interests also include the history of technology\, building upon his background in electro-mechanical engineering\, aerospace\, and military aircraft.
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-the-great-sickness-of-1740-war-typhus-and-the-royal-navy/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Events,Military Lecture Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210326
DTSTAMP:20230110T173842Z
CREATED:20210111T201431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T173842Z
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture - Hidden Scars: Uncovering the Lived Experience of Shell-Shocked Ex-Servicemen
DESCRIPTION:Electric Heat Cabinet – Military Hospital Commission – Cobourg\, Ontario \n  \nHeather Ellis presents\, Hidden Scars: Uncovering the Lived Experience of Shell-Shocked Ex-Servicemen. \n1918 marked the end of the First World War\, but for returning soldiers it was the beginning of adjustment\, recovery and\, in some cases\, collapse. The transition from war to peace was especially difficult for those diagnosed with a psychological illness. ‘Shell shock’ has become synonymous with the Great War and frequently appears in the history\, literature\, and film of the conflict. While these studies highlight the emotional turmoil and hardship faced by soldiers\, they often obscure the reality of war neurosis. \nEllis’ talk highlights the post-war lives of shell-shocked ex-servicemen and their families through their disability pension applications. It explores the challenges families faced when veterans were hospitalized for extended periods of time and demonstrates the power struggle between pension officials\, physicians\, veterans\, and their family members. \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. \n\nAbout Heather Ellis:\nHeather Ellis is a PhD Candidate at Western University under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan Vance. Her dissertation focuses on the impact war neurosis had on veterans and their families. She is particularly interested in the ways in which veterans constructed their mental illnesses and their negotiations with the Canadian state in disability applications. \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch the recording of Military Lecture: Hidden Scars below:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-hidden-scars-uncovering-the-lived-experience-of-shell-shocked-ex-servicemen/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Events,Military Lecture Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210226
DTSTAMP:20230110T173939Z
CREATED:20210111T171229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T173939Z
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture - A Tethered Dragon: The Eight Nation Army Occupation of Beijing & Tianjin\, 1900-1902
DESCRIPTION:Meridian gate\, the entrance to the Emperor’s quarters in Beijing’s Forbidden City\, 1900. \n  \nBlaine Chiasson presents\, A Tethered Dragon: The Eight Nation Army Occupation of Beijing & Tianjin\, 1900-1902. \nIn September 1900 American\, British\, French\, Italian\, Russian\, German\, Japanese and Austro-Hungarian troops\, the multi-national ‘Eight Nation Army’ occupied northern China\, having invaded Qing China in response to the Buddhist millennial Boxer Rebellion\, which targeted foreign missionaries and diplomats. For two years Beijing\, the northern capital\, and Tianjin its port city\, were occupied and administered by these combined officers and troops as the Qing court remained in exile in western China. His talk will examine the dynamics of this multi-national occupation concentrating on the debate and justification for looting\, foreign fascination with the previously closed Forbidden City\, inter-allied conflict\, Chinese resistance\, and the occupation’s long-term affects on the built urban landscape of the two cities. \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. \n\nAbout Blaine Chiasson:\n \nAfter his BA is in Russian language & history from Dalhousie University\, Chiasson attended the University of Toronto intending to continue my MA in Russian. After taking Mandarin & Chinese history he became interested in the fate of the 500\,000 + Russian émigré population in interwar China and switched to Modern Chinese history for his PhD. His monograph\, Administering the Colonizer: Manchuria’s Russians under Chinese Rule 1919-1929 (2010) was published by UBC Press. Chiasson’s published articles all examine Russian imperialism in China and the Russian community in exile. Further research on the Russian army and Beijing’s Ethnic Chinese Russian Orthodox community during the 1901 Boxer rebellion has led to his present project\, a study of the Eight Nation international occupation of Tianjin and Beijing from 1900 to 1903. He is currently an Associate Professor\, Department of History\, Wilfrid Laurier University. \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch the recording of Military Lecture: A Tethered Dragon below: 
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-a-tethered-dragon/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Events,Military Lecture Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201127
DTSTAMP:20220111T172035Z
CREATED:20201013T184502Z
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture - War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada
DESCRIPTION:Guelph Museums’ 2020-2021 military lecture series is going digital! \nDr. Alex Souchen presents\, War Junk: Munitions Disposal and Postwar Reconstruction in Canada. \n\nWar Junk reveals the complex political\, economic\, social\, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada. During the Second World War\, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies\, including some 800 ships\, 16\,000 aircraft\, 800\,000 vehicles\, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. Although they were crucial to winning the war\, these assets turned into peacetime liabilities when hostilities ended in 1945. \nDrawing on comprehensive archival research\, Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how Canadian policymakers implemented a disposal strategy that facilitated postwar reconstruction. Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives. \nFrom the fear of deflating markets with surplus assets to the thriftiness of upcycling the remnants of war\, Souchen argues that the disposal of munitions and supplies was integral to the making of postwar Canada. \n\n\nThis book will appeal to military and Canadian historians and those interested in material culture and military artifacts. \n\nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. \n  \n \n\nAbout Alex Souchen\n \nAlex Souchen is a historian specializing in warfare\, society\, and the environment in Canada\, based in Kingston. He received his PhD from the University of Western Ontario and held a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies. He currently holds an Associated Medical Services Postdoctoral Fellowship at Trent University’s Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies. \n  \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch the recording of Military Lecture: War Junk below:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-war-junk-munitions-disposal-and-postwar-reconstruction-in-canada/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Events,Military Lecture Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201022
DTSTAMP:20220111T171913Z
CREATED:20200902T181649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220111T171913Z
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SUMMARY:Military Lecture - Fighting for Citizenship: Black Union Soldiers on the Battlefield and in Politics
DESCRIPTION:Image: 1864 Union recruitment broadside\, P. S. Duval and Son\, Philadelphia \nGuelph Museums’ 2020-2021 military lecture series is going digital! \nDana Weiner presents\, Fighting for Citizenship: Black Union Soldiers on the Battlefield and in Politics. \nDuring the U.S. Civil War\, African American men fought to join the Union ranks. Their struggle was just one operation in a much longer rights campaign that both free and enslaved people fought. Across the nation\, thousands of Black men believed that they must join in the effort to defeat the Confederate States of America\, but they confronted initial resistance to their offers of service. As soon as they could\, they took advantage of the opportunities to participate in the Union war effort. This talk will explore Black men’s military service\, their challenges and triumphs in wartime\, and how they used their skills and experiences to gain political and civil rights in the post-war era. \nOffered in partnership with the Laurier Centre for Military\, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. \nAbout Dana Weiner\n \nDr. Dana Elizabeth Weiner is associate professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her publications include “Legal Ambiguities on the Ground: Black Californians’ Land Claims\, 1848-1870” in Beyond the Borders of the Law: Critical Legal Histories of the North American West(University Press of Kansas\, 2018) and Race and Rights: Fighting Slavery and Prejudice in the Old Northwest\, 1830-1870 (Northern Illinois University Press\, 2013). Her current research concerns citizenship claims and rights activism among people of African descent in early California. \n\nDid you miss the live event? Watch the recording Military Lecture: Fighting for Citizenship below:
URL:https://guelphmuseums.ca/event/military-lecture-fighting-for-citizenship/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Events,Military Lecture Series
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