Books – Oral History & Storytelling

Invisible Immigrants

The English in Canada since 1945

Marilyn Barber (Author), Murray Watson (Author)

Giving voice to the English immigrant.

Published March 2015 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Identity Studies, Immigration, Oral History & Storytelling
The Edge of the Woods

Iroquoia, 1534-1701

Jon Parmenter (Author)

A re-examination of the relationship between mobility and Iroquois power.

Published July 2014 | Decolonization, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Oral History & Storytelling
Indigenous Women, Work, and History

1940–1980

Mary Jane Logan McCallum (Author)

A modern history of Indigenous labour in the Canadian workforce.

Published May 2014 | Critical Studies in Native History, Gender Studies, History, Indigenous Studies, Labour Studies, Oral History & Storytelling, Women’s Studies
Mind’s Eye

Stories from Whapmagoostui

Susan Marshall (Editor), Emily Masty (Author)

An evocative collection of stories of Cree history and culture from northern Quebec.

Published April 2014 | History, Indigenous Studies, Oral History & Storytelling, Resource Management
The Search for a Socialist El Dorado

Finnish Immigration to Soviet Karelia from the United States and Canada in the 1930s

Alexey Golubev (Author), Irina Takala (Author)

The untold story of the founding and subsequent destruction of a Finnish socialist community in the Soviet Union.

Published March 2014 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration, Oral History & Storytelling, Political Studies
Masculindians

Conversations about Indigenous Manhood

Sam McKegney (Editor)

Inspiring interviews with leading writers and activists on the past, present, and future of Indigenous masculinity.

Published February 2014 | Gender Studies, Indigenous Studies, Oral History & Storytelling
Elder Brother and the Law of the People

Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Robert Alexander Innes (Author)

An entirely new way of viewing Aboriginal cultural identity on the northern plains.

Published November 2013 | Critical Studies in Native History, History, Indigenous Studies, Law, Oral History & Storytelling
The Constructed Mennonite

History, Memory, and the Second World War

Hans Werner (Author)

One man, four identities, and a son’s quest to reconcile the public and private histories of his Mennonite father in WWII.

Published April 2013 | Biography, History, Immigration, Mennonite Studies, Oral History & Storytelling
Centering Anishinaabeg Studies

Understanding the World Through Stories

Jill Doerfler (Editor), Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Editor), Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Editor)

A foundational text for understanding the field of Aboriginal Studies.

Published March 2013 | History, Indigenous Studies, Literary Criticism, Literature, Oral History & Storytelling
Stories in a New Skin

Approaches to Inuit Literature

Keavy Martin (Author)

A groundbreaking introduction to Inuit literary criticism.

Published November 2012 | Contemporary Studies on the North, Indigenous Studies, Inuit Studies, Literary Criticism, Oral History & Storytelling, Performing Arts