Five Indigenous students in the first ever Oral History Summer Institute received tuition awards thanks to donations from Drs. Carol Williams and Carly Adams, along with matching funds from the Mastercard Foundation.
Alumnus Dale Leffingwell (BASc '71) partnered with the Centre for Oral History and Tradition to bring oral history workshops to Milk River as a way to help chronicle the area's history.
Researchers will examine diverse topics ranging from consumer identities and health message to reduce sedentary behaviour to the social history of Canadians of Japanese descent.
Analyzing the cultural and social history of Canadian Nikkei (people of Japanese descent) in the second half of the 20th century, the project seeks to capture a portion of history that has been severely underrepresented