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Speaking Silences and Divulging Secrets

By Karen L. Marrero in Author Posts, Excerpt | September 14th 2020

An excerpt from Karen L. Marrero’s Detroit’s Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century. Keep reading »

Manitoba 150 Excerpt #6: Creating Space

By U of M Press in Excerpt, MB 150 | August 24th 2020

An excerpt from the life story of Verna J. Kirkness, a Cree woman from Manitoba, whose simple quest to teach “in a Native way,” revolutionized Canadian education policy and practice. Keep reading »

Isabelle St-Amand on Indigenous cinema and media

By U of M Press in In the News | August 13th 2020

The author of Stories of Oka to launch new issue of CJFS she co-edited. Keep reading »

Manitoba 150 Excerpt #5: Winnipeg Beach

By U of M Press in Excerpt, MB 150 | August 6th 2020

An excerpt from Dale Barbour’s book on leisure and courtship in a resort town. Keep reading »

Treasure hid in a field

By U of M Press | July 28th 2020

A discussion of “Met Pahpe opp’e Shtahp,” a fabric artwork created by Making Believe author Magdalene Redekop’s sister Elizabeth Falk. Keep reading »

Manitoba 150 Excerpt #4: Winnipeg 1912

By U of M Press in Excerpt, MB 150 | July 24th 2020

An excerpt from Jim Blanchard’s first book, set in 1912, when no city on the continent was growing faster or was more aggressive than Winnipeg. Keep reading »