Curriculum Vitae - University of Alberta

Curriculum Vitae
Dr Nathalie Kermoal
Faculty of Native Studies
University of Alberta
2-31 Pembina Hall
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H8
(780) 492-2991
Fax: (780) 492-0527
Education and Degrees
Ph.D.: History, University of Ottawa (1996)
M.A: History, University of Nantes (France) (1987)
Honour’s degree, University of Nantes (France) (1986)
DEUG: History and Geography, University of Nantes (France) (1985)
Academic and Professional Work Experience
University of Alberta: Faculty of Native Studies
July 1st, 2014: Full Professor
Cross-appointed Faculty of Native Studies and Campus Saint-Jean
2008-2014: Associate Professor
2004-2008: Assistant Professor
2002-2004: Full time sessional teaching appointment
Administrative Positions at the UofA:
Jan. 2013-Dec. 2014: Special Advisor to the Provost on Aboriginal Academic Programs, Recruitment and
Retention of Aboriginal Students
2011-2012: Dean (Interim), Faculty of Native Studies
2009-2015 (June 30, 2015): Associate-Dean Academic
Visiting Positions:
2014: Visiting Scholar, Chair in the Study of Canada, University of Poitiers, March, 10 to April, 10, 2014. Gave
six conferences in Poitiers, La Rochelle and Limoges, met with French colleagues, participated in an
international conference on Aboriginal Knowledge, advised French graduate students (M.A. and Ph.D) on their
thesis.
2008-2010: Visiting Scholar, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (National Institute of Scientific
Research), Montréal.
Non-Academic positions:
2001-2002: Executive Director of the Parkland Institute, University of Alberta
1998-2001: Director and editor of Le Franco newspaper
Other Credentials and Awards
2010: TLEF (Professional Development) ($2,791.02)
2009: Killam Travel Grant (V-P Research) ($2,400)
2008: SSHRC 4A ($7,500)
2007: SSHRC 4A ($7,500)
2007: Award for teaching excellence (Campus Saint-Jean)
2007: Killam Travel Grant (V-P Research) ($2,037)
2006: SSHRC 4A ($7,500)
1992: Pinard Scholarship, History Department, University of Ottawa ($5,000)
1991: Scholarship from Centre de Recherche de Culture Canadienne-Française ($5,000)
University of Ottawa
1987: Master’s of History, Cum Laude, Université de Nantes, France
Professional Distinctions:
2001: Award for the best editorial
2000: Award for the best quality of editorials and award for best web site
1999: Award for best series of articles and award for best promotional article of the year
Research Expertise
Keywords
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Aboriginal History
Métis History
Métis Rights
History of Aboriginal Political Thinking
Calgary School
Constitutional Issues
Aboriginal Women
Daily Lives/Material Culture
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Urban Aboriginal Issues
Teaching
Graduate
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Course Number
Calendar Course Title
ET CAN 504
Enjeux canadiens/Canadian Contemporary issues
Taught in French
ET CAN 513
NS 599
PRA 8430
Thèmes en Études canadiennes (Directed Reading): Les femmes canadiennes au XXe siècle
Selected Research Topics in Native Studies: Historical Cree Commercial Trading; The Battle of
Cut Knife Hill and the Bear Family in the Archival Records; The Métis in Alberta: An
Environmental History; The City as a palimpsest: St. Albert and its Métis Past and, Ile-à-la-Crosse
in the Archival Record).
Nomad University/Université nomade, Institut national de recherche scientifique (INRS)/ National
Institute of Scientific Research. Masters and Ph.D students – 1 week course (45 hours)
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q 11 édition. Les Arts des Premiers Peuples. Engagement politique et changement social/Arts of
First Peoples. Activism and Social Change. In collaboration with Concordia University,
Montréal, August 19-23, 2013.
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edition. Peuples autochtones et politiques publiques en changement: perspectives
internationales comparées/Indigenous Peoples and Public Policy Transformation:
International Comparative Perspectives, in collaboration with Concordia University, Montréal,
August 20 – 24, 2012.
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q 6 edition. La ville autrement. Logiques et dynamiques urbaines de Premiers Peuples.
Montréal, August 23-27, 2010.
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q 4 edition. La dynamique des droits. Exemplarités autochtone et bretonne. Beg Meil, France. In
collaboration with the Institute of the Americas and the Université of Bretagne occidentale,
(Brest), February 16-19, 2010.
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q 2 edition. Pratique de recherché et action publique en contexte autochtone, Montréal, June
15-19, 2009.
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Senior Undergraduate (3-4 year)
Course Number
Calendar Course Title
NS 372
Métis Politics
NS 370
The Métis: The Emergence of a People
NS 390
Community Based Research
NS 403
Archival and Historical Research Methods Relating to Treaty and Aboriginal Rights
NS 498
Honors Research Paper or Project
Junior Undergraduate
Course Number
Calendar Course Title
Faculty of Native Studies
NS 100
Introduction to Native Studies
NS 211
Native Issues and Insights II
NS 200
Aboriginal Canada (Development of the e-version of the course)
Campus Saint-Jean – Courses Taught in French
HISTE 120
World History from the 18th Century to Nowadays
HISTE 260
Canadian History from 1534 to 1867
HISTE 261
Canadian History from 1867 to Nowadays
HISTE 374
History of Western Canada from 1867 to the Present
HISTE 460
Topics in Canadian History – Aboriginal History from Time Immemorial to the Present
HISTE 475
Francophone Communities Outside of Quebec
ET CAN 101
Introduction to the Study of Canada
Soc. Sci. 225
Methodology Used in the Humanities
Soc Sci. 311/312
History of Political Thought from Antiquity to the XXth Century
CA FR 322
French Canadian Civilization from 1867 to Nowadays
Sod. Sci. 312
History of Political Thought from the French Revolution to the 21st Century
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Funded Research Activities
External Funding
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC
Material traces of Ethnogenesis: An
archaeological and spatial analysis of the Métis
cultural landscape
in the Canadian West, 1700-1880
Collaborator – P.I.: Kisha Supernant
(Anthropology Department, UofA) and Frank
Tough (Faculty of Native Studies)
$ 74,980
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC
The British Origins of Canadian Multiculturalism
Collaborator – P.I.: Donald Ipperciel (Campus
Saint-Jean)
$ 84,140
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC
(subgrant--CURA)
Aboriginal People and the City in
Quebec: Identity, Mobility, Quality of
Life, Governance
La contribution autochtone à l’histoire de la ville
de Montréal et à celle de la ville de Gatineau-HullOttawa: 1867-1960
Co-Investigator with Daniel Salée (Concordia
University) and Thibault Martin (Un. Du Québec
en Outaouais).
