Women's Studies Program Hosts Public Lecture Series for Women's History Month
October 1, 2004 for immediate release
The Hamber Foundation is supporting a Thursday afternoon series of public lectures at the University of Northern British Columbia in October to mark Women's History Month.
Sylvia Van Kirk, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto
"A Tale of Two Wives: The Nisga'a and Haida Connections to the W.H. McNeill Family"
Thursday, October 7, 4pm, 7-152
Dr Kirk taught at the University of Toronto for almost 30 years and pioneered courses in Canadian Women's History and Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal Relations. She has written numerous articles on the role of women in early Western Canada. The presentation on October 7th grows out of her recent research on the experience of HBC/native families in colonial Victoria in the mid-19th century.
Mary-Ellen Kelm, History program, UNBC
"Cross Dressing, Dressing Up, Speaking Out: Women Ride the Williams Lake Stampede"
Thursday, October 14, 4pm, 7-152
Dr Kelm's 1998 book, Colonizing Bodies, won the Sir. John A. Macdonald Prize and the Clio award for the best book in Canadian and British Columbia history (respectively). Mary-Ellen has been at UNBC for ten years and has taught courses in methodology, history of medicine, women's history, and cultural history.
Christine Welsh, documentary filmmaker
"My Conversations with Canada: A Métis Filmmaker's Reflections"
Thursday, October 21, 4pm, 7-152
Christine is a Métis woman, originally from Saskatchewan. She is a documentary filmmaker and over the past 15 years she has made a number of films on Native women's issues including "Women in the Shadows", "Keepers of the Fire", "Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle" and "The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters".
Theresa Healy, Environmental Planning instructor, UNBC
"Piecing Together the Past: Stories, Wisdom and Lessons in Women's History"
Thursday, October 28, 4pm, 7-152
Theresa Healy is an ardent historian and is a founding member of the Prince George Oral History Group. She was part of the court challenge for same sex rights to marriage and was winner of the Woman of the Year and Professional Woman of Distinction in 2003.
The Hamber Foundation was established in 1964 in memory of Lieutenant-Governor Eric Werge Hamber. The foundation has supported a number of initiatives around the province, including a library at Children's Hospital and a Chair in Medicine at the University of British Columbia. In addition to supporting the women's history lecture series, the Hamber Foundation also supports fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students at UNBC.
The Hamber Foundation is supporting a Thursday afternoon series of public lectures at the University of Northern British Columbia in October to mark Women's History Month.
Sylvia Van Kirk, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto
"A Tale of Two Wives: The Nisga'a and Haida Connections to the W.H. McNeill Family"
Thursday, October 7, 4pm, 7-152
Dr Kirk taught at the University of Toronto for almost 30 years and pioneered courses in Canadian Women's History and Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal Relations. She has written numerous articles on the role of women in early Western Canada. The presentation on October 7th grows out of her recent research on the experience of HBC/native families in colonial Victoria in the mid-19th century.
Mary-Ellen Kelm, History program, UNBC
"Cross Dressing, Dressing Up, Speaking Out: Women Ride the Williams Lake Stampede"
Thursday, October 14, 4pm, 7-152
Dr Kelm's 1998 book, Colonizing Bodies, won the Sir. John A. Macdonald Prize and the Clio award for the best book in Canadian and British Columbia history (respectively). Mary-Ellen has been at UNBC for ten years and has taught courses in methodology, history of medicine, women's history, and cultural history.
Christine Welsh, documentary filmmaker
"My Conversations with Canada: A Métis Filmmaker's Reflections"
Thursday, October 21, 4pm, 7-152
Christine is a Métis woman, originally from Saskatchewan. She is a documentary filmmaker and over the past 15 years she has made a number of films on Native women's issues including "Women in the Shadows", "Keepers of the Fire", "Kuper Island: Return to the Healing Circle" and "The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters".
Theresa Healy, Environmental Planning instructor, UNBC
"Piecing Together the Past: Stories, Wisdom and Lessons in Women's History"
Thursday, October 28, 4pm, 7-152
Theresa Healy is an ardent historian and is a founding member of the Prince George Oral History Group. She was part of the court challenge for same sex rights to marriage and was winner of the Woman of the Year and Professional Woman of Distinction in 2003.
The Hamber Foundation was established in 1964 in memory of Lieutenant-Governor Eric Werge Hamber. The foundation has supported a number of initiatives around the province, including a library at Children's Hospital and a Chair in Medicine at the University of British Columbia. In addition to supporting the women's history lecture series, the Hamber Foundation also supports fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students at UNBC.
