Mary Jane Logan McCallum Winnipeg 2022[1] Last month, a reporter from CBC Kids News emailed me with the question: What are the origins of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day? I was somewhat […]
Selected Recent (mostly English-language) Work Mary Jane Logan McCallum University of Winnipeg In the past two years, professional historians and university history departments in Canada have been engaging publicly with Indigenous history and advocating for […]
Mary Jane Logan McCallum University of Winnipeg I opened my laptop over breakfast with my daughter and read a few updates by colleagues on leads for possible grave sites of missing First Nations and Inuit […]
To the Council of the Canadian Historical Association, the Canadian Public, and the Signatories of the “Open Letter to the Council of the Canadian Historical Association and the Canadian Public [9 August 2020]. The undersigned […]
By Mercedes Peters One of the first things you’re taught when you’re training to be a historian in Canada is that Canadians have a memory problem. It can be a little jarring to some. This […]
With host Robert Innes Guests: Dr. Winona Wheeler, University of Saskatchewan Dr. Mary Jane McCallum, University of Winnipeg
Photo of Ian McCallum’s Laptop showing Yoon Ha Da Yuleekhamuneen Huluniixsuwaakan / This Is the Way We Write our Language and students (from top to bottom) Ian McCallum, Sarah and Kyenna Saunders, Jamie Tucker, and […]
We have decided to cancel the Pre-NAISA Gathering Short Histories Workshop on May 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This cancellation follows the NAISA council’s decision to cancel the annual meeting. We are saddened to […]
The editorial boards of Shekon Neechie and Te Pouhere Korero (https://www.facebook.com/tepouherekorero/), two Indigenous history organizations, are hosting a one-day gathering of Indigenous historians on the 5th of May, 2020. This gathering will be held two […]