The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History

04/25/2023

11/17/2022

Celebrating and Evaluating the Writing of Canada’s Political History Thursday, November 24th 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility (1 Devonshire Place, Toronto) Hybrid Event (options for virtual and in-person attendance) To attend virtually via Zoom, r

09/13/2022

Thank you to everyone for attending An Evening with Margaret MacMillan hosted by the Legion National Foundation and The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. This event has been a huge success thanks to all of your participation from attending to your amazing questions. We hope that you enjoyed tonight’s event and have taken away some new insights on war and society.

If you would like the recording of tonight’s event, please email [email protected].

08/29/2022

Join us virtually for An Evening with Margaret MacMillan, award winning author, as she shares about her writing.

08/15/2022

An Evening with Margaret Macmillan Photo Credit: Ander McIntyre The Legion National Foundation, in partnership with the Bill Graham Centre of the University of Toronto are proud to present An Evening with Margaret MacMillan, featuring the acclaimed New York Times best selling author. Professor MacMi...

08/09/2022

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the Hon. Bill Graham's passing. He was a distinguished parliamentarian and academic who contributed much to Canadian and international politics. Our condolences and support go out to his wife, Cathy, and their family and friends.

Condolences from Canadian politicians past and present poured out Monday as they learned about the death of Bill Graham, who served as foreign affairs minister when the country decided against joining the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

06/12/2022

PLEASE NOTE: We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, our Canadian Spy Story event, originally scheduled for June 28th, has been postponed to a later date. We will update you with the new date as soon as it is confirmed and apologize for any inconvenience.

Upcoming Book Launch

Canadian Spy Story: Irish Revolutionaries and the Secret Police by David A. Wilson

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 (POSTPONED, NEW DATE TBD)
4:00 - 6:00 pm EST
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility (1 Devonshire Place, Toronto)
Hybrid Event (options for virtual and in-person attendance)

To attend virtually via Zoom, register here: https://munkschool-utoronto-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4royWyBBRbG36fJTROTEvw

To attend in person, register here: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/31713/

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About Canadian Spy Story:

In the mid-nineteenth century a group of Irish revolutionaries, known as the Fenians, set out to destroy Britain’s North American empire. Between 1866 and 1871 they launched a series of armed raids into Canadian territory.

In Canadian Spy Story David Wilson takes readers into a dark and dangerous world of betrayal and deception, spies and informers, invasion and assassination, spanning Canada, the United States, Ireland, and Britain. In Canada, there were Fenian secret societies in urban areas, including Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, and in some rural townships, all part of a wider North American network. Wilson tells the tale of Irishmen who attempted to liberate their country from British rule, and the Canadian secret police who infiltrated their revolutionary cells and worked their way to the top of the organization. With surprises at every turn, the story includes a s*x scandal that nearly brought Canadian spy operations crashing down, as well as reports from Toronto about a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria.

Featuring a cast of idealists, patriots, cynics, manipulators, and liars, Canadian Spy Story raises fundamental questions about state security and civil liberty, with important lessons for our own time.

About David A. Wilson:

David A. Wilson, from Whitehead County Antrim, is the General Editor of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Professor in the History Department and Celtic Studies Program at the University of Toronto.

More information: http://billgrahamcentre.utoronto.ca/events/2022/6/7/book-launch-canadian-spy-story-irish-revolutionaries-and-the-secret-policy-by-david-a-wilson

PLEASE NOTE: We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, our Canadian Spy Story event, originally scheduled for June 28th, has been postponed to a later date . We will update you with the new date as soon as it is confirmed and apologize for any inconvenience. Book Laun

05/27/2022

What have Germany and Canada done at home and in the G7, and what can they do in the G7 now, to strengthen national and human security and ecological sustain...

05/04/2022

What have Germany and Canada done, and what can they do in the G7 now, to strengthen security & sustainability in mutually supportive ways?