HGSC election update

HGSC elections were held in September and here is the new executive list:

President: Ansel Clarke
Vice-President: Michael Lyons
Secretary/Treasurer: Chris Marsh
Social Directors: Jessica Campbell and Courtney
Communication Director: Colin Osmond
GSA Reps: Tarisa Adrian, Sam Derkson, and Samuel Gillis Hogan
Faculty Liaison: Fedir Razumenko
PhD Workshop Coordinator: Ceilidh Auger-Day
Official Twitterer and Publicist: Jessica DeWitt

Congratulations to all!

April 21: 7 Days That Transformed the World Lecture

Dr. Valerie Korinek
"The Day Gay Marriage Came to Winnipeg, Feb. 14, 1974"
April 21, 2015
Hose and Hydrant 6:00pm
612 11th Street East

April 1st Guest Lecture: Digital Projects Librarian Craig Harkema

This edition of the Cafe Ethnohistorique may be of interest to those graduate students who
use the digital humanities in their thesis or dissertation.

April 1st
Murrary Library Rm G3
4-5 pm 

Book Pub Approaches!

It is almost time for our annual Book Pub Fundraiser! Join us for our annual auction and book sale that is the HGSC's main fundraiser and our most popular event. The money raised goes toward a variety of social events, student workshops and colloquia. We host the annual Dave DeBrou Memorial Lecture and contribute to the Dave DeBrou Memorial Scholarship and the Linda Dietz Essay Prize.

Non-alcoholic beverages and food will be provided.

Alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase

Check out some of this year's auction items! 



 

A one-year subscription to Saskatchewan History

 

Two weekend passes to the John Arcand Fiddle Festival

A $25 gift certificate to London Drugs

One month unlimited hot yoga pass

Board games from Dragon's Den

Board games from Dragon's Den

Photos from MA Colloquium

March 24: 7 Days That Transformed the World Lecture

"The Day Mandela Was Released"

By Dr. Simonne Horowitz 
Tuesday March 24th
Hose and Hydrant
612 11th Street East
6pm

2015 De Brou Memorial Lecture

"How Do Civil Wars End? The Case of Seventeenth-Century England"
Thursday April 2nd
Doors open at 6:30
Lecture Starts at 7:00
Neatby-Timlin Theatre Arts 241
Reception to follow

7 Days That Transformed the World Lecture

"The Day America Dropped the A-Bomb"

by Dr. Martha Smith-Norris
March 3rd
6:00pm
Hose and Hydrant

MA Colloquium February 27, 2015

Join us for this year's MA Colloquium on Friday February 27th at the Diefenbaker Centre from 11:30-3pm.  We will be heading to Alexander's following the colloquium!

Photos from New Year's Levee

New Year's Levee

Come welcome in the New Year with the HGSC on January 10th at 7pm! 

I am making cheesecake (chocolate chip) and breaking out the fancy tea cups and teapot because they are pretty and never get used.

Wine and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided as well as niblies!

I'm in apartment 17 of 445 5th Ave North.
The cats and I look forward to seeing you there!

Happy Holidays!

Check out our many events that are upcoming after the Holiday break here.

Pictures from the Festive Eve

HGSC Festive Eve December 5th

Greetings, history people!

The HGSC is holding its "we survived the term" celebration this Friday, 5 December, at 8:30pm at 811 8th Ave N. We'll be providing a few finger foods and non-alcoholic refreshments. There will be a limited supply of alcoholic drinks, so BYOB and if you plan to drink please make sure you have a safe way home. (Actually, make sure you've got a safe way home, either way.)

We hope you'll brave the cold and come enjoy a fun evening with friends and colleagues. Family and partners are, of course, welcome!

All the best,
Michelle & Scott
HGSC Social Directors

HGSC Statement Regarding Impaired Process at the GSA

HGSC STATEMENT REGARDING IMPAIRED PROCESS AT THE GSA

In light of the allegations against President Vlahu and general turmoil and dysfunction within the Graduate Students Association (GSA), the History Graduate Student's Committee (HGSC) would like to make a statement:

The conduct of the GSA and its executive reflects poorly upon all graduate students at the University. The current state of the GSA as a representative body is deplorable. While accusations from those students seeking impeachment have been perceived by outside parties as indicating that a "leadership crisis" exists, we propose that this state of affairs actually constitutes a more general "GSA crisis." The current deadlock demonstrates the failure of the GSA to function as intended.

We call on all GSA course councillors to return to decorum and allow the business of student government to continue unobstructed. We seek not to end debate or even disagreement, but desire that our governance process operates in an environment where all councillors feel able to voice without fear the interests of the students they represent. The current mean-spirited discourse mars not only those directly involved, it casts all graduate students in a petty and irresponsible light.

We call on both the "Students for Accountability" and the GSA executive to present detailed evidence to support their respective positions without resorting to inflammatory language and defamations of the opposing viewpoint. Until adequate information to the contrary is provided, we continue to support the current democratically elected president and executive.

We call on all students to recognize that the current GSA Constitution and Policies does not specify the manner in which executive meetings must be recorded and that previous executives have operated with far more autonomy, financial mismanagement, and shoddy record keeping — without complaint. It is in the interests of all students for the GSA to govern within the parameters of the current Constitution and Policies, while the Policy Review Committee completes its work.

The HGSC anticipates a time when reason will prevail and it may be possible to represent the interests of our history colleagues in a student government free of petty politics and personal attacks.

Lecture: "The Day the Wind Carried the Smallpox Sickness Among Them"

"The Day the Wind Carried the Smallpox Sickness Among Them"
Dr. Keith Carlson
Seven Days That Changed the World Lecture Series
Sponsered by the Department of History
Date: Tuesday November 18th 
Time: 6pm 
Location: Hose and Hydrant Brewing Company

Photos from Grant Writing Festival

Thank you to everyone who attended the Grant Writing Festival!  It was a successful event.

Event: Grant Writing Festival

Are you struggling with your SSHRC application?  Postdoc and fellowship deadlines getting you
down?  Join us on Friday October 24th for a grant writing festival!  Bring your questions, proposals, and programs of study for some feedback from your fellow graduate students.  If you are ahead of the game we would you love you to come and help others!

Pizza will be provided.  Please RSVP on our facebook group here or in the comment section below.

Date: Friday Oct 24th
Time: 5:30-8
Where: Grad Commons

Lecture: The Day Malthus Invented a Population Problem

"The Day Malthus Invented a Population Problem" 

Dr. Jim Handy

Seven Days That Changed the World Lecture Series
Sponsered by the Department of History
Date: Tuesday October 28
Time: 6pm
Location: Hose and Hydrant Brewing Company

New and Improved Welcome BBQ Pictures

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the BBQ last week.  Here are some pictures: