Susan Johnston
History faculty
- Office:
- Y 323
- E-mail:
- johnstos@camosun.bc.ca
- Phone:
- 250-370-3363
- Office Hours:
- Tuesday: 9:30 –10:20, 2:30 – 3:00; Wednesday: 4:30 to 5:00; Thursday: 9:30 – 10:20, 2:30 – 3:00; Friday 12:00 – 12:30, or by appointment
History Help: Drop-in Mondays 2:30-3:20, Lansdowne Library, room 132
Current courses
HIST 112 - Canada After Confederation
HIST 122 - Europe: 1789 to Present
Seminar Notes
- TBA
HIST 206 - Canadian Women: 1916-Present
Biography
I teach because I am passionate about history and I enjoy sharing my subject with students. I love the small classes at Camosun College, which allow me to interact with each student, and I learn a lot from seminars where I listen to what students have to say about the past.
Courses taught/teaching:
- History 110: Canada before Confederation
- History 112: Post-Confederation Canada
- History 120: Early Modern Europe, 1500-1795
- History 204: Canadian Women, 1600 - 1920
- History 206: Canadian Women, 1916 - present
- Death in European Cultures
- Adolescence and Youth in Canada 1867 to 1980
Degrees Held
- B.A. Honours, with distinction, University of Victoria, 1989
- M.A. University of Waterloo, 1991
Graduate Research Area
- M.A.: history of women and education
- PhD (ABD): sudden death in British Columbia
Current Research Interests
- European women encounter colonial India: Ethel Merston's search for meaning following the First World War
Affiliations
- Canadian Committee on Women's History
- Women's History Network of British Columbia
- Canadian Historical Association
