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David A. Wilson named winner of the 2022 C.P. Stacey Award
[Cliquez ici pour le français]2022 Winner: David A. Wilson Canadian Spy StoryThe C.P. Stacey Award Committee and the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (LCSC) have awarded historian David A. Wilson of the University of Toronto the 2022 C.P. Stacey Award for...
David A. Wilson a été nommé gagnant du prix 2022 C.P. Stacey
[click here for English]Gagnant 2022: David A. Wilson Canadian Spy StoryLe Prix C.P Stacey comité au Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (LCSC) a récompensé l’historien David A. Wilson de l’Université de Toronto du Prix C.P Stacey dans l'année 2022 pour son...
The Ties that Bind: Colonial Families, British North America, and the Imperial World
In this article, Cecilia Morgan examines concepts of transnationalism, class formation and settler colonialism in Canada and across the British world in the late-eighteenth and early-twentieth century. Her current research project explores these themes within the...
War is a near-constant aspect of the human experience. For better or worse, it has fundamentally shaped societies across the world.
The War and Society collective exists to foster research, education, public outreach and discussion of historical and contemporary conflict. It acknowledges the importance of conflict as well as its diverse and far-reaching impacts which extend beyond the battlefield.
The War and Society collective encompasses a vast array of topics. The Centre’s researchers study the conduct of specific campaigns and wars, analysing how conflicts were fought, why specific decisions were made and how certain outcomes occurred. They also explore the social and cultural aspects of war, including the medicalisation of conditions like “shell shock” or “PTSD,” and wartime experiences on the battlefield and at home. Still, others explore the short- and long-term effects of war on individuals and social change, peacekeeping and peacebuilding initiatives by local and foreign governments and collective modes of remembrance and commemoration of past conflicts.
Ultimately, the War and Society collective examines the totality of war and endeavours to understand how it has shaped the past and present.