Lunchtime Q&A with Lianne Leddy – Melville Nelles Hoffman Lecture

The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies Environmental Research Group Presents:

Lianne Leddy

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Histories and Historical Practice in Canada and Associate Professor of History at Wilfred Laurier University

Join us for a Lunchtime Q&A with the Author!

Lianne Leddy is a member of Serpent River First Nation and grew up in Elliot Lake, Ontario. Leddy’s research focuses on Indigenous history in what is now Canada, with a focus on land, gender and historical methods. She is the author of Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake (University of Toronto Press, 2022), which received three prestigious awards from the Canadian Historical Association in 2023: the Clio Prize for best book on Ontario history, the Indigenous History Book Prize and the Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize.

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2022, 12-1:30pm (Lunch will be provided)

Location: Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, Kaneff Tower, 7th Floor Lounge

Please RSVP to robarts@yorku.ca by November 7th