Tavis Harris
Objective/Current Studies:
My goal is to complete a doctoral degree in history, and pursue a career in either the military, academic, or governmental fields. My dissertation addresses Canada’s little known advocacy of disarmament during the interwar period in an effort to understand the intellectual, cultural and political antecedents of Canada’s prominence in disarmament policy during recent decades by focusing on the underlying thoughts of key policymakers vis a vis the series of Naval Disarmament Conferences held during the 1920s and 1930s.
Education:
September 2007 – Present: Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo Ontario.
- Completing doctoral degree in Canadian history. Fieldwork includes Canadian history, American history, War and Society.
- Recipient of Laurier Graduate Scholarship and Daniel G. Watt Entrance Scholarship for Doctoral Program in History.
- ABD Status – October 2008.
September 2006-August 2007: University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario
- Completed Master of Arts Degree in History. Cognate paper entitled “Theirs is a Peculiar Species of Love”: Class, Recruitment and Support for the Great War in Kitchener/Berlin Ontario.
- Recipient of UW Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship and the UW Arts Graduate Enhancement Scholarship.
September 2002-December 2005: University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario
- Graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in History (Political Science Minor).
Work Experience:
May 2009 – Present: Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve): Naval Officer. Supply Divisional Officer. Secondary duties as Unit Historical Officer concerned with working on Annual Historical Report, in-house and external historical enquiries and artifact displays. Trade Qualification, 2012 Officer of the Day Qualification Completed.
September 2006 – June 2007: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario (Primary language of instruction = English)
- HIST 253: Canadian History, Pre-Confederation. Fall 2006 University of Waterloo.
- HIST 258: American Since 1877. Spring 2007, University of Waterloo.
Fall 2007 – Present: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wilfrid Laurier University. Also associated with the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies.
Waterloo, Ontario (Primary language of instruction = English)
- HI 108: Europe in the Age of Imperialism. Wilfrid Laurier University. Fall 2007.
- HI 293: Canada Since Confederation. Wilfrid Laurier University. Winter 2008.
- HI 292: Canada Before Confederation. Wilfrid Laurier University. Fall 2008
- HI 109: Twentieth Century Europe, 1919-1991. Wilfrid Laurier University. Winter 2009
- HI 248: History of the Second World War. Wilfrid Laurier University. Fall 2009.
- HI 102: Medieval History. Wilfrid Laurier University. Winter 2010.
- HI 293: Canada Since Confederation. Wilfrid Laurier University. Winter 2011.
My duties included marking tests/papers/exams, conducting tutorials and assisting students with course related problems.
Fall 2010: Instructor – Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of History. HI 341 – Canadian Military History.
Research Assistantship, Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr. Roger Sarty, Spring 2006-2008. Researched C.P. Stacey and the writing of external affairs history.
Research Assistantship, University of Waterloo. Dr Bruce Muirhead, May – September 2008. Researched the International Development and Research Centre.
Balsillie Fellowship, Centre for International Governance Innovations. Dr John English, May-September 2008. Researched Pierre Trudeau and Defence Policy Analysis during the 1970s.
February 2009. Guest Lecture HI 106, Canada and War in the Twentieth Century (for Dr Whitney Lackenbauer), Subject – Canada during the Interwar Period.
Academic Papers and Presentations:
Insite – Analysis of the Vancouver Safe Injection Site: Policy Analysis.
‘Doesn’t Canada Owe me the Right to Earn a Living?’: The Great Depression and Shifts in Attitude Towards the Role of the State. Paper presented at the Tri-University History Conference, Guelph Ontario, November 2006.
‘I Challenge Anyone to say that Organised Labour has not Done its Share, and more than its Share, in the War.’: Class, Enlistment and Support for the War Effort during the First World War. Paper accepted, to be presented at the 2007 McGill-Queens Graduate Student Conference in History, Alternate Approaches, Kingston Ontario, March 2007
“A Confused Priority: Canadian Defence Policy and the Role of Sovereignty 1971-1986” Tri-University History Conference, November 2007.
‘C.P. Stacey and the Use of Oral Accounts in Official and External Affairs History’. University of Victoria Military and Oral History Conference: Between Memory and History, February 2008.
“Theirs is a Peculiar Species of Love”: Class, Recruitment and Support for the Great War in Berlin/Kitchener Ontario.” ‘New Frontiers’ York University Graduate History Conference, February 2008.
‘C.P. Stacey and the Use of Oral Accounts in the Dieppe Narratives.’ 19th Military History Colloquium, Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, May 2008.
“Violence and Voting: Labour, Conscription, the Military and the 1917 Federal Election in Berlin Ontario.” ‘New Frontiers’ York University Graduate History Conference, February 2009.
“Wind Words and Fury: Canada and the Geneva Protocol.” 22nd Laurier Military History Colloquium, May 2011.
Publications:
‘C.P. Stacey and the Use of Oral Accounts in the Dieppe Narratives.’ Oral History Forum Vol.31, 2011.
“Wind Words and Fury: Canada and the Geneva Protocol.” War and Society. October 2011.
Book Reviews:
Cook, Tim. At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1914-1916. H-Net Canada. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=236201216667255.
Durflinger, Serge. Fighting from Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec. Journal of Military History, Vol. 73 No. 1, January 2009, 318-319.
Iarocci, Andrew. Shoestring Soldiers: The 1st Canadian Division at War, 1914-1915. H-Net Canada, http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24017
Thompson, John Herd and Stephen J. Randall. Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies 4th ed. H – Net Canada http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25684 .
Shaw, Amy J. Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in Canada During the First World War. Left History (2010).
Encyclopedia Entries:
“Post-WWI Growth in White Collar Labor.” ABC-Clio World History Encyclopedia. (Publication Forthcoming).
“Friendly Fire”, “Guatemala National Revolutionary Union”, “Special Forces, British.” Encyclopedia of Global Terrorism and the War on Terror, Diversion Press. (Publication Forthcoming).
Other Academic Service:
Guest Lecturer, HI 106 Canadian Military History, University of Waterloo (March 2010) topic: Canada Between the Wars.
Editorial Contributor, Argonauta – Quarterly Newsletter of the Canadian Nautical Research Society.
Tri-University Graduate Students Association. 2008-2009.
Member of the Canadian Political Science Association, Canadian Historical Association and the Canadian Nautical Research Society.
References:
Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Assistant Professor, Department of History, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo ON. (519) 884-8111 Ext: 28233
Dr. Roger Sarty. Professor. Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University. Waterloo ON. 519 884 0710 Ext.2287