Matt Symes
PhD Candidate (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Social; Gender; Sport; and War and Society studies
syme2130@wlu.ca
B.A. (University of New Brunswick); Bed (University of New Brunswick); M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Academic Interests
My interests currently focus on gender, sport and war and society studies. More specifically, I am examining the ways in which recreational sport, with their emphasis on manly fitness, honour and the competitive spirit, were integral to the training of Canadian soldiers during the Second World War.
Publication
- McGeer, Eric with Matt Symes. The Canadian Battlefield in Italy: Ortona and the Liri Valley. Waterloo, Ontario: Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, 2007
- Symes, Matt & Marc Milner. From D-Day to Carpiquet: The North Shores and the Liberation of Europe: A Virtual Tour. Available at http://www.unbf.ca/arts/mss Fredericton, New Brunswick: Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, 2007
Conference Presentations
- “The Memory of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade: One Brigade, Three Memories.” 18th Military History Colloquium, Wilfrid Laurier University-May 2007
- Chair of “Canada and the First World War.” Tri-University History Conference, University of Guelph-October 2006
- “Their Own War: Italy’s Tenth Light Flotilla.” 17th Military History Colloquium, University of Western Ontario-May 2006
- “Their Own War: Italy’s Tenth Light Flotilla.” Tri-University History Conference, Wilfrid Laurier University-October 2005
- “Stalin’s Secret Weapon: The Red Orchestra and the War on the Eastern Front” Canadian Association for Securities and Intelligence Conference, Simon Fraser University. October 2003