graduate cognate papers / major research project (2007 to present)
the table lists the year and title of cognate papers written in partial fulfilment of the master of arts in history. in 2010-11 a program stream name change was made to major research project (mrp).
| 2023 | christine green | "a case study of responses to the truth and reconciliation commission and the united nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples by community museums in northwestern ontario | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2023 | haileigh riddell | "eugenics in canada: new insight through a comparison of two eugenic bodies" | michael s. beauleu and michael d. stevenson |
| 2023 | kaitlyn kilburn | "a visual narrative of nazi propaganda from 1925 to 1945" | valerie hebert |
| 2023 | sienna fonzo | "the mendoza wine industry (1885-1910): the provincial government and italian immigration in developing industry in the interior provinces" | ronald harpelle |
| 2022 | michael mcneil | "advocate for empire: franz nopcsa and the future of austria-hungary, 1903-1914" | steven jobbitt |
| 2022 | laura polcyn | "between theory and practice: the national democracy and poland's economic policy between 1918 and 1926" | steven jobbitt and livio di matteo |
| 2022 | sabrina nordlund | "subverting tradition: femininity, feminism, and the cuban revolution" | ronald harpelle |
| 2022 | bryson irvine | "howard charles green and the canadian conduct of the second world war" | michael d. stevenson |
| 2022 | ximena geron fonseca | "xochicalco: a history of dispossession in mexico's central highlands" | ronald harpelle |
| 2022 | richard mullin-cote | "the thunder bay militia district and canadian defence policy in the 1980s" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2022 | sierra lemonius-walker | “a museum’s role in heritage community and citizenship: the case of the thunder bay museum” | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2021 | hanna johnson | "a history of swedish lutheranism and immigration to port arthur and fort william, 1880-1914" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2021 | christopher omeljaniuk | "french canadian labourers in the north west company, 1783-1821" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2020 | emily hodgins | "scientific forestry as an instrument of the colonial project: a case study of germany, the soviet union, and great britain" | steven jobbitt |
| 2020 | yawei zhang | "memory and commemoration in post-communist eastern europe: a comparative study of the memorial museums in berlin and budapest" | steven jobbitt |
| 2020 | peter delorenzi | "the downfall of austria-hungary through the eyes of its jewish population: background on the life of joseph scher" | steven jobbitt |
| 2020 | mary francis maarup | "the contribution of women to the social service sector at the lakehead, 1960-1990" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2019 | g. douglas sanders | "from britannia to brussels (or, how to live between a rock and a hard place): a study of british attitudes toward european integration since 1945" | steven jobbitt |
| 2019 | courtney turner | "a nation suffering: ukrainian nationalism, genocide, and the holodomor mobile classroom" | steven jobbitt |
| 2019 | jasmine hyslop | "the port arthur mechanics' institute: education and entertainment in a northern town" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2018 | brett starrs | "an analysis of canadian immigration policy: a case study of fort william and port arthur through print media in the 1950s and 1960s" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2018 | kyle gaudreau | "illiberalism and the problem of equality, 1830-1890: kierkegaard and nietzsche against modernity" | steven jobbitt |
| 2018 | greg johnsen | "the game comes here: the origins of organized sport in thunder bay" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2018 | kimberlee young | "islamophobia in context: a history of anti-muslin sentiment in france since the eleventh century" | steven jobbitt |
| 2017 | anna england | "in search of freedom, equality, and opportunity: african american sojourners in the soviet union, 1920-1940" | steven jobbitt |
| 2016 | michael lucifora | "canada and the 1958 crisis in lebanon" | michael d. stevenson |
| 2016 | luana buckle | "foodway transitions from middle-class britain to nineteenth century ontario" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2016 | kimberly crawford | "the development of federal job training and vocational education policies in the 1960s and 1970s affecting canada's aboriginal population" | michael d. stevenson |
| 2016 | kyle duckworth | "the hunt for the arctic: re-evaluating arctic history and mutiny" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2016 | richard mastrangelo | "echo and features: steep rock iron mine and the shaping of corporate culture" | michel s. beaulieu |
