Today marks the final day of March.
History continues beyond the classroom — through research, discussion, and engagement with the past. At the History Department, students also learn from a community of dedicated and inspiring historians.
Sources
Fisheries and Oceans Canada: https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
The Canadian Encyclopedia — Atlantic Fisheries: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fisheries
Pictures: https://thetravelexpert.ie/
Sources
The Historical Thinking Project
https://historicalthinking.ca
The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts
The Canadian Encyclopedia
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
Archives preserve documents, photographs, and institutional records. Archival collections influence how historical narratives are constructed and whose experiences are documented.
Sources
United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-racism-day
South African History Online – Sharpeville Massacre
www.sahistory.org.za/article/sharpeville-mass...
The Canadian Encyclopedia – Apartheid
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/apartheid
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"Dedicated to the original Irish settlers of 1749 and to the contributions of the Irish community to Halifax, to Nova Scotia and to Canada. Presented by the Charitable Irish Society of Halifax, established 1786, dedicated March 17, 2000." - irishtocanada.com
Source / Credit:
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The History Department invites you to our Career Night & Course Booklet Release event on March 12, 4:30–7 PM. Explore opportunities and professional trajectories in History!
International Women’s Day emerged from early 20th-century labour movements. In 1910, Clara Zetkin proposed an international day for women’s rights. March 8 later became linked to protests during the Russian Revolution in 1917. Sources: United Nations; Encyclopaedia Britannica; Smithsonian Magazine.
The Nova Scotia Women’s History Society recently shared a public letter raising concerns about proposed cuts to the provincial museum system and the impact on heritage sites across the province.
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March is Women’s History Month in Canada. The month recognizes the historical contributions of women to political movements, education, labour, culture, and institutional change. Do you want to know more about #WomensHistoryMonth?#StudyHistory at MSVU!
Curious about the past? Discover what studying History at MSVU is all about.
Learn how to think critically about the past — study History at MSVU.
At MSVU, studying History means engaging with all of these spaces — from museums across Nova Scotia to our department’s podcast. Come study with us!
On International Mother Language Day, we reflect on the importance of language and how language has been suppressed through colonialism and migration — and why linguistic history matters.
February 15th was National Flag of Canada Day. Canada’s flag was adopted in 1965. National symbols can tell us a great deal about how identity and memory, sometimes contested, influence how nations represent themselves. If you want to know more, visit www.canada.ca!
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What do you think?
Study History at MSVU to explore questions like this.
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Public memory is never neutral. Heritage Day invites us to ask who is remembered, who decides, and why. Public history shapes how societies understand their pasts, presents, and futures.
Do you want to know more about NS Public History? Study History at MSVU!
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Learn more about African Nova Scotian history, Black Loyalists, and the histories that shaped Nova Scotia.
Follow @historymsvu as we explore African Heritage Month through history, memory, and community.
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#BlackHistoryCanada
In 1951, a devastating fire destroyed Mount Saint Vincent’s main building during one of the coldest nights of the year. Thanks to the support of the Halifax community, classes resumed across the city. This spirit of generosity lives on through Caritas Day.
Levi’s warning resists confinement to the past. Written from within catastrophe, it speaks not only to Auschwitz, but to recurring structures of exclusion, violence, and dehumanization that continue to shape the modern world. Memory, in this sense, is not retrospective.
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Image sources: Library and Archives Canada; Nova Scotia Archives.
Sources: Library and Archives Canada; Zoological Society of London; Thwaite (1990); Morton (1993); Conrad (2020).
Key facts
Born: January 11, 1815, Glasgow, Scotland.
Died: June 6, 1891, Ottawa (ON).
Prime minister: 1867–1873 and 1878–1891.
Political party: Liberal-Conservative (predecessor of the Conservative Party of Canada).
Major achievement: Confederation of Canada and the British North America Act, 1867.
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