$ 15,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC
(subgrant - Dialog: Aboriginal Peoples
Research and Knowledge Network)
Chronology of Aboriginal Events
Co-Investigator – P.I. Carole Lévesque
$ 20,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC
DIALOG- Aboriginal Peoples Research and
Knowledge Network
Co-Investigator – P.I. Carole Lévesque
$2,100,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC
Miyowahkohtowin ohci
Nehiyawikiskinohamakosiwin ota Alberta : Good
Relations for Cree Language Education in Alberta
Co-Investigator – P.I. Ellen Bielawski
$113, 483
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC 4A
Analyse de l’idéologie du parti conservateur de $7,500
Stephen Harper: influences et répercussions sur les
politiques
Co-Investigator with Dr. Frédéric Boily (CSJ)
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
International,Intergovernmental and
Aboriginal Relations (Government of
Alberta)
Historical and Legal Foundations of Metis
Aboriginal Rights in Alberta
Principal Investigator with Catherine Bell (Law)
$71,231.15
Year Awarded
& Completed
2012 - Ongoing
Year Awarded
& Completed
2011On-going
Year Awarded
& Completed
2011On-going
Year Awarded
& Completed
2009On-going
Year Awarded
& Completed
2007on-going
Year Awarded
& Completed
20062011
Year Awarded
& Completed
2008- 2009
Year Awarded
& Completed
20072010
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Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
International,Intergovernmental and
Aboriginal Relations (Government of
Alberta)
Historical and Legal Foundations of Metis
Aboriginal Rights in Alberta
Principal Investigator with Catherine Bell (Law)
$42, 252
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
The Life and Death of a Prairie Métis Utopia:
$7,500
Saint-Paul-des-Métis
Principal Investigator
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC 4A
Funding Organization
SSHRC 4A
Saint-Paul-des-Métis: The Making of a Métis
Community
Principal Investigator
$7,500
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC (CURA)
Otipimsuak: Métis Land and Society in Northwest
Saskatchewan
Collaborator – P. I.: Frank Tough
Year Awarded
& Completed
2006-2007
Year Awarded
& Completed
2007- 2008
Year Awarded
& Completed
2006-2008
Year Awarded
& Completed
2003-2010
$1,000,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
SSHRC
“Putting the Métis Back on the Map: ” An
Historical Geography of the Métis Nation
Collaborator – P.I.: Frank Tough
$90,456
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
Secrétariat francophone (Government of
Alberta)
Lacombe Project
Co-investigator with Claude Couture
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
Small faculty (EEF-SAS)
A Social History of Ile-à-la-Crosse
Principal Investigator
$5,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
Provost’s Office
Aboriginal Academic Programming, Recruitment
and Retention of Aboriginal Students
Principal Investigator
$ 40,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
EFF-SAS (Native Studies)
Research
Canative Housing Corporation: A Métis project for
better housing in Edmonton-Archival research in
the Rudnicki papers in Winnipeg
Principal Investigator
$ 2,116.98
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
EFF-SAS (Native Studies)
Travel
Conference on Nationalism
$ 1, 623.46
Year Awarded
& Completed
2003-2010
Year Awarded
& Completed
2003-2006
$50,000
Year Awarded
& Completed
2005-June
2007
Internal Funding
Year Awarded
& Completed
2013Ongoing
Year Awarded
& Completed
2012-2013
Year Awarded
& Completed
2011-2012
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Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
Provost’s Office
Pehonan (The Gathering Place): The University of
Alberta Online Aboriginal Project
Principal Investigator
$ 60,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
EFF-SAS (Campus Saint Jean)
Sur le dos de la grande tortue : Entamer un
rapprochement entre les peuples
Co-Investigator with Paulin Mulatris (Campus SaintJean)
$5,000
Funding Organization
Project Title / Role
Total Amount
Small faculty (EEF-SAS)
A Social History of Ile-à-la-Crosse
Principal Investigator
$5,000
Year Awarded
& Completed
2011Ongoing
Year Awarded
& Completed
2010-2011
Year Awarded
& Completed
2005-June 2007
Research Contributions
Referred Books/Articles/Other :
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with Paulin Mulatris, «Pour une politique de rapprochement entre les peuples autochtones et les nouveaux
arrivants francophones à Edmonton (Alberta)», aboriginal policy studies, Vol. 3, nos. 1-2, 2014: 135-148.
«Le nationalisme métis des années 1970: un tournant politique majeur pour une plus grande
reconnaissance», Revue Fédéralisme-Régionalisme, Liège (Belgium), Volume 13: 2013. URL for this
article : http://popups.ulg.ac.be/federalisme/document.php?id=1200
«Postes, missions et métissages dans les pays d’en haut», Atlas historique de la francophonie nordaméricaine, dans Yves Frenette, Marc Saint-Hilaire et Etienne Rivard, Québec : les presses de l’Université
Laval, 2012: 37-40.
with Etienne Rivard, «Essors et transformations des territorialités franco-métisses», Atlas historique de la
francophonie nord-américaine, dans Yves Frenette, Marc Saint-Hilaire et Etienne Rivard, Québec : les
presses de l’Université Laval, 2012: 95-101.
«La question des terres métisses», Atlas historique de la francophonie nord-américaine, dans Yves
Frenette, Marc Saint-Hilaire et Etienne Rivard, Québec : les presses de l’Université Laval, 2013 : 165-169.
« Les droits autochtones » in Geoffrey Ewen et Colin Coates (eds.), Introduction aux études canadiennes :
Histoire, identités, cultures, Ottawa, Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2012: 137-153.
«Harold Cardinal, précurseur d’un discours national» in Frédéric Boily et Donald Ipperciel (eds), D’une
nation à l'autre : discours nationaux au Canada, Québec, Les presses de l’Université Laval, 2011: 183-208.
«De Saint-Paul-des-Métis à Saint-Paul», in Laurier Turgeon and Yves Bergeron (eds.), Encyclopédie du
patrimoine culturel de l’Amérique française. Laval University http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/fr/, 2011.
with Carole Lévesque, «Repenser le rapport à la ville : pour une histoire autochtone de l’urbanité»,
Nouvelles pratiques sociales, vol. 23, no. 1, 2010: 67-82.
Co-Editor with Brendan Hokowhitu, Chris Andersen and al., Indigenous Identity and Resistance, Otago
(NZ): University of Otago Press, 2010.
«The Nationalist Gaze of an Aboriginal Artist» in Indigenous Identity and Resistance, Otago (NZ):
University of Otago Press, 2010: 169-178.
