Samia Dumais (Concordia University) and Magda Fahrni (Université du Québec à Montréal) contributed to the forum surrounding historian Joy Parr’s book, The Gender of Breadwinners, published in the Canadian Historical Review. Alongside Nancy Janoviček, Sarah Carter, and Peter Gossage, Dumais and Fahrni share the impact of Parr’s book on their own research. “Parr’s award-winning book […]
Daniel Ross (Université du Québec à Montréal) published an article entitled ” After the Boom: Tenant Experiences of Vancouver’s Emergent Rental Crisis, 1960s–1970s ” in Histoire sociale / Social History most recent issue. The article explores tenants struggles and resistances in Vancouver, following the housing crisis of the 1960s and 1970s. “Tenant experiences are brought […]
Our members Désirée Rochat (Concordia University) and Samia Dumais (Concordia University) are featured in the special section “Vivre et écrire l’histoire des Noir.e.s à Montréal”, published in the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. Samia contributed a scientific article titled “Le Second Congrès national des femmes noires de Montréal (1974) : une fenêtre sur l’émergence […]
Andrée Lévesque’s new book, Les filles de Jeanne : Histoires de vies anonymes, 1658-1915, will be published on April 16 by Éditions du remue-ménage and will be available in bookstores. The book retraces the journeys of anonymous peasant women : This story has very little to do with the political world. It focuses instead on […]
The Montreal History Group recently published Écrire la ville : Pouvoirs, urbanités et modernités dans l’espace québécois (XIXe-XXe siècles), an anthology co-edited by Camille Robert and Daniel Ross. It brings together articles and chapters from collective works published by members of the Montreal History Group. Over time, the Group has devoted part of its resources to translating […]