Last year I found a very interesting film at Library and Archives Canada (LAC). I was researching the topic of medicine and health at Expo 67, the Montreal International and Universal …
Considering Funding Part V: Going Forward
The 2009 announcements by SSHRC and the AMS meant that graduate students and post-doctoral fellows experienced a sharp drop in funding for research in the history of health. The graduating …
Keywords and Chronologies – Conference Break-down and Reflections
I recently returned home after three days at the CSHM-CAHN joint conference, held from May 30 – June 1 at the University of Ottawa under the umbrella of the 2015 …
Canada’s Greatest Healer
To nominate a candidate for Canada’s Greatest Healer, Tweet with the hashtag #CanadasGreatestHealer. While you’re at it you can follow @CanuckHM here. Nominations can be as long and multiple as anyone wishes, though nominations that restrict themselves to 140 characters are encouraged.
Considering Canadian Federal Funding for the History of Health: An Introductory Post
To coincide with the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine/La Société canadienne d’histoire de la médecine and the Canadian Society for the History of Nursing/ l’Association canadienne pour l’histoire du nursing annual meeting running from May 30 – June 1 in Ottawa, I’m writing a series of posts exploring the state of federal funding supporting history of health research in Canada over the past decade with a particular emphasis on graduate students and post-doctoral researchers.
What is this Canadian Treasury of Medical History
This treasury is designed as a personal and professional stocktaking of the final year in the tenure of a Canada Research Chair who studies the history of medicine and health. …