Anna Lalli (Good)
Dissertation Title:
- The Ones Who Survived: Attempted Suicides in the Canadian Army, 1914-1945
Research Interests:
- My research has primarily focused on war and society in a Canadian context. My main research interests are military law and the complexities of wartime experience during the First and Second World Wars. I am specifically interested in exploring soldier attempted suicide and intentional self-injury. My dissertation topic focuses on soldiers who sought self-violence as a response to the many stresses associated with mobilization and soldiering, including aspects exacerbated during their service such as personal struggles, family challenges, financial difficulties, and grief.
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My research topics include: Canadian History; Disability, Madness, and Mental Health; and Modern War and Society.
Supervisor
Publications:
- Good, Anna. "Disentangling Moral from Morale: Attempted Suicides in the Canadian Army, 1943–1944." Waterloo Historical Review 11 (2025). https://doi.org/10.15353/whr.v11.6410
Conference Presentations
- “‘A New Determination’: Responses of African American Troops to German Propaganda in World War One.” Paper presented at the Communities in History: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Conference at the University of Western Ontario, March 2024.
- “A Lost Soldier: Attempted Suicide in the Canadian Army during the Second World War,” 35th Military History Colloquium, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, May 2025.
Archival Research (In-person and Online)
- Special Collections and Archives, Dana Porter Library, Waterloo, Ontario
- Library and Archives Canada, Héritage - Canadiana Database
Media and Public Engagement:
- GRADflix Finalist Feature
Meet the GRADflix finalist who deployed stop motion animation
University of Waterloo, July 2023
Read the article - GRADflix 2023 Finalist Announcement
History MA student named GRADflix 2023 finalist
University of Waterloo, February 2023
Read the article - Impact Story: WWII POW Research
Setting the record straight: A gift to Waterloo’s Library gives students ‘a direct connection’ to the lives of WWII POWs
By Beth Bohnert, University of Waterloo News, November 2020
Read the article - Honouring WWII POW Memory
Waterloo student unveils WWII diary that highlights the stigmatization endured by prisoners of war
By Wendy Philpott, University of Waterloo News, November 2020
Read the article
Awards and Honours:
- Jean Armstrong Fletcher Award
University of Western Ontario, March 2025
Awarded annually to a graduate student with a minimum “A” average who is studying Canadian history. Preference is given to Ph.D. students.
Value: $2,500
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