Samia Dumais (Concordia University) was interviewed by the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association regarding her article, “Le Second Congrès national des femmes noires de Montréal (1974) : une fenêtre sur l’émergence d’une pensée féminine noire transnationale, éducative et intergénérationnelle” published in March 2026. In the interview, she discusses her methodological approach, transnational perspectives, community […]

Did you miss our 50th anniversary celebrations last May? No worries: you can now visit our commemorative page dedicated to the event! There you will find the video recording of the panel discussion moderated by Paul-Étienne Rainville, including contributions from Robert Sweeney, Nicolas Kenny, Valérie Poirier, Bettina Bradbury, and Mary Anne Poutanen. The event posters, […]

Elizabeth Kirkland (Dawson College) and Mary Anne Poutanen (McGill University) co-authored an article titled “Unwed, pregnant, and on-the-move: domestic workers in turn-of-the-century Montreal” published in the recent issue of the Women’s History Review. The article explores the lives of Clara, Mary, and Florence, three British migrant women whose trajectories are linked by their out-of-wedlock pregnancies […]

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The conference “Montrealogy or Montrealism? Decentring Montreal Through Urban Analysis” will take place at the University of Montreal on October 27 and 28, 2027. Organized by Clarence Hatton-Proulx (Université de Montréal) and Matthieu Caron (Athabasca University), the bilingual symposium aims to ” rethinking the study of Montreal through comparative, interdisciplinary, and diachronic perspectives.” Several members […]