«Reconsidering Riel: A Necessary Exercise», Inditerra, no. 2, 2010: 35-43. Translation of «Pour une
relecture de Louis Riel», dans André Fauchon (dir.), L’Ouest : directions, dimensions et destinations. Les
Actes du vingtième colloque du CEFCO, Winnipeg, Les Presses de l’Université de Saint-Boniface, 2005:
115-130.
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«Les pistes métisses de l’Ouest canadien», in Laurier Turgeon and Yves Bergeron (eds.), Encyclopédie du
patrimoine culturel de l’Amérique française. Laval University http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/fr/, 2010.
« Le peuple des broderies de perles à motifs floraux », in Laurier Turgeon and Yves Bergeron (eds.),
Encyclopédie
du
patrimoine
culturel
de
l’Amérique
française,
Laval
University.
http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/fr/, 2010.
«Le lac Sainte-Anne : un lieu de pèlerinage franco-amérindien», in Laurier Turgeon and Yves Bergeron
(eds.), Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l’Amérique française. Laval University
http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/fr/, 2010.
«La troisième résistance métisse de l’Ouest canadien: un enjeu de partage», Recherches Amérindiennes au
Québec, Volume XXXIX no. 3, 2009: 97-106.
«Les politiques autochtones canadiennes : de Thomas Flanagan aux conservateurs». In Linda Cardinal et
Jean–Michel Lacroix, eds, Le conservatisme : le Canada et le Québec en contexte, Paris: Presses Sorbonne
Nouvelle, 2009: 73-87.
«Chasse au bison et politique environnementale, au passé et au présent» in Denis Gagnon & Denis Combet,
eds, Histoires et identités métisses: Hommage à Gabriel Dumont. Winnipeg: Presses de l’Université de
Saint-Boniface, 2009: 89-112.
With Charles Bellerose, «Les influences voegelinienne et hayékienne dans les écrits de Thomas Flanagan»,
in Frédéric Boily (ed.), Stephen Harper, de l’école de Calgary au parti conservateur: Les nouveaux visages
du conservatisme canadien, Québec, Les presses de l’Université Laval, 2007: 54-74.
Un passé métis au féminin, Québec, Éditions GID, 2006.
With Frédéric Boily et Natalie Boisvert, «Portrait intellectuel de l’école de Calgary: Définition et influence»
in the International Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue internationale d’études canadiennes, 32 (2005):
175-203.
With Claude Couture, «Writings in Honour of Claude Ryan/Écrits en l’honneur de Claude Ryan», Forum
Constitutionnel/Constitutional Forum, Vol. 13, no 4 et vol. 14, no 1, Edmonton, Centre d’études
constitutionnelles/Centre for Constitutional Studies, 2005.
«Quelques pensées sur l’histoire de l’Alberta» dans Pamela Sing et al., Alberta sans mur(s), Saint-Boniface,
Les presses universitaires de Saint-Boniface, 2005.
«Pour une relecture de Louis Riel», dans André Fauchon (dir.), L’Ouest : directions, dimensions et
destinations. Les Actes du vingtième colloque du CEFCO, Winnipeg, Les Presses de l’Université de SaintBoniface, 2005: 115-130.
With Claude Couture, «The Multiple Affiliations of Quebec», in Janine Brodie and Linda Trimble (eds),
Rethinking Communities, Toronto, Prentice-Hall, 2003.
With Claude Couture (dir.), Fédéralism, nationalisms and identities, Review of Constitutional
Studies/Revue d'études constitutionnelles, vol.7, no. 1-2, 2002.
With Phyllis Leblanc and Monique Hébert (eds.), Entre le quotidien et le politique: facettes de l'histoire des
femmes francophones en milieu minoritaire, Ottawa, Marquis imprimeur and Réseau National Action
Éducation Femmes, 1997, 222 pages.
«De la chasse aux bisons à l'art métis: une contribution de la Métisse à mettre au jour», Francophonies
d'Amérique, no 7, 1997: 19-25.
«Les années américaines de Louis Riel, l'exil au Montana», Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies,
Association Française d’Études Canadiennes, no 43, 1997: 30-42.
«Le rôle des femmes métisses francophones lors des événements de 1870 au Manitoba et de 1885 à Batoche
(Saskatchewan)», Prairie Forum, Vol. 19, no 2, Fall, 1994: 153-68.
Upcoming publications (referreed):
q Chronology : Indigenous Trajectories of Quebec and Canada 1534-2013, researched and prepared for
Dialog-Aboriginal Peoples Research and Knowledge Network, 100 pages.
q (Accepted) «Métis Women’s Knowledge and the Recognition of Métis Rights» in Knowing the Land,
Speaking the Land: Indigenous Women’s Knowledge and Territory, Book co-edited with Isabel AltamiranoJimenez, Athabasca University Press, 2014.
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(Accepted), with Kathy L. Hodgson-Smith, «Community-Based Research and Métis Women’s Knowledge
in Northwest Saskatchewan» in Knowing the Land, Speaking the Land: Indigenous Women’s Knowledge
and Territory, Book co-edited with Isabel Altamirano-Jimenez, Athabasca University Press, 2014.
(Accepted) Knowing the Land, Speaking the Land: Indigenous Women’s Knowledge and Territory, Book
co-edited with Isabel Altamirano-Jimenez, Athabasca University Press, 2014.
(Submitted), with Sarah Carter, «Property Rights on Reserves, “New ideas” from the 19th Century», in
Aboriginal Land Reform edited by Angela Cameron & al., University of Toronto Press, 2014.
(In the works), «Jasper’s New Totem Pole: A symbol of reconciliation or division?» will be submitted to the
International Journal of Canadian Studies.
(In the works), «Canative Housing Corporation (1971-2005): A Métis project for better housing in
Edmonton» will be submitted to the Journal of Canadian Studies.
(In the works), «Repousser les frontières du fédéralisme et de l’impérialisme canadien: une remise en
question autochtone à travers les écrits de Louis Riel et Jules Sioui» to MENS : revue d’histoire
intellectuelle et culturelle.
(In the works), «Louis Riel et les Métis dans les écrits du père Lacombe» will be submitted to the Canadian
Historical Review.
(In the works) Le Père Albert Lacombe OMI : Entre la religion et le savoir, Québec, les Presses de
l’Université Laval, 2015.
Non-Referred Books/Articles/Comments/Book Reviews/Other:
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«Interview with Nathalie Kermoal», author Julie Cunningham, Dialog Newsletter 2012: 6-9.
L’Activisme autochtone : hier et aujourd’hui, Cahiers DIALOG, Sous la direction de Carole Lévesque,
Nathalie Kermoal et Daniel Salée, Montréal, 2011.
«Surmonter les pesanteurs de l’histoire», Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens, Summer/été 2011: 26-28
«Aboriginal Women and Leadership: A Day of Reflection», Dialog Newsletter, June 2010: 3-7.
