Mairi Cowan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5926114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mairi Cowan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mairi |
| FAMILY NAME | Cowan |
| SIGNATURE | COWAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3090-5367 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes
Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and activities of Henry VII and James IV; the geography, economy, politics, and culture of Scotland; marriage pro…
Co-teaching as a model for scholarly interactions and the acceptance of limits to knowledge
Co-teaching has been shown to be an effective instructional tool in a range of academic settings. In this contribution, we are extending the list of benefits. Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, we assessed the impact of a co-taught, interdisciplinary course on students' perception of their own role as scholars, and on how students interact with their peers and their instructors in the classroom. Students clearly perceived and apprecia…
Scottish in the Margins of New France
Marie Hiroüin, a nun at the Hôtel-Dieu in Québec, was identified as a Scottish noblewoman in the margin of one of her community’s records. An examination of how she came to be in New France, then an analysis of why the nuns at the hospital chose to emphasise her Scottishness and her nobility, offer new insights into migration, national identity, and religion in the seventeenth century. Hiroüin’s family, the Irvines of Hilton, remained Catholic th…
Flexible assessment
Research on flexible assessment suggests that providing students with choice in assignments can increase motivation and deepen investment in learning. Although instructors are often advised to adopt flexible assessment, they are also warned about potential detriments such as perceived lack of rigour among colleagues, the stress that decision-making can bring to students, and increased workload for themselves. This paper draws upon student respons…
Note de la rédactrice en chef
Note de la rédactrice en chef. Un article de la revue Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada (Volume 31, numéro 1, 2021, p. 1-127) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
The Faro a Colón in Santo Domingo
The “Faro a Colón,” or “Columbus Lighthouse,” is perhaps the largest memorial to Christopher Columbus in the world. Inaugurated in 1992 as a celebration of the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus’s first arrival in the Americas, it is visible throughout much of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This article argues that the typical presentation of the monument is badly misaligned with the historical record, but that a historically and historio…
Education, Francisation , and Shifting Colonial Priorities at the Ursuline Convent in Seventeenth-Century Québec
One of the goals of the nuns at the Ursuline convent in seventeenth-century Québec was to “Frenchify” Indigenous students. This paper presents a new way of interpreting the question of whether the Ursulines succeeded or failed in their efforts at francisation by reading Marie de l'Incarnation's concerns with her order's progress against a broader history of French colonial policy. When royal authorities in France and their agents in New France st…
Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland
Children and youth have tended to be under-reported in the historical scholarship. This collection of essays recasts the historical narrative by populating premodern Scottish communities from the thirteenth to the late eighteenth centuries with their lively experiences and voices. By examining medieval and early modern Scottish communities through the lens of age, the collection counters traditional assumptions that young people are peripheral to…
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Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland
Children and youth have tended to be under-reported in the historical scholarship. This collection of essays recasts the historical narrative by populating premodern Scottish communities from the thirteenth to the late eighteenth centuries with their lively experiences and voices. By examining medieval and early modern Scottish communities through the lens of age, the collection counters traditional assumptions that young people are peripheral to…
Education, Francisation , and Shifting Colonial Priorities at the Ursuline Convent in Seventeenth-Century Québec
One of the goals of the nuns at the Ursuline convent in seventeenth-century Québec was to “Frenchify” Indigenous students. This paper presents a new way of interpreting the question of whether the Ursulines succeeded or failed in their efforts at francisation by reading Marie de l'Incarnation's concerns with her order's progress against a broader history of French colonial policy. When royal authorities in France and their agents in New France st…
Note de la rédactrice en chef
Note de la rédactrice en chef. Un article de la revue Journal of the Canadian Historical Association / Revue de la Société historique du Canada (Volume 31, numéro 1, 2021, p. 1-127) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
The Faro a Colón in Santo Domingo
The “Faro a Colón,” or “Columbus Lighthouse,” is perhaps the largest memorial to Christopher Columbus in the world. Inaugurated in 1992 as a celebration of the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus’s first arrival in the Americas, it is visible throughout much of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This article argues that the typical presentation of the monument is badly misaligned with the historical record, but that a historically and historio…
Scottish in the Margins of New France
Marie Hiroüin, a nun at the Hôtel-Dieu in Québec, was identified as a Scottish noblewoman in the margin of one of her community’s records. An examination of how she came to be in New France, then an analysis of why the nuns at the hospital chose to emphasise her Scottishness and her nobility, offer new insights into migration, national identity, and religion in the seventeenth century. Hiroüin’s family, the Irvines of Hilton, remained Catholic th…
Flexible assessment
Research on flexible assessment suggests that providing students with choice in assignments can increase motivation and deepen investment in learning. Although instructors are often advised to adopt flexible assessment, they are also warned about potential detriments such as perceived lack of rigour among colleagues, the stress that decision-making can bring to students, and increased workload for themselves. This paper draws upon student respons…
Co-teaching as a model for scholarly interactions and the acceptance of limits to knowledge
Co-teaching has been shown to be an effective instructional tool in a range of academic settings. In this contribution, we are extending the list of benefits. Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, we assessed the impact of a co-taught, interdisciplinary course on students' perception of their own role as scholars, and on how students interact with their peers and their instructors in the classroom. Students clearly perceived and apprecia…
Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes
Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and activities of Henry VII and James IV; the geography, economy, politics, and culture of Scotland; marriage pro…
History (4 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works)