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Sarah Carter
Edmonton (Alberta)
Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies explains the formation of the Canadian West as a British-Canadian colony and reveals how homesteading denied property rights to women.
Throughout, it offers incisive reconsiderations of what it means to be “Canadian,” demonstrating that gender, race, and property have been central to the making of this country. Carter effectively moves from the macro level of national and imperial visions to the micro level of particular women.
While none should be surprised that imperialism was central to the colonization of western Indigenous lands, Carter exposes just how far Canadian policymakers went to exclude married women from enjoying a right to property.
By offering comparisons with the American west, we learn that the strength of this opposition was peculiarly Canadian. Indeed, before and after contact, Indigenous women were the farmers of the Great Plains. Yet after prairie reserves were established, Indigenous women were limited to kitchen gardens while white men assumed their place on the land.
Imperial Plots covers the late 19th and early 20th centuries and crosses provincial and national boundaries. Sarah Carter makes a strong contribution to our understanding of Canada’s emergence as a country, illuminating ongoing struggles around gender equality, Indigenous rights, and humans’ relationships with their natural environments.
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The 22nd presentation of the Governor General's History Awards was held on November 22, 2017MCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2017. -
Julie George (left), recipient of Indigenous Arts & Stories with Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Julie PayetteMCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2017 -
Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada (centre) with teaching recipients, Leia Laing (left) and Naomi Fortier-Fréçon (right)MCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2017. -
Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Julie Payette (centre) and Dr. Maureen Matthews (left) and David Swanson (right), recipients of the Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive!MCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2017. -
Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Julie Payette, shakes hands with Rob Flosman, recipient of the Governor General's History Award for Excellence in TeachingMCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2017. -
Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Julie Payette presents the Governor General's History Award for Community Programming to Michel Harnois and Marie-Ève Gingras, from the Sherbrooke Historical SocietyMCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2017. -
Author and historian Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail was the Master of Ceremonies for the Canada's History Forum and the History Makers GalaBrittany Gawley -
Tim Grove, Chief of Museum Learning at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, speaks at the Canada's History Forum about the History Relevance Campaign formed in 2012 to raise the profile of history.Brittany Gawley -
Session 1 of the Canada's History Forum was entitled, "Making the Case for History."Brittany Gawley -
Tracy Calogheros presents the award-winning project Hoduleh'a - A Place of Learning at the Canada's History ForumBrittany Gawley -
Life Speaker Noel Starblanket participates in the panel discussion at the Canada's History ForumBrittany Gawley -
Calvin Racette presents on the Treaty4Project at the Canada's History ForumBrittany Gawley -
Naomi Fortier-Fréçon presents on Treaty4Project at the Canada's History ForumBrittany Gawley -
This History Makers Gala is sponsored by TD Bank GroupBrittany Gawley -
Robert Ghiz, former Premier of PEI, and Don Newman, former broadcast journalist with CBC, were guests at the History Makers GalaBrittany Gawley -
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier and Kayak Kids' Illustrated History Challenge winner, Isaac LandryBrittany Gawley -
Sean Casey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, (fifth from right) with David Ross, Chair of the Board for Canada's History Society (forth from left) and Janet Walker, President and CEO of Canada's History (second from right) and the recipients of the Governor General's History Award for Excellence in TeachingBrittany Gawley -
Member of Parliament Robert Falcon Ouellette (fourth from right) poses with youth recipients Elly Hooker (fifth from right) and Mackenzie Anderson (second from right) and their guestsBrittany Gawley -
Mackenzie Anderson (middle), Indigenous Arts & Stories winner, with her guests at the History Makers GalaBrittany Gawley -
Elder Claudette Commanda welcomes guests to the traditional, unceded territories of the Algonquin nation.Brittany Gawley -
Janet Walker, President & CEO of Canada's History, welcomes guests to the History Makers Gala at the Canadian Museum of HistoryBrittany Gawley -
Andrea Barrack, VP, Community Relations and Corporate Citizenship at TD Bank, speaks at the History Makers DinnerBrittany Gawley -
Mark O'Neill, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of History brings greetings at the History Makers DinnerBrittany Gawley -
The theme of the 2017 History Makers Dinner was "the Visionaries"Brittany Gawley -
Avah Solomon, 2017 Young Citizens recipient, gives a toast to the Visionaries at the History Makers GalaBrittany Gawley
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Excellence in Scholarly Research
The Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research is administered by the Canadian Historical Association.
With the support of Manulife Insurance
Canada’s History Society and the Canadian Historical Association are able to present the Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research.
