In English and French

Keynote Oral histories of the dead: Studying immigration, settlement, community, and integration through one Jewish Cemetery, with Anna Sheftel.

In-person and Online

Keynote: Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki , “Chasing Cancer in Canada’s Nickel Capital” In 2014, Stacey Zembrzycki began to conduct interviews with Sudburians who have long resided in Canada’s nickel capital. Interested in the connections between mining, environmental harm, and health, she did not realize how much cancer would come to dominate those conversations. Both within and […]

Keynote: Désirée Rochat, PhD, FRQSC Postdoctoral fellow, COHDS "Curating stories of Blackness in Montreal: on Black women’s community-anchored knowledge work (1970s-1980s)" Désirée Rochat is a community educator and holds a PhD in Educational studies from McGill University. Guided by an integrative approach, her academic and community work connect historical research, archival preservation and education. She aims to […]

This event will happen in-person and online   Keynote speaker: Dr. Steven High "Reflecting Back on Twenty Years of Oral History at COHDS" Our Annual General Assembly is fast approaching. This year, we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker oral historian Steven High, who co-founded COHDS almost twenty years ago. Dr. Steven High is […]