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Cynthia Comacchio

Associate Editor, Journal of Canadian Studies; Editorial Board, Ontario History; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Professor, History
cynthia.comacchio@ret.wlu.ca
Waterloo, Ontario
Faculty of Arts
Cynthia Comaccio is an expert in Canadian families since the late 19th century, Canadian holidays and traditions, history of children and youth in Canada, history of gender and families in Canada, history of holidays in Canada, sociocultural impact of war in Canada, veterans and World Wars in Canada.

Areas of Expertise

  • Canadian History
  • Family, Parenting and Childhood
  • World Wars

Biography

MA (History), York University; PhD (History), University of Guelph, 1987.

I have been teaching at Laurier since 1990, as a full professor since 2000.

My research focuses on the history of children/childhood and youth in Canada, late 19th to 21st centuries. My current project, Ring Around the Maple: A Sociocultural History of Canadian Children, co-authored with Neil Sutherland, professor emeritus, University of British Columbia, is an overview about ‘growing up Canadian’ during this period that maps changes and continuities in the everyday lives and fluid culture of children. I am also participating in a collaborative Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funded project with Mark Humphries, Dunkley Chair in War and the Canadian Experience, and Terry Copp, director, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, on veterans’ social reintegration after the Great War.