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Zoom Webinar: Sarah Glassford on Supporting Canadian Servicemen’s Resilience

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DR. SARAH GLASSFORD

A Woman’s Touch: Supporting Canadian Servicemen’s Resilience in Europe, 1943–47

June 16th, 7:30 PM ET
The webinar is FREE on Zoom.

Registration is required. You do not need a Zoom account to watch.

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In this talk, Sarah Glassford will explore the emotional dimensions of the Canadian presence in Europe during the later years of the Second World War. As Canadian servicemen amassed in Britain, then advanced through Italy, Normandy, and the Low Countries, 641 women of the Canadian Red Cross Corps Overseas Detachment followed close behind. Their job was to care for Canadian servicemen, shoring up the troops’ psychological resilience with a proverbial “woman’s touch.” Corps members’ letters, diaries, and oral histories provide a fascinating glimpse of how friendship, kinship, and romance helped both servicemen and Red Cross women cope with the physical and emotional traumas of wartime.

 

DR. SARAH GLASSFORD is a social historian of Canada who researches the intertwined histories of women, children, wartime, health, and humanitarian aid. She is the author of Mobilizing Mercy: A History of the Canadian Red Cross (MQUP, 2017) and co-editor with Amy Shaw of Making the Best of It: Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the Second World War (UBC, 2020). She works as the Archivist at the University of Windsor’s Leddy Library.
UPCOMING WEBINARS

30 June | LCMSDS
Lee Windsor
“The View from Point 67: Canada’s Killing Fields in the Second Half of the Battle of Normandy”
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14 July | LCMSDS
Alexander Fitzgerald-Black
“The Air Support Rollercoaster: Canadian Soldiers’ Morale in Normandy”
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28 July | LCMSDS
Dr. Caroline D’Amours
“‘J’irai revoir ma Normandie’: French-Canadian Infantry Units in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

11 August | LCMSDS
Matthew Barrett
“Canadian Army Officer Discipline and Martial Justice, 1944–45”
Click HERE to Register

25 August | LCMSDS
Marie Eve Vaillencourt, JBC
“Remembering the Canadians in Normandy”
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8 September | LCMSDS
Geoff Hayes
“The Canadians in Normandy: Another Go-Around”
Click HERE to Register
Presented by:
Click here to listen to the latest episode of On War & Society: Broken Promises with Christopher Capozzola.

On War & Society features authors discussing their research, the challenges associated with doing history, and life ‘behind the book.’
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Zoom Webinar: Marc Milner on Canada’s Forgotten Overlord Role

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MARC MILNER

Stopping the Panzers: Canada’s Forgotten Overlord Role

June 2nd, 7:30 PM ET
The webinar is FREE on Zoom.

Registration is required, but you do not need a Zoom account to watch.

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Historians have traditionally criticized the 3rd Canadian Division for its ‘slow’ progress after 6 June, for its failure to take Caen when it had a chance, and for succumbing to German counter-attacks and digging in on the Oak Line. But recent scholarship indicates that — Montgomery’s aspiration to get ashore and “crack about with tanks” notwithstanding — the Canadian role was to seize the Oak Line, dig in and kill the Panzer counter-attack on Operation Overlord itself.
MARC MILNER served as Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick until his retirement in 2019. He is best known for his work on naval history—his 2003 book, Battle of the Atlantic, winning the C.P. Stacey Prize for the best book in military history in Canada. His latest book, Stopping the Panzers: The Untold Story of D-Day (2014), won the BGen James Collins Book Prize by the US Commission on Military History.
UPCOMING WEBINARS

16 June | LCMSDS
Dr. Sarah Glassford
“A Woman’s Touch: Supporting Canadian Servicemen’s Resilience, 1943–47”
Click HERE to Register

30 June | LCMSDS
Lee Windsor
“Point 67: Canada’s Mid-Way Point in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

14 July | LCMSDS
Alexander Fitzgerald-Black
“The Air Support Rollercoaster: Canadian Soldiers’ Morale in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

28 July | LCMSDS
Dr. Caroline D’Amours
“‘J’irai revoir ma Normandie’: French-Canadian Infantry Units in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

11 August | LCMSDS
Dr. Matthew Barrett
“Canadian Army Officer Discipline and Martial Justice, 1944–45”
Click HERE to Register

25 August | LCMSDS
Marie Eve Vaillancourt, JBC
“Remembering the Canadians in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

8 September | LCMSDS
Geoff Hayes
“The Canadians in Normandy: Another Go-Around”
Click HERE to Register
Presented by:
Click here to listen to the latest episode of On War & Society: A Curious Case of Shell Shock with Joy Porter.

On War & Society features authors discussing their research, the challenges associated with doing history, and life ‘behind the book.’
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Our mailing address is:
LCMSDS
75 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

Zoom Webinar: Terry Copp on Juno Beach

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Note this webinar scheduled for tomorrow that may be of interest to some of our members.  Also note the list of up-coming webinars later in the message.
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TERRY COPP

Juno Beach, 1944–2014: An Overview

May 19th, 7:00 PM ET
The webinar is FREE on Zoom.

