对历史的研究为积极，知情的公民身份奠定了基础。通过探索过去，学生可以基于对过去几十年和几个世纪以来发展起来的制度，思想和关系的理解来做出当今的决定。当学生了解过去的生活经历时，他们发现故事充满了迷人的故事和令人信服的个性。他们了解到，有时候真理真的比小说更陌生。正如我们许多高年级学生所证明的那样，研究过程令人振奋。他们发现了筛选档案，进行原始发现并与他人共享发现的激动。历史可以成为巨大乐趣的来源–无论是历史的内容还是发现过程的过程。我们的教师将他们广泛的兴趣和专长带入课堂，并提供满足学生兴趣的多种课程。从
The study of history builds a foundation for active, informed citizenship. By exploring the past, students can make decisions in the present-day world, based on an understanding of the institutions, ideas, and relationships that have developed over the past decades and centuries. As students learn about the lived experience of the past, they discover that it is full of fascinating stories and compelling personalities. They learn that sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction. And as many of our senior-level students have testified, the research process can be exhilarating. They discover the excitement of sifting through the archives, making original discoveries, and then sharing their findings with others. History can be a source of immense delight – both the stuff of history and the process of discovering it. Our faculty bring their wide-ranging interests and specializations into the classroom, and provide a great selection of courses that meet our students interests. From the ancient history of the Americas and Europe, through to the history of Canada in the late twentieth century, and all areas and time in between, the program tries to match its offerings to popular areas of interest and to the latest developments in historical study. Some courses include the history of the Anishinaabe people, ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, women's and gender history in Canada, the witch-hunts in Europe, as well as survey courses on American, Canadian, and western civilization history. Our history students equip themselves for potential future careers in a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, the following: law, education, civil service (including the foreign service), journalism, museum studies, public history, publishing, information technology, and research consulting.