About the Project
The Shakespeare in Canada project focusses on the intersection of pedagogy, research, and digital humanities and involves students registered in Shakespeare courses at the University of Ottawa. It begins the process of the systematic recording and subsequent analysis of the reception of Shakespeare in Canada, creating an interactive cultural map of the presence of this classic and the way in which his works have shaped -- and continue to shape -- Canadian culture. The project will harvest data, synthesize knowledge, forge new relationships, and make available findings in an open access format. At the heart of the project is the analysis of the place (both literally and metaphorically) of the classic in our contemporary, digital age.
Project team
Dr. Irene Makaryk, Department of English
Amanda Montague (2017-2018), PhD candidate, Department of English
Anne Sophie Voyer (Fall 2017), PhD candidate, School of Translation and Interpretation
Tyler Wilson (2019), undergraduate Research Assistant, Shakespeare in Ottawa
Ann Hemingway, English Literature Liaison Librarian
Sarah Simpkin, Interim Digital Scholarship Librarian
Roxanne Lafleur, Digital Humanities Support Specialist
Tony Horava (Fall 2015, Winter 2016), Associate University Librarian
Nancy Lemay (Fall 2015, Winter 2016), Digital Humanities Librarian
Student Teams
Winter 2019
Student projects from the ENG 7325 Cultural Studies II course "Shakespeare and Canada"
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“For the Apparel oft Proclaims the Man” – Costuming Shakespeare’s Hamlet (NAC, 2004)
Kirsten Bussiere
Kristyna Frenken-Francis
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Discovering Desdemona, Remembering Anne (Othello, NAC, 1997)
Emily Thompson
Kaitlyn Arsenault
- Horror and Humanity (Macbeth, NAC, 2005)
Evonne Downer
Skylar Premo
Ana Galvan
Student projects from the ENG 4142 "Shakespeare's Afterlife in Archives" course
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Hints of Stratford in Maraden's Hamlet (NAC, 2004)
Benjamin Thomas
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"No Tame Comedy": The Taming of the Shrew at the National Arts Centre (1997)
Madalynn Seger
Jordan Grave
Anna Lewis
- Macbeth, NAC
Rachel McPherson
Fall 2017
Student projects from the ENG 7321 Canadian Literature II course "Shakespeare and Canada"
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The National Art Centre's King Lear: An Indigenous Adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear
Adam Mugford
Nicholas Slagter
- Shakespeare at the Ottawa Little Theatre
Ariel Bissett
Jessica Banner
Student projects from the ENG 4142 seminar course "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'"
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Bringing Darkness to Daylight: Bear & Co.'s Macbeth
Alessia Di Cesare
Nathan Doswell
Janelle Grenon
- La Conquête [Richard III, NAC, 1989]
Evonne Downer
Fatima Mourad
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Modifying Macbeth
Alexandria Jacobs
Christine Mathieu
James Galbraith
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Richard III and the First Stratford Festival
Alexandria Aicken
Samantha Anderson
Tyler Wilson
Winter 2017
Students projects from the course ENG 3133 "Elizabethan Shakespeare"
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Hamlet (National Arts Centre, 1979)
Cavin Bonifacio
Claire McCracken
Megan McKague
- The Comedy of Errors (National Arts Centre, 2010)
Kailey Cutillo
Komaldeep Kaur
Claudia Laugalys
Paige O'Connor
- The Comedy of Errors (A Company of Fools, 2015)
Katelyn Boros
Alexandria Jacobs
Stephanie Kramer
Fall 2016
Student projects from the ENG 4142 seminar course "How Shakespeare Became 'Shakespeare'"
- The Canadian North and Amateur Performance
Maggie Kendall
Andrea Zehr
Krystyna Dodds
- Shakespeare in Francophone Canada
Angele Brazeau
Laurence Bolduc
Devin Brown
- Shakespeare and First Nations
Laura Gaylard
Athina Pantazopoulos
Candace Mantha
- Shakespeare in Ottawa
Christina McIvor
Matthew Walwyn
Kierra Beament
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Shakespeare in Towns and Street Names
Nagin Zabihi
Celine Baker
Ruth Truong
"Pilot Projects” (Fall 2015, Winter 2016)
Exhibits are located on the uOttawa website. Click on Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare + Canada
Student projects from the ENG 3134 Jacobean Shakespeare seminar course
- Shakespeare and Canadian Radio
Ayden Allen
Alicia Duffley
Sarah Kamah
- Shakespeare Theater Reviewers
Jennie Long
Sarah Ruszala
Ruth Truong
- Shakespeare at the University of Ottawa through Decades
Emily Reid
Isabelle Seguin
Hanan Al Warraq
- Wayne and Shuster and Shakespeare: The Making of Canadian Comedy
Kelsey Butler
Sarah Pennington
Samantha Petersen
Student projects from the ENG 3134 Jacobean Shakespeare seminar course
- The National Art Centre: Much Ado About Theatre
Sydney Anne Kerr-Wilson
Vanessa Ness
Matthew Walwyn
- Canada's Early Drawing Board
Maddie Cull-Hewitt
Jean-Sebastien Grenier
- Stratford: Then and Now
Trajena Healey
Emily Potter
Meghan Siciliano
Acknowledgements
This project was made possible with a grant from the uOttawa Fund for the Development of New Academic Initiatives. For their invaluable collaboration, the generous access to their collections and the research assistance they provided to our students we wish to thank Rebecca Murray and Karine Gélinas at Library and Archives Canada; Catriona Léger, Nicholas Leno, and Keith Jackson from A Company of Fools; Robert VanderBerg, the National Arts Centre; Rachel Eugster and Bear and Co.; Jane Morris and the Ottawa Little Theatre; Sydney Steele, University of Ottawa Archives; Marina Bokovay, University of Ottawa Library Archives and Special Collections. Also, many thanks to Karenza Sutton-Bennett, PhD candidate (2015).