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  • Public History students launch new exhibit

    April 26, 2022

    From now until early summer, visitors to the J.A. Schweitzer Gallery in Western’s Weldon Library can view a new student-led exhibit on a highly significant yet little known part of Canadian wartime medical history. Three undergraduate history students in HIS3813E: Public History worked with Western Archives to curate an exhibit on Western University’s No. 10 Stationary Hospital. Through several themes including medical work, nursing, and daily life, the exhibit highlights the enormous level of volunteerism and humanitarianism among the members of the hospital unit formed under the command of Western’s Dr. Edwin Seaborn for overseas service during the First World War.

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  • HIS3813E Public History CityStudio Group Project - Indigenous Veterans Day

    April 21, 2022

    Congratulations go out to six public history students for their year-end project being given an Honourable Mention at this year’s City Studio London HUBBUB Student Project Showcase!

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