W.L. Morton Lecture
Prof. James Daschuk, U Regina

Clearing the Plains and Clearing the Air:
How searching for the loss of Indigenous health led to some uncomfortable truths about Canada’s past – and present

Public Talk: Thursday, October 30, 2014  6:00 pm
Location: Champlain Council Chambers CCN M2

Graduate Student Seminar: Friday, October 31, Traill College

About the Talk:
Within a generation of Canada’s acquisition of the prairies, the Indigenous population went from the tallest population in the world from the quality of their diet to one where disease was so entrenched it was seen as a characteristic of a race doomed to extinction. The gap in health outcomes between First Nations and settler communities has not diminished, even to the present. The writing of Clearing the Plains exposed some difficult truths about the founding of western Canada. Talking about the book since its publication has exposed a number of troubling insights about Canada today.

Hosted by Champlain College, and the Department of Canadian Studies at Trent. 

This is a free event and everyone is invited.

For more info, please contact Canadianstudies@trentu.ca

Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2014.