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    • How Toronto’s army barracks became shelters almost 80 years ago

      By Karen Black, TVO Today, December 10, 2024

      History professor Aldona Sendzikas and author of Stanley Barracks: Toronto’s Military Legacy provided expert insight for a TVO article about the Toronto army barracks. During and after the Second World War, the city faced an acute housing crisis. Starting in 1945, it looked to a new form of emergency housing for homeless families

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    • OPINION: Open Letter to President Biden

      By Kyiv Post, Kyiv Post, September 26, 2024

      Kyiv Post (Ukraine) published an open letter, endorsed by a number of experts including History and Political Science professor Marta Dyczok, calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to take specific action against Russian threats.

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    • Potter’s field project tells stories of forgotten community members

      By Crystal Mackay, Western News, August 01, 2024

      Indigenous studies and history professor Cody Groat and history students Rebecca Small and Emily Kirk have completed work to uncover the history and tell the stories of the more than 350 community members who are buried in an unmarked section of the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery called the potter's field.

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    • Ten summer reads by Western faculty and alumni

      By Keri Ferguson, Western News, June 20, 2024

      Peter Neary (1938-2024), professor emeritus, department of history and Melvin Baker University's book Out Here: Governor Sir Humphrey Walwyn’s Quarterly Reports from Newfoundland, 1936-1946 featured in Western News' suggested 10 summer reads written by faculty and alumni.

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    • Graduate students can now earn Global & Intercultural Engagement Honour

      By Crystal Lamb, Western News, February 20, 2024

      Western’s Global & Intercultural Engagement Honour is a special distinction that appears on a student’s official transcript when they graduate after completing the requirements. First launched for undergraduate students nearly 10 years ago, the program will expand to include a stream for graduate students this month. 

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