Registration is required, but you do not need a Zoom account to watch.

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Terry Copp first visited the Normandy beaches in 1981 when researching Maple Leaf Route: Caen. Armed with the original maps and air photos, he studied the terrain, a key primary source for tactical and operational history. Copp has returned to Normandy many times since then usually leading study tours for the Canadian Battlefields Foundation, the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and True Patriot Love. The landscape has changed dramatically over the past 40 years as a result of new construction and efforts at memorialization. Copp will talk briefly about the nature of the “Atlantic Wall” in 1944 and the problem of breaking through it, then describe the changes to the terrain especially in the ways D-Day has come to be commemorated in the Juno sector.

 

TERRY COPP is one of Canada’s foremost military historians. The author and co-author of over twenty published books and of numerous scholarly articles on the operations and experience of the Canadian military during the World Wars, Copp is a leading scholar of Canada’s military role in World War II and an influential advocate for military history in both military and civilian education.
UPCOMING WEBINARS

2 June | LCMSDS
Marc Milner
“Stopping the Panzers: Canada’s Forgotten Overlord Role”
Click HERE to Register

16 June | LCMSDS
Sarah Glassford
“A Woman’s Touch: Supporting Canadian Servicemen’s Resilience, 1943–47”
Click HERE to Register

30 June | LCMSDS
Lee Windsor
“Point 67: Canada’s Mid-Way Point in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

14 July | LCMSDS
Alexander Fitzgerald-Black
“The Air Support Rollercoaster: Canadian Soldiers’ Morale in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

28 July | LCMSDS
Dr. Caroline D’Amours
“‘J’irai revoir ma Normandie’: French-Canadian Infantry Units in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

11 August | LCMSDS
Dr. Matthew Barrett
“Canadian Army Officer Discipline and Martial Justice, 1944–45”
Click HERE to Register

25 August | LCMSDS
Marie Eve Vaillancourt, JBC
“Remembering the Canadians in Normandy”
Click HERE to Register

8 September | LCMSDS
Geoff Hayes
“The Canadians in Normandy: Another Go-Around”
Click HERE to Register
Presented by:
Click here to listen to the latest episode of On War & Society: A War of Emotions with Lucy Noakes.

On War & Society features authors discussing their research, the challenges associated with doing history, and life ‘behind the book.’
Copyright © 2021 LCMSDS, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
LCMSDS
75 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

“WWI Memorial Insider Tour for Guides and Planners” WEBINAR VIDEO is posted

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Note the recording of this webinar that was held last week.
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is Posted for Viewing and Sharing:

An Insider Tour for Guides, Travel Planners, Volunteers and Interested Visitors
Held on Friday, May 14, 2021, 1pm EST

On April 17, 2021, the New National WWI Memorial opened to the public. This webinar provides a detailed and insider perspective on the WWI Memorial. It is ideal for professional tour guides, travel planners, teachers, docent volunteers and anyone who wants to understand the history, structure, features, meaning and resources surrounding the new National WWI Memorial in our nation’s capitol.

Guests:

  • Daniel S. Dayton: Executive Director, US WWI Centennial Commission:
    “Welcome & Overview“
  • Edwin Fountain: Former Vice-Chair, US WWI Centennial Commission:
    “Why We Need This Memorial“
  • Joe Weishaar: Lead Designer, National WWI Memorial, Washington, DC:
    “A Walk Through the Design” 
  • Patricia Abler and Christina Bauer: Education Committee Co-Chairs, The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, DC:
    “First Impressions from a Tour Guide’s Perspective“
  • Sabin Howard: Sculptor, “A Soldier’s Journey,” WWI Memorial, Washington, DC:
    “A Soldier’s Journey Sculpture Evolution and Design“
  • Host: Theo Mayer, Chief Technologist, US WWI Centennial Commission / Doughboy Foundation:
    “The WWI Memorial Apps – A Digital Dimension to the WWI Memorial”

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Webinar About The New National WWI Memorial in Washington DC

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This webinar next week may be of interest to some of our members.
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Friday May 14, 2021 @ 1p ET

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Join us on Friday May 14, 2021 at 10am PT / 1pm ET for an exclusive insider tour of the new Memorial that opened to the public on April 17, 2021.

Get ready for Memorial Day with insights to Washington, D.C.’s newest War Memorial
We will present you with:

  • Photo essays and video of the Memorial
  • Background and History of the location
  • The Story of how the WWI Memorial went from concept to opening
  • Tour of design features and insider tidbits
  • An update on “A Soldier’s Journey” the sculpture by Sabin Howard
  • How the Memorial speaks to the history of WWI

AND SPECIAL TOOLS

  • The WWI Memorial APPs
    • The WWI Memorial Visitor Guide: For use when at the Memorial
    • The WWI Memorial Virtual explorer: To bring the Memorial into any classroom, living room or outdoor space
  • How WWI Changed America: A downloadable web site on the social and cultural impact of WWI

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