History professor’s research into residential school student labour wins two awards

December 17, 2024

A University of Winnipeg history professor’s book and art exhibition, which trace the exploitation of student labour at an Ontario residential school, have collected two awards in recent weeks. Nii Ndahlohke: Boys’ and Girls’ Work at Mount Elgin Industrial School 1890-1915 by Dr. Mary Jane McCallum and Nii Ndahlohke / I Work, an associated art exhibition at Art Windsor-Essex, received a 2024 Community Impact Award from the Association of Tribal Libraries, Archives and Museums (ATLAM) last month…