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The University of Winnipeg

Riley Fellowship Supported Events

The H. Sanford Riley Fellowship in Canadian History

The H. Sanford Riley Fellowship in Canadian History promotes public engagement with the study of Canada’s history at the University of Winnipeg and in the wider community. The Fellowship is made possible by a generous endowment from H. Sanford (Sandy) Riley of Winnipeg, an enthusiastic student of Canada’s history. He is a former Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg and a vigorous supporter of Canada's National History Society. The Fellowship is an integral component of the H. Sanford Riley Centre for Canadian History. 

The Department of History is responsible for the administration of the Riley Fellowship. The department’s Riley Fellowship Committee (RFC) selects the Riley Fellows, organizes and promotes Riley Lectures, and adjudicates applications for conference support.

"A useful Servant to ye Company"
The Fur Trade, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and Chattel Slavery

Speaker: Dr. Anne Lindsay, Riley Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian History

Thursday, June 12
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Location: 2C14 
This lecture is free, open to the public, and available online.  (more information)

Black of and white image of a man in a courtroom in front of a judge with his hand up taking an oath of allegiance
Nestor Roakowitza, Romanian-born farmer, takes oath of allegiance before The Right Honourable Thibeaudeau Rinfret, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, January 3, 1947
Credit: Chris Lund/National Film Board/Library and Archives Canada/PA-189258

Citizenship in Canada: A History Workshop

Thursday, June 19, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Friday, June 20, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights

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Citizenship can have many different meanings. In Canada, citizenship is bound up with questions of national identity and inclusion, particularly for immigrants and refugees. Canadian citizenship has operated at cross-purposes with Indigenous legal frameworks and kinship practices, and alongside legal status under the Indian Act.  In this two-day workshop, a group of leading Canadian historians explore the meanings of citizenship in Canada from the nineteenth century to the present.

Speakers: Wendell Adjetey, Ryan Eyford, Jay Lalonde, Lianne Leddy, Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Melanie Ng, Ben Nobbs-Thiessen, Émilie Pigeon, and Jennifer Tunnicliffe