Veterinarian Dr. John A. Roberts examines a cat with a dislocated paw. 1954. Rosemary Gilliat Eaton. Library and Archives Canada.
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Penfield, Edward, Artist. Harper’s May / Edward Penfield. , 1896. Illustration.
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Theresa Billette, age 15, and her sister, Delia, aged five, stitching beads on moosehide moccasins. [They are from the Buffalo River Dene First Nation at Dillon, Saskatchewan.] March 19, 1955. Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Library and Archives Canada / e010975232
When you live on the West Coast like I do, attending conferences can be somewhat tricky. They don’t tend to come this way very often. And as anyone who is flying out to this year’s CHA knows, it is really expensive to fly across the country. This situation is still more complicated when it comes to international conferences, many of which tend to be held in Europe. So I was pleasantly surprised when I heard that the International Federation for Research in Women’s History would be coming to Vancouver in 2018. For those who have never heard of this organization, the International Federation for Research in Women’s History (or IRFWH) is an international organization dedicated to encouraging, coordinating, and facilitating research on women’s history all across the world. Holding the conference in Vancouver wasn’t originally the plan – the 2018 conference was supposed to be held at Santa Barbara, but ongoing travel restrictions made it impractical to host an international conference in the US right now, so conference organizers, specifically Eileen Boris, moved the conference north. And guess which lucky blogger got to go? Why me, of course. 😉 So, in today’s blog, I’m going to take the opportunity to reflect on my experiences, discuss some of the cool papers I saw presented, and how the theme of storytelling connects us all.
“Compliments of the Season,” (1870s-1900?) Kenneth Rowe fonds 2006-00269-4, Library and Archives Canada
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It’s that time of the year again: conference season! For most Canadian historians, this means the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) Annual Meeting, which starts on May 30th and runs until June 1st! I can’t go this year, but my intrepid friend Catherine Ulmer has agreed to serve as my “official” CHA report. So we can look forward to her reports in two weeks. If this is your first time attending the CHA conference, or Congress in general, everything can seem really intimidating. So in this blog post I’m going to give you a beginner’s guide to the CHA conference, and at the end, give you my suggestions for must-see panels!