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Oral History Forum Special Issue: Confronting Mass Atrocities
News: The Oral History Forum d'histoire orale is proud to announce the launch of its new special issue, "Confronting Mass Atrocities," guest edited by Erin Jessee University of British Columbia) and Annie Pohlman (University of Queensland). So far, the following...
“Nindibaajimomin” Intergenerational Digital Storytelling on the Legacy of Residential Schools
News: From August 12-16, 2013 the Oral History Centre, in collaboration with the Department of Indigenous Studies, hosted the Summer Institute Nindibaajimomin - Digital Storytelling on the Inter-generational Experiences of Residential Schools. Funded through the...
Oral History Forum Special Issue: Working Lives: Special Issue on Oral History and Working-Class History
News: The Oral History Centre presents the latest Special Issue from the "Oral History Forum D'Histoire Orale" titled Special Issue: Working Lives: Special Issue on Oral History and Working-Class History. This Special Issue contains the following Articles; Oral...
Summer Institute: Nindibaajimomin – Digital Storytelling on the Intergenerational Experiences of Residential Schools
News: The Oral History Centre, in collaboration with the Department of Indigenous Studies, and funded through the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, is looking for ten participants for the Summer Institute: Nindibaajimomin - Digital Storytelling on the...
Hayley Caldwell’s Grand Opening Speech
News: Hi, I just wanted to begin by first thanking everyone for coming and for all the hardwork that has gone into putting on an event like this. And in particular all the staff at the Oral History Centre, the donors, and especially professors Alexander...
“Reel to Real” The Oral History Centre Official Opening
News: Attendees at the Oral History Centre Grand Opening, 2013. The Oral History Centre held its official opening last night at the University of Winnipeg with many University staff, donors, faculty and community members and students in attendance. Several projects...
Ininiwag Dibaajimowag: First Nations Men and the Inter-generational Experiences of Residential Schools
News: Between 2010 and 2013, six women and seven men produced 2-5 minute digital stories which tell about their experiences of being parented by a survivor of a residential school. The first project, kiskinohamâtôtâpânâsk: Intergenerational Effects on Professional...
Oral History Centre Renovations
News: While the University of Winnipeg and the Oral History Centre were closed over the holidays, construction work on the studio continued. The new Oral History Centre renovations will include a new sound proofed interview room and a secondary class room with...
Call for Papers: Oral History Forum d’histoire orale
News: Special Issue: “Confronting Mass Atrocities”In recent years, oral historians and related practitioners have been increasingly called upon to apply their expertise to contemporary human rights challenges around the world. Testimony and life histories have...
The Oral History Centre Congratulates Mary Jane McCallum
News: The Oral History Centre congratulates Mary Jane McCallum on receiving major research grant! Between 1930 and 1970, thousands of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people were surveyed, diagnosed with and treated for tuberculosis (TB) in Manitoba. The Canadian...
Stories of Homeland, Violence, and Migration: Memories and Histories of Refugees in Manitoba, 1945 to the Present
News: This research project is funded by a four-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2011-2014/15) Migrants in Canada and around the world have drawn on memories of their homelands to make sense of the changing world around...
Harvest Moon Society Oral History Project
News: The Harvest Moon Oral History project investigates the history of persons whom either lived in the community of Clearwater or have participated with the Harvest Moon Society. The goal is to gather the history of Clearwater and the development of the community...