H I S T O R Y UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
May 5, 2011
Department of History
403 Fletcher Argue Bldg.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V5
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Katy Hunt
[email protected]
CONGRATULATIONS
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to Len Kuffert who was
voted Fellow of the Year by the St John’s
College Students’ Association.
Congratulations to Dale Barbour, JMP
2009, whose book Winnipeg Beach:
Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town,
1900-1967 (University of Manitoba Press,
2011) will be launched on Wednesday,
May 18, 7-9 pm, at McNally Robinson
Booksellers, Grant Park Mall.
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AVAILABLE IN THE
OFFICE
Congratulations to Roisin Cossar on her
SSHRC Award for “Unsettling Histories: The
Clerical Family and Ecclesiastical Archives in
northern Italy during the later Middle Ages.”
~ University Affairs, 05/11
UKRAINIAN STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP
~ Canadian Diversity,
Winter 2011
~ Catalogue - Insight
Media - Asian Studies of
DVD
THANK YOU
I want to thank the
Department
for
their
kindness and thoughtfulness
following my father’s death
last month. I am very
appreciative of everyone’s
support and the donation
made in his memory
to the Heart & Stroke
Foundation.
Sincerely,
Katy
The
Irena
Knysh
Undergraduate
Scholarship
in
Ukrainian
Studies
scholarship is available to an undergraduate
student who: is enrolled full-time in the
Faculty of Arts in the final year of any degree
program; has achieved a minimum degree
grade point average of 3.5; and will complete
an honours thesis or major paper in the area
of Ukrainian studies using the archives of the
Ukrainian Canadian Experience. Preference
will be given, in the following order, to
students who will use the archives of the
Ukrainian Canadian Experience in order
to conduct research related to: 1) the life
and works of Irena Knysh; 2) the Ukrainian
women’s movement, with particular attention
to its North American (Canada and the United
States of America) expression; 3) Ukrainian
and Ukrainian Canadian history, politics, and
culture. If you would like to apply, please
submit the following to the Faculty of Arts
(307 Fletcher Argue Building) by May 31:
a description of proposed honours thesis or
major paper (maximum 500 words); and one
academic letter of reference from a professor
at a post-secondary institution.
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Congratulations to Katherine Pettipas,
PhD 1988, who received the Canadian
Museums Association’s Award of
Distinguished Service for her many years
as curator at the Manitoba Museum in
April.
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Congratulations to Emma LaRocque,
JMP 1980 and Professor in the Department
of Native Studies, who won the 2011
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for
Non-Fiction for her book, When the Other
Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse,
1850-1990, at the annual Manitoba Book
Awards, April 17.
OPEN HOUSE
Tache Hall Residence - Take a tour of
Tache Hall prior to renovations to turn
it from a residence into the School of Art
and the Faculty of Music,. May 6 & 7,
10 am - 2 pm, starting at the Tache Hall
Atrium.
DOORS OPEN WINNIPEG
This annual community event, showcasing
the buildings of Winnipeg, will be on May
28 & 29. Over 70 Winnipeg buildings will
be holding free tours and viewings. The
website:
http://doorsopenwinnipeg.ca
includes a list of buildings and events as
well as information about volunteering at
Doors Open Winnipeg.
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