- July 25, 2012
For Tim Winegard, author of For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War, Sarnia is his hometown.
Please join Tim at local institution The Book Keeper on Wednesday, July 25 at 7:00 pm for a reading and signing of his comprehensive history of the Aboriginal WWI experience.
About the Book
In his groundbreaking new book, For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War, Timothy C. Winegard reveals how national and international forces directly influenced the more than 4,000 status Indians who voluntarily served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force between 1914 and 1919—a per capita percentage equal to that of Euro-Canadians—and how subsequent administrative policies profoundly affected their experiences at home, on the battlefield, and as returning veterans.
About the Author
Timothy C. Winegard served nine years as an officer in the Canadian Forces, including a two-year attachment to the British Army. He is the author of Oka: A Convergence of Cultures and the Canadian Forces and Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War. Dr. WInegard recently moved to Colorado and will be teaching at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction next fall.