Les francophones de l’Alberta. Éditions GID, Québec, 2005.
The Francophones of Alberta. Éditions GID, Québec, 2005.
Variations sur un thème : la francophonie albertaine dans tous ses états, Salon d’histoire de la francophonie
albertaine, Edmonton, 2003.
«Missing From History: The Economic, Social and Political Roles of Métis Women of the Mackenzie Basin
1790-1990» in Picking up the Threads: Métis History in the Mackenzie Basin, Métis Heritage Association
of the Northwest Territories and Parks Canada-Patrimoine Canadien, Heritage Canada, Yellowknife, 1998:
137-169.
«Métis et marginalité: le cas de Saint-Paul-des-Métis», in Carol J. Harvey and Alan MacDonell (ed.), La
francophonie sur les marges, Winnipeg, CEFCO and Les Presses Universitaires de Saint-Boniface, 1997:
41-51.
Book Reviews:
q Ute Lischke & David T. McNab, editors. The long Journey of a Forgotten People: Métis identities and
Family Histories. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007, Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90,
issue 1, March 2009: 155-157.
q J.R. Miller, Lethal Legacy: Current Native Controversies in Canada, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Ltd.,
2004 for Great Plains Quarterly, Winter, Vol. 27 no 1, 2007, p. 73.
q J.M. Bumsted, Louis Riel c. Canada: Les années rebelles, Saint-Boniface, Éditions des Plaines, 2005 for les
Cahiers franco-canadiens de l'Ouest, Vol. 15, no 1 et 2, 2005, pp. 255-257.
q Laura Peers, The Ojibwa of Western Canada: 1780 to 1870 and Katherine Pettipas, Severing The Ties That
Bind: Government Repression of Indigenous Religious Ceremonies on the Prairies, Winnipeg, The
University of Manitoba Press, 1994 for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Exchange
(SSHARE/ÉRASSH), Vol. 4, no 2, Fall/Winter, 1996.
q Franca Iacovetta et Mariana Velverde, Gender Conflicts: New Essays in Women's History, Toronto,
University of Toronto Press, 1992, Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, vol. 47, no 3 (winter), 1994.
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Bruce Hodgins et Jamie Benidickson, The Temagami Experience: Recreation, Resource, and Aboriginal
Rights in the Northern Ontario Wilderness, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1989, Histoire
sociale/Social History, vol. XXV, no 50 (Novembre-November 1992).
J. R. Miller, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada, Toronto,
University of Toronto Press, 198, Histoire sociale/Social History, vol. XXV, no 50 (Novembre-November),
1992.
Sarah Carter, Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy, Montreal and
Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990, Histoire sociale/Social History, vol. XXV, no 49 (MaiMay), 1992.
Conferences:
q 2014: Invited speaker, First Nations and Métis Communities in the Prairie Provinces, Aboriginal Law
Seminar, National Judicial Institute, March 4-7, 2014.
q 2014: Panelist. «Sparking Debate Over the Term Genocide» presented at the conference Understanding
Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide, Mount Royal University, Calgary,
February 19-21, 2014.
q 2014: Panelist, Panel discussion on Ism's in Teaching: How to deal with sensitive issues such as racism,
genderism, sexism and so on in the classroom, Edmonton, University of Alberta, January 8, 2014.
q 2013: Keynote speaker, Canative Housing Corporation: Un projet métis novateur, University of SaintBoniface (Winnipeg), Keynote conference presented at the conference Le Canada: une culture de
métissage: Transcultural Canada, October 24-25, 2013.
q 2013: Panelist, Panel discussion of education leaders on the main aim of higher education is to produce
employable graduates, Edmonton, University of Alberta, March 20.
q 2013: Panelist, Panel discussion Beyond the 'Can Women Have It All' Debate: Gender and the Academy,
Edmonton, University of Alberta, March 6.
q 2013: «De la preuve à l'action: Les femmes autochtones victimes de violence dans l'Ouest canadien»,
Edmonton, Campus Saint-Jean, January 30.
q 2013: Panelist, Panel discussion on Ism's in Teaching: How to deal with sensitive issues such as racism,
genderism, sexism and so on in the classroom, Edmonton, University of Alberta, January 11.
q 2012: «Jasper’s New Totem Pole: A symbol of reconciliation or division?», Paper presented at the
conference Thinking Mountains Interdiciplinary Mountain Studies, Edmonton, December 11-14.
q 2012: «Canative Housing Corporation (1971-2005): A Métis project for better housing in Edmonton», paper
presented at the conference Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Aboriginal Housing, Homelessness, Space and
Identity in Canada, Edmonton, November 21-22.
q 2012: «Sur le dos de la grande tortue: pour une politique de rapprochement entre les peuples», Paper
presented at the GRITI conference, Transferts des savoirs; savoirs des pratiques. Production et mobilisation
des savoirs pour une communauté inclusive, Edmonton, October, 11-13.
q 2012: Invited speaker, «Métis Women’s Knowledge and the Recognition of Métis Rights», Concordia
University, Montréal, August 21.
q 2012: Workshop participant, «Edmonton Urban Aboriginal Gathering & Dialogue», Edmonton, Feb. 7.
Event organized by the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada and the City of Edmonton.
q 2012: Workshop participant, «Creating Identities: A Discussion of Non Status Indians», Policy Workshop,
Concordia University (Montréal- Québec), Feb. 21. Organized by Prof. Daniel Salée.
q 2012: Panelist, May 9. «The new Aboriginal Modernity/La nouvelle modernité autochtone» presented at the
80th Congress of Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS)/Francophone Association for
Knowledge, Montréal.
q 2012: «Le nationalisme métis des années 70: un tournant politique majeur pour une plus grande
reconnaissance?» presented at the Société Québécoise de Sciences politiques (Quebec Society of Political
Science), Ottawa, May 23-24. Abstract submitted for review.
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the Association for Canadian Studies, Les Regards sur le patrimoine historique et géographique canadien :
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2011: «La Faculté d’études autochtones de l’Université de l’Alberta : une vue de l’intérieur», 79th
ACFAS congress, Sherbrooke, Québec, May 10.
2011: «L’envahisseur a fait mourir le patriote Louis Riel» by Jules Sioui, paper presented at the 79th
ACFAS congress, Sherbrooke, Québec, May 9.
2011: «The Third Métis « Resistance » or the Fight for Recognition of Hunting Rights in Alberta, » paper
presented at the conference People and Politics. Mount Allison University, Moncton. March 3 to 5.