| 2015 | patrick schmidt | "nowhereans: the evolution of the west indian community of panama, 1850 - 1926" | ronald harpelle |
2015 | aaron macmillan | "postwar removal of discriminatory clauses from immigration policy, 1947-1976" | michel s. beaulieu |
2015 | joe michalik | "proving ground: u.s. involvement in guatemala, 1954-1983" | ronald harpelle |
| 2015 | nicholas sottile | "one trick ponies: a comparative analysis of the development of two single-industry towns in northwestern ontario" | michel s. beaulieu |
2015 | ka lun wong | "understanding the dragon: ethnicities of chinese-canadian immigrants, 1858-1997" | |
2014 | jordan lehto | "queering the postwar high school: queer male youth at the lakehead, 1945-1965" | |
2013 | denise munro | "moral and social reform at the lakehead: conceptualized anglo-protestant notions of race, class, and gender within two 1913 social surveys" | |
2012 | justin o'brien | "movie messages: volkische doctrine in nazi cinema" | |
2012 | ulysses patola | "ice-hockey and its changing masculinities: hyper-masculinity, helmets, disability and the early concussion debate in the national hockey league, 1947-2000" | jane nicholas |
2012 | sabrina del ben | " 'a veritable epidemic': canadian newspaper media, first nations motherhood, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and the settler state" | kristin burnett |
2011 | david blanchard | "terrace bay and the north shore's post-war economic and cultural identity, 1947-1967" | |
2011 | julie follis | " 'myths and misconceptions' - the construction of female sexual asault victims in r. v. larry runholm" | kristin burnett & lori chambers |
2011 | dave george | "the postwar lakehead: postwar planning projects in fort william and port arthur following the second world war" | patricia jasen |
2011 | brent rosborough | "understanding history: irish immigration and settlement in ontario and the united states" | kristin burnett & victor smith |
2011 | gordon stover | "thunder bay's response to trudeau government policies" | |
2011 | matthew wiseman | "did he sign his own defeat? john g. diefenbaker and the norad agreement: 1957-1963" | jane nicholas |
2010 | chelsea degagne | "soldiers and politicians: civil-military relations in fort william and port arthur, 1850-1938" | |
2010 | joe peotto | "modern sport and the 'greater game' sporting culture and the great war -- a transatlantic comparison | victor smith |
2010 | whitney wood | " 'delicate women' and the ordeal of childbirth: the construction of women's pain and medical response in late-victorian north american" | patricia jasen & jane nicholas |
2009 | nicole durocher | "imperialism or social reform: an examination of attention paid to immigrant mothers in port arthur and fort william in the early decades of the twentieth century" | michel s. beaulieu & ernest epp |
| 2009 | edward pugliese | "the normalization of the soviet-cuban alliance, 1958-1973" | jean-yves bernard |
2009 | steve ross | "william lyon mackenzie king, domestic anti-japanese hostility, and foreign policy determinants: 1907 - 1942" | michel s. beaulieu & jean-yves bernard |
2009 | ronnie smith | "the evolution of political idealism in tokugawa japan and its manifestations in the meiji restoration" | syed serajul islam |
| 2008 | ryan duplassie | "ottawa stands for independent foreign relations: canada's policy to cuba, 1959-1979" | jean-yves bernard |
| 2008 | laura nicole nigro | "female discrimination or cultural maintenance?: the hearing of giovannina ruberto-martinie vs. the italian society of port arthur" | michel s. beaulieu & lori chambers |
2008 | gabrielle parent | "second language acquisition at the new jesuit missions" | kristin burnett |
| 2008 | connie pucci | "vilma espin and the federacion de mujeres cubanas: enhancing the status of women in cuba" | |
| 2008 | amy samson | "the history and long term impact of alberta's sterilization legislation" | |
| 2008 | devon elise stillwell | " 'the call for a new social order': american eugenics, policies of sterilization, and charles fremont dight's eugenics crusade in minnesota, 1910-1935" | patricia jasen |
| 2008 | ashley walker | "mao's china: the utility of sport as tool in international relations, 1949-1971" | jean-yves bernard |
| 2007 | thomas peotto | "foreign intervention and international response in the ottoman empire, 1894-1924" | jean-yves bernard |
| 2007 | samira saramo | "women made of iron: sanna kannasto and finnish socialist women in early-twentieth century lakehead" | |
| 2007 | beverly soloway | "unattached, adrift, and not a priority: single women in the lakehead and duluth during the great depression" | patricia jasen |