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Oral History at the Crossroads
Sharing Life Stories of Survival and Displacement
Drawing on a collaborative research project, this book provides an alternative model for how oral and public histories should be recorded and curated.
2015, Winner - CLIO Prize for Quebec, Canadian Historical Association
First Nations, Museums, Narrations
Stories of the 1929 Franklin Motor Expedition to the Canadian Prairies
The story of the Franklin Motor Expedition that collected First Nations artifacts on the Prairies in 1929 as well as a larger study of the relationships between museums and the indigenous peoples whose heritage items they house.
2015, Short-listed - Aboriginal Book History Prize, Canadian Historical Association
Written as I Remember It
Teachings (Ɂəms tɑɁɑw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder
This extraordinary book not only offers a rare glimpse into the life of a Coast Salish woman and the teachings of the Sliammon people, it also offers a fruitful model for collaborative research and life-history writing.
2015, Winner - Aboriginal History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association
2015, Winner - Armitage-Jameson Book Prize, Coalition for Western Women’s History
2015, Commended - BCHF Historical Writing Awards, British Columbia Historical Federation
According to Baba
A Collaborative Oral History of Sudbury’s Ukrainian Community
This book employs new and critical approaches to oral history to write an insightful and deeply personal history of Sudbury’s Ukrainian community between 1901 and 1939.
2016, Short-listed - Kobzar Literary Award, Shevchenko Foundation
The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960
A history of the convergence of Western and Chinese medical practices in modern China.
2015, Short-listed - ICAS Book Prize, International Convention of Asia Scholars
Negotiating a River
Canada, the US, and the Creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway
A revealing look at the planning and building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project -- a megaproject that had a profound impact on North American history.
2015, Winner - Floyd S. Chalmers Award, The Champlain Society