2010: «Le père Lacombe, les Métis, Louis Riel et les événements de 1869-70 et de 1885», paper presented
at Colloquium From Pierre-Esprit Radisson to Louis Riel: voyageurs and Metis/De Pierre Esprit Radisson
à Louis Riel: voyageurs et Métis, Saint-Boniface University, Winnipeg, 18-20 November.
2010: Invited speaker, Repenser le rapport à la ville : Pour une histoire autochtone de l’Urbanité, Groupe de
recherche sur l’inter/transcuralité et l’immigration (GRITI), CSJ, October 15, 2010.
2010: «The Unsung Heroes of Batoche», paper presented at the Symposium Aboriginal Women and
Leadership: A Day of Reflection, Faculty of Native Studies/DIALOG, Campus Saint-Jean (University of
Alberta), Edmonton, March 26.
2010: «Le savoir et le savoir-faire des Métisses de l’Ouest canadien entourant la médecine traditionnelle»,
paper presented at the 78th Congress of l’ACFAS, Montréal, May 10.
2010: Panelist for the forum «L’émergence d’une société civile autochtone au Québec : génèse, enjeux,
défis»,78th Congress of l’ACFAS, Montréal, May 12.
2009: Chair of a session and rapporteur, «Consultation and the Métis», Working Forum on the Duty to
Consult : Now What?, October 22-23, Faculty of Native Studies and SEE, Edmonton.
2008: «Métis Nationalism: Trends and Issues». Paper presented at the conference Forms of Nationalism in
Canada, Institute of Canadian Studies, University of Alberta, November 21-22.
2008: Invited speaker, «Les Métis de l'Ouest canadien et la chasse, au passé et au présent», paper presented
at INRS, Université du Québec, November 17.
2008: «La ville comme palimseste: Saint-Albert et son passé metis», paper presented at the 61st Congress of
the Historical Institute of French America, Québec (Québec), October 25.
2008 : Invited speaker on a panel of experts entitled «Métis Women’s History of Resistance and Survival:
Stories of Batoche ». The speakers were: Dr. Sarah Carter, Rita Bouvier, Marg Harrison Elder and Artist,
Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette, Dr. Brenda MacDougall and Dr. Maria Campbell. I presented a paper entitled:
«The roles of Métis Women in Batoche in 1885», Batoche, Saskatchewan, May 9.
2008: «The Métis, Laurent Garneau and the University of Alberta: North Saskatchewan Stories», paper
presented at the conference Laurent Garneau and the Métis, Institute of Canadian Studies/Faculty of Native
Studies, University of Alberta, April 10-11.
2008: With Prof. Catherine Bell, «Legal and Historical Foundations of Métis Rights in Alberta», paper
presented at the Legal History Symposium, Poet’s Cove, British Columbia, February 8.
2007: «Les Métis et le Canada ou comment sortir du purgatoire perpétuel», paper presented at the
conference 25th Anniversary of the Canadian Constitution: Perspectives from the West, Institute of
Canadian Studies, University of Alberta, April 20-24, 2007.
2007: «Voegelinian and Hayekian Influences in Thomas Flanagan’s Writing», paper presented at the
conference Research as Resistance: Exploring the Diversity of Indigenous Studies Approaches, Faculty of
Native Studies, Lister Conference Centre, Edmonton, August 22-24.
2006: «Un passé métis au quotidien et au féminin», paper presented during the 59th Congress of the Institut
d’histoire de l’Amérique française, Une histoire au quotidien, Montreal (Quebec), October 19, 20 and 21.
2006: «Chasse aux bisons et politique environnementale, au passé et au présent», paper presented at the
Conference Gabriel Dumont : histoire et identité metises, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, September 21, 22 and
23.
2005: «Elitekey: The Nationalist Gaze of an Aboriginal Artist», paper presented at an international
conference entitled Indigenous Women and Feminism, Edmonton, Alberta. August 25-28.
International Conferences:
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Edmonton, 1971-2005 », Minzu-Alberta Joint Worshop, China, June 13, 2014.
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2014: Limoges, France. Keynote Speaker. « L’éducation autochtone au Canada». Université de
Limoges, April 11, 2014.
2014: Limoges, France. Keynote Speaker. «Comprendre le mouvement Idle No More». Université de
Limoges, April 10, 2014.
2014: La Rochelle, France. Keynote Speaker. «Pour une histoire urbaine autochtone: le cas du Québec».
Université de La Rochelle, April 3, 2014.
2014: Poitiers, France. Chair, session «Les conditions de la connaissance de l’autre. Vidéo, Cyberespace,
Muséographie». Conférence internationale Amérindianités et savoirs, International conference
Amérindianités et savoirs, University of Poitiers, March 20, 2014.
2014: Poitiers, France. «Réflexions sur les savoirs autochtones à travers le regard des femmes», paper
presented at the International conference Amérindianités et savoirs, University of Poitiers, March 19-21,
2014.
2014: Poitiers, France. Round Table: «Chercheurs autochtones et savoirs scientifiques des Amériques»
with Patrice Maniglier (Univ. Paris X), Gildon Mendes (Universidade Federal do Amazones, Manaus,
Brazil), Joâo Paulo Tukano (Universidade Federal do Amazones, Manaus, Brazil). Moderator: Michel
Riaudel. International conference Amérindianités et savoirs, University of Poitiers, March 19-21, 2014.
2014: Poitiers, France. Keynote Speaker. «Les programmes d’études autochtones au Canada». Université
de Poitiers.
2013: Rennes, France. «La guerre des mémoires pour engendrer un devoir de mémoire: le cas de la murale
Grandin à Edmonton en Alberta», Paper presented at the French Association of Canadian Studies, June 1215.
2012: Vienna, Austria. «Connecting urban and aboriginal histories: Methodological Considerations For an
urban Aboriginal history in Quebec», Paper presented at the Americanistas Congress, July 19-22, 2012.
2011: Montpellier, France. «Repousser les frontières du fédéralisme et de l’impérialisme canadien: une
remise en question autochtone», Paper presented at the conference Stretching Borders: How Far Can
Canada Go?, June 15-18, 2011.
2011: Nantes, France. Invited speaker. «La reconnaissance des droits des Métis de l’Alberta:
Réconciliation ou tension?», Paper presented at the conference Droits de L’homme et recherche
universitaire dans les Amériques: Société civile et droits des autochtones et des afro-descendants, June 6,
2011.
2010: Beig Meil, France. Invited speaker. «Le Métis, le sang-mêlé et le mestizo: Pour une analyse
comparée d’une identité contestée», Paper presented at the conference La dynamique des droits :
examplarités autochtone et bretonne, February 16-19, 2010.
