Department of History

UMHISA is a student organization that offers events, student resources and opportunities for history students.

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An undergraduate degree in history is not designed as preparation for a particular profession. Instead, the study of history provides training for any type of work where research and communication skills are important.

Use this guide to map out your career pathway from the start of your academic journey. Get the information you need for academic planning and connect with experiences to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes that employers are seeking.

View the History Career Compass

The Canadian Historical Association showcases a variety of history career paths through the personal profiles of Canadian history grads. 

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Undergraduate students have the opportunity to work with our leading faculty researchers and gain valuable experience.

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This student organization represents history graduate students at both the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. The group offers workshops, events and more.

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Before submitting your application to the UM Faculty of Graduates Studies for the Joint Master’s Program, you are encouraged to contact at least one potential advisor from among the members of the UM and/or UW Departments of History.

In an email, please let the potential advisor know the following:

• your area(s) of interest (e.g. Indigenous history, Canadian history, archival studies, etc.),
• a brief summary of your undergraduate education (e.g. the history seminars you have taken or are currently taking),
• a description of your prospective research topic (if known), and/or your specific interests within your chosen area,
• how to best contact you.

Be sure to mention any correspondence with a potential advisor in your Statement of General Interest and Intent.

Please note that tentative acceptance from an advisor does not guarantee admission into the program.

Recent MA theses

• Luke Miguez: Reverse redlining: the financialization of redlining and the effects of the housing bubble in Cleveland, Ohio (2022).
• Eleanor Thompson: Class, gender, race, and resistance: the United Farm Women of Manitoba,1916-1936 (2022).
• Laura Elise Garinger: Flora and fonds: activating herbaria as archives (2021).
• Cody Hodge: Vigilantism in Minnesota, 1850-1920 (2021).
• Krystal Payne: Archival harm reduction: utilizing public health harm reduction concepts for reconciliatory power shifts in archives (2021).

Recent PhD dissertations

• Anne Lindsay: “especially in this free Country:” Webs of Empire, Slavery and the Fur Trade (2021).
• Karen Froman: The white man’s camera: the national film board of Canada and representations of Indigenous peoples in post-war Canada (2021).

View past history and archival studies theses on MSpace.

The Fort Garry Lectures is an annual student colloquium and dissertation workshop, organized by students in the Joint Master's Program at the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg. Guest lectures and roundtables are also hosted throughout the academic year.

Learn more about the Fort Garry Lectures