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Course Spotlights
  • HST 680 Indigenous North America after 1763
    History
    DepartmentThis course focuses on the history of treaty making between Indigenous peoples and European settler colonial governments from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to the present.
    Areas Of ExpertiseHistory
  • HIS 510 Museology and Public History
    History
    DepartmentThis course explores the fascinating story of museums, galleries, and heritage sites from the Renaissance to the present day.
    Areas Of ExpertiseHistory
  • HIS 541: Canada and the First World War
    History
    DepartmentBetween 1914 and 1918, the ‘Great War’ touched the lives of every Canadian man, woman, and child, whether they remained at home or served overseas, and it continues to be one of the most fascinating and pivotal moments in Canadian history.
    Areas Of ExpertiseHistory
  • HST 777: Medicine from Antiquity to 1500 CE
    History
    DepartmentThe infirmity of the human body and the dread of disease, physical pain and mental suffering are at the core of human experience. Which diseases threatened people’s lives in the past? What kinds of approaches developed in different cultural and social contexts to hold diseases at bay?
    Areas Of ExpertiseHistory
  • HST 527 Toronto: Wilderness to Metropolis
    History
    DepartmentThis course explores Toronto’s transformation from small town to major metropolis.
    Areas Of ExpertiseHistory
  • Alexandra Ouzounis
    History
    DepartmentAlexandra Ouzounis is in her third year of the History-English double major. She has been an executive member with the Ryerson History Society for three years, and is currently the Minister of Interior affairs.
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  • Aviva Gomes-Bhatt
    History
    DepartmentAviva is a fourth-year English and History double major. This summer she traveled to Germany to study Nazi History at the Freie Universitat in Berlin on a full scholarship. "This was such a valuable experience for me, because it gave me the chance to study one of my favourite fields of history while being immersed in the environment in which the events I learned about took place."
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  • Katie Flinn
    History
    DepartmentKatie Flinn is currently in her third year of the History program. She has been the Chief of Staff at the Ryerson History Society for the past two years.
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  • Rabiah Choksi
    History
    DepartmentRabiah is in her final year at Ryerson University. She served as Vice President for the Ryerson History Society, before being elected as President last year. Last year, she completed a Senior Thesis comparing social movements in the United States through a feminist perspective. Alongside accumulating various academic accolades, majoring in History served as a cornerstone for Rabiah as it built on her law school aspirations. Throughout her journey, the History program presented her with vital opportunities that cemented her passion for studying Human Rights.
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  • Teresa Wong
    History
    DepartmentTeresa is a graduate of the history program from the class of 2017. During her time at Ryerson she completed two experiential learning internships. One to conduct an artefact inventory at Gibson House Museum and another at Heritage Toronto where she contributed to the early stages of the creation of the Legacy Plaques map.
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