2009: Grenoble, France. «La troisième « résistance» métisse de l’Ouest canadien : une simple question de
partage». Paper presented at the conference Living in Canada : Accords et Dissonances, Association
française d’études canadiennes, June 11-12, 2009.
2009: Innsbruck, Austria. Keynte speaker. «The Métis and Canada: The On-going Fight for Recognition».
Centre for Canadian Studies at Innsbruck, May 7, 2009.
2009: Oxford, England. «Who are you?”; “Justify your existence to Us?”: The Métis Fight for Inclusion in
a Bilingual and Multicultural Canada». Paper presented at the conference Being, Becoming and Belonging:
Multiculturalism, Diversity and Social Inclusion in Modern Canada, British Association of Canadian
Studies, March 28-30, 2009.
2007: Paris, France. «Thomas Flanagan et la propriété privée dans les réserves autochtones». Paper
presented at the conference Le conservatisme : le Canada en contexte organized by La Sorbonne Nouvelle
Paris 3, April 27 et 28, 2007.
2007: Mexico City, Mexico. «The Role, The Place and The Politics of the Mestizos, the Mixed Blood and
the Métis in North America». Paper presented with Dr. Isabel Altamirano-Jimenez at the Conference
organized by the Mexican Canadian Studies Association entitled Territorio y sociedad en América del
Norte. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, February 13-15, 2007.
2006: Dunedin, New Zealand. «Elitekey by Teresa Marshall». Paper presented at the conference
Celebrating Indigenous Knowledge: Turoua ngă whetŭ, February 14-17, 2006.
2005: Edinburgh, Scotland. «From ‘Forgotten People’ to Aboriginal People: Canada and the Métis».
Paper presented at the International colloquium First Nations, First Thoughts, August 4-6, 2005.
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1998: Sydney, Australia. «The Reform Party and The Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: Prospects for
Diversity and Equality?» presented at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Colloquium entitled
Diversity in Australia, Canada and New Zealand: Challenges and Opportunities, July 9-1, 1998.
Conference Organization:
q 2011: Edmonton, Alberta. Organizer: Sharing Indigenous Languages: Reflective Dialogue and Creative
Approaches, Campus Saint-Jean, May 19.
q 2011: Sherbrooke, Québec. Co- organizer with Daniel Salée: L’activisme politique autochtone aux 20e et
21e siècles: une histoire à découvrir, 79th ACFAS congress, May 9.
q 2010: Edmonton, Alberta. Co-organizer with Pamela Sing et al.: Impenser la francophonie:
Renouvellement, recherches, diversité, identité, CEFCO, Campus Saint-Jean, September 24-25.
q 2010: Edmonton, Alberta. Organizer: Symposium Aboriginal Women and Leadership: A Day of
Reflection, Campus Saint-Jean, Faculty of Native Studies and Dialog, March 26.
q 2008: Edmonton, Alberta. Organizer: Laurent Garneau and the Métis, Campus Saint-Jean, Faculty of
Native Studies and Institute of Canadian Studies (CSJ), March 26-27.
q 2008: Edmonton, Alberta. Co-organizer with Claude Couture, Donald Ipperciel, Frédéric Boily,
Conservatism and Nationalism in Canada, Institute of Canadian Studies, November 21 and 22.
q 2007: Edmonton, Alberta. Co-organizer with Claude Couture, Donald Ipperciel, Frédéric Boily and MarieClaude Levert, 25th Anniversary of the Canadian Constitution: Perspectives from the West, Institut of
Canadian Studies (CSJ), November 22 to 24.
q 2007: Edmonton, Alberta. Co-organizer with Dr. Isabel Altamirano-Jimenez and Emily Snyder of the
conference Research as Resistance: Exploring the Diversity of Indigenous Studies Approaches, Faculty of
Native Studies, Lister Conference Centre, August 22-24.
q 2004: Edmonton, Alberta. Involved in the planning of a conference entitled Métis Nation Rights and SelfGovernment with the Métis National Council (Ottawa). The conference enabled academics and members of
the Métis communities in Western Canada to interact. March 11-13.
q 2001: Edmonton, Alberta. Co-organizer of Bringing It Home: Reclaiming Democracy that was held at the
University of Alberta by the Parkland Institute, November 15-18. Featured: Mark Kingwell, Michael Valpy,
Judy Rebick, Andrew Coyne.
q 1999: Edmonton, Alberta. Co-organizer of a conference entitled Federalism, Identities and Nationalisms
with the French Association of Alberta and the University of Alberta in December 10-12 at the Hotel
MacDonald in Edmonton. This national event gathered together academics from across the country.
Contributions to Student Training, Honours and Graduate supervision, Community Research
Training
Ph.D.:
q Examiner (External), Political Science, Julie Perreault, Féminisme du Care et féminisme autochtone: une
approche phénoménologique de la violence en Occident, Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Completed, Defense
October 4, 2013.
q Member of committee: Tracy Bear, English and Film/Native Studies, U of A, Don’t Leave Out the Good
Parts! Reviving Indigenous Stories of Sex and Sexuality, Ph.D., incomplete.
Masters Students:
q Norma Dunning (FNS), M.A. Supervisor, The Eskimo Identification Canada System, M.A. in Native
Studies, completed, April 2014.
q Katarina Welsch (Campus Saint-Jean), M.A. supervisor, Catharine R. Whyte et la préservation du
patrimoine culturel des Rocheuses canadienne: une visionnaire en avance sur son temps, M.A. in Canadian
Studies, completed, 2013.
q Examiner (External): Angelica Quesada (Political Science), Reframing the World. Local Communities and
Multinational Corporations-The case of Cajamarca, Colombia, M.A. in Political Science, completed, 2013.
q Examiner: Natasha Young (Campus Saint-Jean), Retention of wooded ecosystems and plant and lichen
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diversity on a First Nations Reserve compared to three other land uses in the Central Boreal Mixed-wood
of northeast Alberta, Canada, M.A. in Canadian Studies, completed, November 27, 2013.
Examiner (External): Tye Walter (Political Science), The Transborder Mohawk community of Akwesasne
and the competing claims of sovereignty and the possibilities to reconcile them, Defense 2014 (to be
confirmed).
Val Knaga (Campus Saint-Jean), M.A. supervisor, In the shadow of the Cross: St. Albert and the Métis
Experience of Oblate Settlement, M.A. in Canadian Studies/Native Studies, Not completed.
Examiner: Dustin McNichol, Canadian Studies, Campus Saint-Jean, Histoire contestée: structure et contenu
du débat historique, M.A., Thesis, completed, 2011.
Examiner (external): Melissa Vernier, History, Laurentian University, Pour une perspective amérindienne
du missionariat oblat: Analyse photographique des relations entretenues entre les pères oblats et les Cris de
Fort Albany, 1892-1929, M.A., Thesis, completed, 2010.
