Rural History Roundtable: Speaker Series Fall 2026

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The History Department at the University of Guelph presents this the lineup for the Fall 2026 Rural History Roundtable Speaker Series.

All presentations can be attended online. To register to attend online, contact Rebecca Beausaert rbeausae@uoguelph.ca or visit:

Rural History Roundtable Series

Understanding Poverty and Community at the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery Potter’s Field

Cody Groat, History & Indigenous Studies, Western University
Rebecca Small, MA Graduate, History, Western University

MacKinnon Building, Room 132
Tuesday, September 22, 3:30-5pm EST

Not a Simpler Time: Rural Families and the Making of a Canadian Economy, 1700-1870

Doug McCalla, History, University of Guelph

MacKinnon Building, Room 132
Thursday, October 15, 3:30-5pm EST

Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them

Jennifer Jordan, Sociology & Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Virtual Presentation
Thursday, November 12, 3:30-5pm EST

Rural History Roundtable Series Fall 2026
Feature Image: “Indians picking hops.” September 1907. Chilliwack, British Columbia. Credit: E.L. Climo / Library and Archives Canada / PA-108884.
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Rebecca Beausaert

Rebecca Beausaert is an assistant professor and holder of the Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professorship in Rural History at the University of Guelph. She is the author of Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914, published by University of Manitoba Press in September 2024. Her research interests include food, gender, sport, leisure, agriculture, and the First World War in rural and small-town Ontario.

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