Andrea Samoil
PhD Candidate
BA History (Honours), University of Alberta 2010
MA History, Trent University 2013
Supervisor: Mark Leier
Research Description
Building on my Master鈥檚 topic I will explore the Alberta working class response to the rise of neo-liberalism in the 1980s and beyond.
Conference Papers
鈥淰iolence and Consensus in the Gainers Strike鈥� at the Alberta Labour History Institute Conference: 鈥淟essons from the Past, Visions of the Future,鈥� Edmonton, Alberta, June 13-15, 2012
鈥淭he 1985 Hog Wars and Peter Pocklington鈥檚 Entrepreneurial Project鈥� at the Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC, January 31-February 2, 2014
Awards
September 2011 Wilson Graduate Student Scholarship
September 2009 Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship
September 2008 Faculty of Arts School in Cortona Scholarship
September 2007 Jason Lang Scholarship
September 2006 Jason Lang Scholarship
September 2005 Jason Lang Scholarship
Teaching Assistantships
HIST 1500: Ten Days of Terror that Shook the World (Trent University), 2011-2012, 2012-2013
HIST 106: Modern Europe, Fall 2013
HIST 224: Long 19th Century Europe, Spring 2014