Examiner (external): Jessica Abdallah, Drama, U of A, Annie Mae’s Movement, M.A., Thesis, completed,
2010.
Committee member (chair): Bernard Salva, Canadian Studies, M.A., Thesis, completed, 2009.
Examiner: Natalie Boisvert, Canadian Studies, Campus Saint-Jean, Entre autonomie et tolérance: l’école
publique et le défi de la religion, M.A., Thesis, completed, 2008.
Committee member (chair): Nicole Nolette, Canadian Studies, M.A., Thesis, completed, 2008.
Honours Supervision:
q Supervisor : Kirsten Lindquist, Native Studies, Indigenous “Twibes” in 140 characters or less: how
Indigenous Academics use Twitter for Resistance and Resurgence, Honour’s, Honour’s paper, completed,
April 2013.
q Supervisor: Morgan Bamford, Native Studies, In the Role of Paternal Despot: Adams Archibald and the
Red River Métis Lands Issue 1870 –1872, Honour’s, Honour’s paper, completed, April 2011.
q Supervisor: Erin Sutherland, Native Studies, Decolonization of the Body in the Work of Rebecca Belmore,
Honour’s, Honour’s paper, completed, April 2010.
q Supervisor: Darlene Bouvier, Native Studies, The History of the Bouvier Family of Northwest
Saskatchewan, Honour’s Thesis, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, completed, April 2008.
q Valerie Knaga, St. Albert: A Historical Métis Community in the Keeping, Honour’s Thesis, School of Native
Studies, University of Alberta, completed, April 2005.
q July 28-31 2005. As part of the ongoing research with Dr. Tough’s CURA Otipimsuak, I participated in a
two-day workshop (July 28-30, 2005) with members of the Métis communities of Northern Saskatchewan,
the University of Saskatchewan, at Palmbere in Northwestern Saskatchewan during the Palmbere Days, a
celebration of Métis heritage. On July 29 2006, Leanna Parker (Ph.D. Student in Native Studies/Rural
Economy) and I presented a Power Point presentation entitled The Métis in the 1881, 1891 and 1901
Censuses of the Northwest Saskatchewan.
Roger Smith Supervision:
This award is intended to cultivate and support research partnerships between undergraduate students and
faculty members in SSHRC fundable disciplines.
q Madeline Whetung, Curve Lake First Nation Community Garden Project, Summer 2012.
q Marshal German, The Canative Housing Corporation Oral History Project, Summer 2011.
Contributions to Student Training:
From 2005 to 2008, I have hired and supervised 7 students (2 undergraduates and 5 graduate students) to
complete research on Ile à la Crosse, Father Lacombe and Saint-Paul-des Métis. These students engaged in
archival research and data entry through spreadsheets. From 2006 to 2008, 13 students in Law, Native Studies
and History (graduate and undergraduate) have been hired to work on the Historical and Legal Foundations of
Métis Aboriginal Rights in Alberta project. From 2008 to 2013, I have hired and supervised 15 students for
different projects (6 of these students were graduate students: MA and Ph.D). Most of them have been engaged
in historical research as well as interviewing Métis elders or helping organize focus groups with Aboriginal
students and francophone immigrants.
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Significant Contributions to Professional, Academic and Community Service
Professional Service
From July 1st, 2008 to June 30, 2009: On sabbatical
University of Alberta:
2013: Member of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Teaching and Learning
2011-2012: Member of Dean’s Council
2011-2012: Member of General Faculties Council
2011-2012: Member of President's Research Awards Advisory Committee (PRAAC)
2010-on-going: McCalla Professorships Selection Committee (small faculties)
2011-2012: Member of the Northern Council
2011-2012: Member of the SSHRC Deans committee
2011-2012: Member of the School of Energy and the Environment board
2011-ongoing: Member on the Council on Aboriginal Initiatives
2010-2011: Member of the Committee on the Learning Environment (CLE)
2009-2011: Member of Academic Standard committee (ASC)
2006-2012: Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLAT) presided by Dr. Carl Amrhein (Provost).
2005-2006: E-Learning Plan Development Committee presided by Dr. Paul Sorenson (Vice-Provost and
Associate VP Info Tech).
2005-2006: L2 Liaison Committee.
Faculty of Native Studies:
2012-ongoing: Graduate Studies Committee
2010-2012: Member of Faculty Evaluation Committee
2011-2012: Chair, selection committee for two appointments in Native Studies
2009-ongoing: Member of the Executive Committee
2009-ongoing: Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
2010: Chair of the hiring committee for the new Faculty student advisor
2009: Member of the hiring committee for the new Assistant Dean finance
2007-ongoing: Acting Dean (regularly replaced former Dean while away)
2007: Chair of the Curriculum Review Committee
2007-2008: Chair of Academic Affairs Committee
2007: Member of the Academic Unit Review Committee
2007: Chair Research as Resistance conference committee
2006: Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
2005-2006: Member of Research Methods and Theory Undergraduate Curriculum Working Group
2005: Member of the Technology Committee
2005-ongoing: Scholarship and Award Committee
2005: Candle Light Vigil (Chair of the committee in 2006)
2004-ongoing: Member of FNS Faculty Council
Committees with other Faculties, University of Alberta:
2012-ongoing: Member, Board of Directors, Centre for Constitutional Studies, Faculty of Law.
2011-2012: Member of the steering committee of the Institute of Canadian Studies (Campus Saint-Jean).
2011-2012: Member of the selection committee for the Director, Office of Indigenous Health, Faculty of
Medicine and Dentistry.
2011-2012: Chair, selection committee for the cross-appointed position, FNS/Law.
2009-2010: Member of the Groupe de recherche sur l’inter/transculturalité et l’immigration (GRITI), Campus
Saint-Jean.
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Outside the University:
2013: Member of the John Bullen Prize committee, Canadian Historical Association. The John Bullen Prize
honours the outstanding Ph.D. thesis on a historical topic submitted in a Canadian university by a Canadian
citizen or permanent resident.
2011-2012: Member of the Rupert’s Land Institute Board of Governors (Edmonton). Métis Nation of Alberta.
2008-ongoing: Member of the board of directors of the research cluster Dialog: Research and Knowledge
Network relating to Aboriginal peoples at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Université
du Québec (Montréal).
2011-ongoing: Member, Board of SSHRC-CURA Odena, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS),
Université du Québec (Montréal).
2011-2012: Member of the Grandin Station Mural Working Circle comprising members of the Aboriginal
Relations Office of the City of Edmonton, the French Canadian Association, the Francophone Youth of Alberta,
Aboriginal artists, UofA Academics.
