Remembrance Day was created as a way to commemorate members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty and those who continue to serve Canada in times of war and peace. The date, November 11, marks the time when hostilities formally ended in the First World War.
As Remembrance Day approaches, media are invited to contact the following ULethbridge researchers who have studied wartime and its effects on those who fought and those who stayed at home.
Dr. Kristine Alexander
403-332-4623
Alexander is a professor in the Department of History and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Child and Youth Studies and co-director of the Institute for Child and Youth Studies (I-CYS). She has studied correspondence between soldiers and their families to understand how the war affected wives and children as well as young people’s experience on the home front during the First World War. Her forthcoming publications include the edited collection Small Stories of War: Children, Youth, and Conflict in Canada and Beyond (McGill-Queen's University Press).
Dr. Elizabeth Galway
403-329-2374
Galway is an English professor and co-director of the Institute for Child and Youth Studies (I-CYS) and Board of Governors Research Chair (Tier 1) in Children's Literature and Culture. Her research has examined children’s literature in North America and Britain during the First World War. The tone was frequently pro-war and Galway found the war influenced everything from alphabet and craft books to school textbooks. Children were sometimes depicted as innocent victims of war and sometimes as empowered contributors to the war effort. Her most recent publication is The Figure of the Child in WWI American, British, and Canadian Children’s Literature: Farmer, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Routledge 2022).
Dr. Amy Shaw
403-329-2543
A professor in the Department of History, Shaw has studied conscientious objectors during the First World War, and the activities of women and girls in Canada and Newfoundland during both the First and Second World Wars. She is currently focussed on Canadian participation in the Anglo-Boer War.
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