Recent Posts
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 Megan Hamilton
Originally from Vernon, BC, Megan Hamilton is a social historian of twentieth century Canada. She has a Bachelor of Arts Honours in History from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she was a Research Assistant at the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (LCSC). She is...
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...
Events
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
The Irish Canadian Rangers in Canada and Ireland, 1914–17 with Terry Copp
The Irish Canadian Rangers in Canada and Ireland, 1914–17 with Terry Copp
The Irish Canadian Rangers were created in 1914 as a symbol of Irish Canadian support for Britain and Canada’s war effort. Drawing upon research for his recent book Montreal at
