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Related Courses Offered at Nipissing for Community Studies
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Oral History Projects
2004-2005
A Historical Examination of Aboriginal Peoples in the City of North Bay and Surrounding Area
The Wonder Years: Memories of Schooling in North Bay
Over the Lake and Through the Woods: A Comprehensive History of Nipissing University
From the Homefront to the Warfront: Reflections from North Bay 's WWII Veterans
DeMarco's: More than Just a Store
The Emergence of St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School
Romancing the Pine: A Look at the Lumber and Sawmill Industry in North Bay and Area
The Life and Times of Angele Egwuna: Nisnawbe Qwe
North Bay in the Shadow of NORAD
Contributions of the Nipissing District Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Community History Projects
2004-05
Early Mattawa Project
General Documents of the Land Registry.
Report on French Families in North Bay
North Bay Land Registry Project
Gateway to North Bay 's Monuments
Empire Building Project
The Italian Community of North Bay
2006-07
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The History Department at Nipissing University offers one upper level course each year which allows students to explore the history of the nearby region. The material produced by the students is donated to the ICSOH and is made available for research purposes. The reports of the Community History course are available from the Nipissing University Library Reserve Desk and in the Joan Duquette room of the Public Library. To consult intereviews conducted by the students please contact (705) 474-3461 ext. 4310.
HIST 4375: Community History: Sources, Approaches and Methods
This course introduces students to some of the primary sources used in the study of nearby history -- census, directories, church records, newspapers, souvenir books, etc. The genealogy option allows them to work with members of the Ontario Genealogical Society, Nipissing District Branch, on an Early North Bay Families project. Each student will then use one or more of these sources to write a major research paper. The paper and related data bases or other materials collected for the project will, with their consent, be made available for research by others.
Offered in 2006-07 and scheduled to be offered again in 2008-09.
If you hold a collection of local material which could be used for a project and would like to have a student work on a project based on that material, please let us know.
HIST 4325: Oral History
This seminar course will introduce students to the methodologies and theories of oral history and memory theory. The assigned readings, class discussions, and assignments are designed to sharpen the critical reading, writing, and methodological skills of upper-level students. Through group discussion, practical exercise, and project development each student will develop an interview-based project with her or his peers. After receiving approval for the project from the Research Ethics Committee, Nipissing University , individual students will conduct 3 to 5 interviews for the group project, keep an oral history journal, write a term paper on the methodology and theory of Oral History, and transcribe one interview. As a group, students will draw together their research results for a public presentation and final report. With the consent of participants, all projects and interviews will be submitted to the Institute for Community Studies and Oral History at Nipissing University.
Offered in 2003-04, 2005-06 and scheduled for 2007-08. If you have ideas for a group of ten to fifteen people who might be interviewed for a project let us know.
Françoise Noël, Ph.D.
Director, ICSOH
Professor of History
frann@nipissingu.ca
(705) 474-3461 ext. 4496
© Francoise Noel, 2006
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