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First Nations Histories of Tuberculosis in Manitoba: Newsletter and Oral History Project

11 Jul 2014

The Summer Issue (#2) of the First Nations Histories of Tuberculosis in Manitobais a newsletter that reports research related to the history of tuberculosis (TB) in Manitoba, and it is part of the “Indigenous Histories of Tuberculosis in Manitoba 1930-1970” project.

 

Led by University of Winnipeg historian Dr. Mary Jane Logan McCallum. It is for anyone who wants to know about historical research on tuberculosis in Manitoba. The goals of the newsletter are to make people aware of the project, to share information gathered as part of the project, and to encourage discussion about Indigenous history in Manitoba.

 

It includes a discussion of Dynevor Hospital, introduces two of the researchers on the team (Felicia Sinclair and Mary Horodyski) and discusses the oral history aspect of the project.