history and concurrent education student peter walsh’s paper "history of the world organization of the scout movement: from the inception of scouting to 1939” has been ranked in the top 10% of this year's international undergraduate awards competition. peter’s submission resulted from research completed as part of his fourth year history seminars.

the undergraduate awards is the world’s leading undergraduate awards programme which recognizes top undergraduate work, shares this work with a global audience and connects 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 across cultures and disciplines. a non-profit organization, it has been under the patronage of the president of ireland, michael d. higgins, since 2012.

the department of history is pleased to announce that alumnus and former chair of the department dr. michel s. beaulieu has been elected as president of the alumni association of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 .

an award winning author and historian, michel s. beaulieu graduated from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 with and hba in english and history and a bed in 2001. he completed an ma in history in 2003, before (reluctantly) leaving thunder bay to pursue a ph.d. at queen's university (2008).

since his days serving as a lusu representative on senate committees, michel has consistently been an active member of the community, volunteering his time within the university as well as regionally, nationally, and internationally. he is currently the vice-president and president-elect of the champlain society, vice-president of the ontario historical society, vice-president of the thunder bay historical museum society, and sits on the board of directors of a number of organizations including the multicultural history society of ontario.

numerous awards have recognized his work within the community work and as a historian. these include a northwestern ontario visionary award (2016), canadian forces liaison council's award of excellence for best practices in employer support: educational institution (2015), the city of thunder bay's heritage award (2011), and the alumni association's young alumni award (2010).

he has been a member of the alumni association board of directors since 2010, serving on numerous committees and as vice-president since 2014.

more information about michel (and how to contact him) can be found at http://msbeaulieu.lakeheadu.ca

7 october 2014 - thunder bay & orillia

on the 7 october the department of history was proud to recognized the contributions of two alumni and two community partners at its annual awards reception.

recipients of this year’s alumni honour awards were elinor barr (ba 1974, hba 1989) and mark chochla (ba 1967, hba 1975) for their contributions to their respective professions, the field of history, and ongoing support for the department.

the department also present the city of thunder bay archives and beth boegh with community partnership awards for their important role in the establishment and continuing success of our undergraduate and graduate programs.

photos of the event can be found at //www.hsbcwebinars.com/academics/departments/history/photo-gallery

the alumni honour and community partnership awards reception is held each year in an effort to recognize the achievements of talented and noteworthy alumni and community partners who have made significant contributions to their chosen field(s) and bring prestige and honour to the department of history through their connection to the institution as graduates.

to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war, the latest issue of the thunder bay historical museum society’s journal, papers & records, is devoted to northwestern ontario’s experience during the conflict.

original work by alumni, current 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and faculty members within the department of history and northern studies reflect the contribution - both at home and abroad - of a regional community to an event that help shape the twentieth century. this issue is also the last to be co-edited dr. peter raffo.

copies can be purchased at the thunder bay museum and will also be available at the symposium on the first world war being held on the 8 november.