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Welcome to the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada
The Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies (LCMSDS), which has become one of Canada’s largest military history research centres since its founding in the early 1990s by Terry Copp and Marc Kilgour, is now expanding to become the Laurier Centre...
Off the Cuff, with Meredith Legace
Meredith Legace is a third year Honours student in History at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has worked with the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada for the last three years, and originally started as a volunteer working on the Through Veterans’ Eyes project under...
The President of the United Nations General Assembly: Making A Difference in Global Governance?
UN Photo/Manuel Elias The individuals elected as President of the General Assembly (PGA) of the United Nations over the past seventy-five years generally have been leading political figures in their own countries as foreign or defence ministers, or even...
Register now for the 32nd Canadian Military History Colloquium!
Registration is now open for the 32nd Canadian Military History Colloquium, 6-7 May 2022.
Events
Per Ardua Ad Astra: The Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War with Mike Bechthold
Per Ardua Ad Astra: The Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War with Mike Bechthold
CLICK HERE to register In a few short years, the Royal Canadian Air Force expanded from a small domestic force of 8 squadrons and 4,000 personnel to a globe-spanning air force with
Fighting a White Man’s War: Canada’s First Nations Peoples and the Second World War with R. Scott Sheffield
Fighting a White Man’s War: Canada’s First Nations Peoples and the Second World War with R. Scott Sheffield
CLICK HERE to register The Second World War became a total war for Canada, drawing in virtually every person in virtually every region of the country in diverse ways, including Canada’s First
Dieppe 80 Years After: The Juno Beach Centre’s Exhibition From Dieppe to Juno with Marie Eve Vaillancourt
Dieppe 80 Years After: The Juno Beach Centre’s Exhibition From Dieppe to Juno with Marie Eve Vaillancourt
CLICK HERE to register The Dieppe Raid is shrouded in controversy and tragedy. For decades, it dominated Canadians’ collective memory of the war. Considered a tragic failure since 1942, its
Women and the Second World War with Stacey Barker
Women and the Second World War with Stacey Barker
CLICK HERE to register The Second World War brought many crucial changes to the lives of Canadian women, including the opportunity for wider military service. Recruits who joined the Canadian
