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The OHC 10th Anniversary Celebration

The OHC 10th Anniversary Celebration

Presentation:On November 30, 2023, the University of Winnipeg Oral History Centre celebrated its 10th Anniversary, inviting three UWinnipeg alumni to share their continuing work in oral history, and afterward hosting a reception in the OHC Classroom in Bryce Hall....

Dr. Charles Hardy: Oral History and Digital Media

Dr. Charles Hardy: Oral History and Digital Media

Lecture:  Dr. Charles Hardy III, Professor of History at West Chester University (Pennsylvania), is a pioneer in oral history and new media. Dr. Hardy has decades of experience producing radio, video, and web-based documentaries. He has been awarded numerous honours,...

Dr. Alessandro Portelli: On the Uses of Memory

Dr. Alessandro Portelli: On the Uses of Memory

Lecture:  Acknowledged internationally as the most influential oral historian of the last quarter century, Professor Alessandro Portelli attended the International Workshop on Oral History (October 1 – 3, 2015) where he delivered a number of lectures exploring studies...

International Workshop on Oral History, 2015

International Workshop on Oral History, 2015

Lecture:  The Oral History Centre hosted faculty, students, and the community for an international workshop on oral history from 1–3 October 2015. The interdisciplinary workshop focused on the principles and practices in oral history, from theoretical concerns to...

Canadian Food History Symposium, 2015

Canadian Food History Symposium, 2015

Presentation:  The Canadian Food History Symposium, a catered affair (generously sponsored by the Provost and Vice President Academic & the Dean of Arts), brought together guests and students to hear five student presentations from Dr. Janis Thiessen’s Canadian...

Dr. Royden Lowen: Horse and Buggy Genius: An Oral History

Dr. Royden Lowen: Horse and Buggy Genius: An Oral History

Lecture:  Royden Loewen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies and Professor of History. In that capacity he is also editor of the Journal of Mennonite Studies and director of the Mennonite History Graduate Fellowship Program. He is also series editor of the “Ethnicity and...

Oral History Student Conference, 2014

Oral History Student Conference, 2014

Presentation:  The third annual Student Oral History Conference was held at the University of Winnipeg's Oral History Centre on May 31, 2014, giving students the opportunity to share their oral history research research with the public.  Each presentation was recorded...

Community and Student Oral History Conference, 2013

Community and Student Oral History Conference, 2013

Presentation:  At the Oral History Centre, Room 2B23, Bryce Hall, University of Winnipeg on Saturday, November 30. The second annual Community and Student Oral History Conference provided student and community presenters the opportunity to share their research with...

Canadian Food History Symposium, 2013

Canadian Food History Symposium, 2013

Presentation:  The Riley Fellowship Lecture Series in partnership with the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg presented the Canadian Food History Symposium on October 26, 2013 at the University of Winnipeg in 2M70 Manitoba Hall. Featuring Dr. Ian...

Dr. Susan Hill – Seeking Historical Reconciliation in the Archives

Dr. Susan Hill – Seeking Historical Reconciliation in the Archives

Lecture:  UWinnipeg’s Sanford Riley Fellow Dr. Susan Hill is a Haudenosaunee citizen (Mohawk Nation/Wolf Clan) and lives at the Grand River Territory (Six Nations). She is an Associate Professor in the departments History and First Nations Studies and director of...

Celebrating Our Past, Preparing Our Future: UFCW Local 832 Podcast

Celebrating Our Past, Preparing Our Future: UFCW Local 832 Podcast

Podcast:  UFCW represents workers in the retail, meat packing, and garment industries. The UFCW Local 832 is a local union of the United Food and Commercial Workers union. It represents workers at a variety of workplaces in Winnipeg and elsewhere in Manitoba, Canada....

Find Your Voice

Find Your Voice

Podcast:  The Oral History Centre, CKUW 95.9 FM and the Finding Your Voice literary project have partnered to create the Find Your Voice Podcast. The Finding Your Voice literary project published “The Past is Another Country,” an anthology of stories by New Canadians....

The Practitioners Speak: Grele, Portelli and Shopes

The Practitioners Speak: Grele, Portelli and Shopes

Interview:  The Oral History Centre presents a series of three interviews conducted with leading oral historians Ronald Grele, Alessandro Portelli, and Linda Shopes, renowned for their contributions to the field of oral history.   Rather than a professional and...

German Honorary Consul Winnipeg Project

German Honorary Consul Winnipeg Project

Interview:  The “German Honorary Consul Winnipeg 1981-2009 Oral History Project” was initiated in 2009 by Dr. Alexander Freund, Chair in German-Canadian Studies at the University of Winnipeg. It was motivated by the retirement of Gerhard and Deborah Spindler from the...

Winnipeg Roller Rink

Winnipeg Roller Rink

Podcast:  On January 17th 2006, the Winnipeg Free Press announced that a private holding company had worked out a tentative deal to buy the 25000 square foot complex and the property at Portage Avenue and Landside Street. That complex was the historic downtown...