Academic Service
Grant Referee
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide à la Recherche (FRQSC)
Book Manuscript Referee
Review of Manuscripts for Aid to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP) administered by the Canadian
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS); The University of Laval Press; Athabasca
University Press; Fernwood Books; UBC Press and Les Éditions du Blé (Manitoba).
Journal Referee
The International Review of Canadian Studies; Anthropologie et sociétés; Nouvelles pratiques sociales;
Francophonies d’Amérique; Canadian Journal of Political Science; History of Intellectual Culture; Recherches
amérindiennes au Québec; Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. I have also refereed papers for The
Aboriginal Policy Research Network published in partnership with the Institute On Governance.
External Reviewer, Academic Programs
Thompson Rivers University. History Department. Review of the undergraduate program 2011.
Community and Public Activities
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Regular guest lecturer in Native Studies courses as well as Law and Campus Saint-Jean, University of
Alberta.
Regular French commentator on TV and radio on Aboriginal Issues (French and English CBC/CHFA
(radio) and CBXFT (TV).
2014: Guest Speaker, «Les Métis de l’Alberta», Plaisir d'apprendre 2014 organized by La Fédération des
aînés franco-albertains (FAFA).
2014: Guest Speaker: «Analyser le mouvement Idle No More», North Central Teachers Convention,
February 7, Edmonton.
2013: Guest Speaker, «Comprendre Idle no More/Understanding Idle no More», Plaisir d'apprendre 2013
organized by La Fédération des aînés franco-albertains (FAFA) et l’École des langues du Campus St-Jean.
Spoke in front of 80 seniors from the Franco-Albertan community, Edmonton, Alberta, April 29 to May 3.
2013: Guest Speaker, «Les autochtones du Canada», Journée d’échange interculturel, Edmonton, Alberta,
March 2. Spoke in front of 120 francophone emigrants.
2013: Guest Speaker, «Les Métis de l’Alberta/The Métis in Alberta», North Central Teachers Convention,
February 7, Edmonton.
2012: Guest Speaker, «La pertinence actuelle des traités signés avec les Autochtones/The contemporary
relevance of treaties signed with First Nations», North Central Teachers Convention, February 9, Edmonton.
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2011: Participated in one-day peer-review of Dialog’s activities by Members of the Fonds Québécois de
Recherche Société et Culture (FQRSC), October 11, Montréal.
2011: Guest Speaker, «La contribution des Autochtones dans l’histoire du Canada et de l’Alberta à
l’honneur/Honoring the Historical Contributions of Aboriginal People in Alberta and Canada», North
Central Teachers Convention, February 10, Edmonton.
2009: Guest speaker for the Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en français (CERF), «Le sentier
Carlton/The Carlton Trail», Campus Saint-Jean, Edmonton, Alberta.
2008: Guest speaker by the Gabriel Dumont Institute (Saskatchewan) to participate at the Aboriginal Day
Events at Batoche, Saskatchewan. I presented on Métis women in front of Métis community members.
2008: January and February, 2008. 2 Meetings at Métis Nation of Alberta with Fran Hyndman and Athena
Lothian on Michif in Alberta. Dr. Pat McCormack and I helped Fran and Athena develop research strategies
and methodologies so they could conduct research with Métis elders on the Michif language.
2008: Guest speaker for the Institut Guy-Lacombe de la famille to present on «The Métis and the
Francophones in Western Canada» at Fort Edmonton in front of Métis and Francophone community
members, Edmonton, Alberta.
August 2007, 2006 and 2005: I was invited by Alberta Education to give workshops on Aboriginal
perspectives to help teachers make the transition to the new Alberta social studies program.
2006: As part Dr. Tough’s CURA steering committee Otipimsuak: Métis Land and Society in Northwest
Saskatchewan, I participated in a meeting in Buffalo Narrows in July 2006 to commemorate the scrip
commission that came to northern Saskatchewan in 1906.
2006: Following the success of my book on Alberta’s Francophones, I was invited by the Calgary Board of
Education to do a one-day workshop entitled Exploring the Francophone Perspective on January 30, 2006
for their new social studies program. I spoke on Métis and Francophone history to a large group (around
100) of teachers.
2006: I was part of an advisory group consisting of Bev Findlay, Dr. Ellen Bielawski, Val Napoleon and
myself to help the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) design guidelines for the
recruitment and retention of Aboriginal women volunteers on a project entitled Volunteerism in Aboriginal
Communities: Volunteer – Who Me?
2006: Invited by the Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en français (CERF) to give a talk on Alberta’s
francophones during the French immersion week for Federal civil servants.
2006: Part of an advisory group to evaluate the French version of the DVD Behind the Badge produced by
Bearpaw Media Production (Native Counselling Services of Alberta).
2005: As part of CURA Otipimsuak: Métis Land and Society in Northwest Saskatchewan I participated in a
research forum in Saskatoon with Métis community members on June 13 to June 17th.
Professional Development
2014: U15: Aboriginal Student Success Meeting, Ottawa, April 24, 2014.
2013: Lloyd Barber Summit on Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education: "Identifying Best Practices", Regina,
Saskatchewan, May 23-24.
2012: Senior Administrator’s Retreat, June 20, Edmonton, Alberta.
2011: Senior Administrator’s Retreat, August 25 to 27, Banff, Alberta.
2011: Participated to the New Deans and Senior Administrators Orientation Program organized by the UofA (5
weeks course).
2011: Participated in a two-day Strategic Planning Workshop with the Rupertsland Institute (April 4 and 5).
2010: ED-Media: World conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications,
Toronto, June 29-July 2.
2010: Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC), “Dare to Share: Transcending
Boundaries in Leadership”, Edmonton, Alberta, April 29 - May 1.
2009: CAUT Forum for Aboriginal Academic Staff - Transforming the Academy, Saskatoon, November 13-15.
2008: Academic Leadership Program (Chair school), Strengthening Leadership in Higher Education, 3 day
retreat, Edmonton, May 20, 21 and 22.
2008: Participated in a seminar on Human Resources for the Academic Leader, Edmonton, April 29
2007: Participated in a seminar on Lessons Learned: the FEC Process, Edmonton, December 3.
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2007: University Teaching Services (UTS) workshop “Teaching Enhanced Research” with Dr. Angela Brew,
Associate Professor in the Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Sydney.
2007: UTS workshop “Tired of Marking Papers? Untraditional Assignments in the Humanities and Social
Sciences” with Dr. John-Paul Himka, History and Classics (2006 Winner of the Rutherford Award for
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching).
2006: Workshop on how to use the computer program Filemaker Pro.
Memberships
Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS)
Canadian Historical Association
Canadian Studies Association
French Association of Canadian Studies