History

Sharon Wall

Assistant Professor

Office: 3A37 Ashdown Hall
Phone: 204.258.2957
Fax: 204.774.4134
e-mail: s.wall@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees
B.A. Honours (Queen's University)
M.A. (Queen's University)
Ph.D. (York University)

Areas of Interest
Canadian Social and Cultural History,
Childhood and Youth,
Gender and sexuality,
Education,
Urban History

Courses
2514: History of Canadian Education
   Fall 2011, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00pm - 5:15pm, 1L07
   Winter 2012, Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30pm - 3:45pm, 3D01

3544: History of Winnipeg

3571: History of Feminism in Canada
   Winter 2012, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00pm - 5:15pm, 2C14

3572: History of Childhood
   FW2011-12, Mondays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm, 4C84

Selected Publications

The Nurture of Nature: Childhood, Antimodernism and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-1955. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2009).

"Making Modern Childhood, the Natural Way: Psychology, Mental Hygiene and Progressive Education at Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-1955." Historical Studies in Education 20, 2 (Fall 2008): 73-110.

"Totem Poles, Tepees and Token Traditions: 'Playing Indian' at Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-1955,"The Canadian Historical Review 86, 3 (September 2005): 513-544.

"'To Train a Wild Bird': E.F. Wilson, Hegemony and Native Industrial Education at the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Residential Schools, 1873-1893,Left History 9, 1 (Fall/Winter 2003): 7-42.