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'''Jo-Ann Episkenew''' ( |
'''Jo-Ann Episkenew''' (19 August 1952 – 18 February 2016) was a [[Métis]] writer originally from [[Manitoba]], though she lived in [[Saskatchewan]] for much of her life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/educator-research-jo-ann-episkenew-dies-at-63-1.3454438 |title=Educator, researcher Jo-Ann Episkenew dies at 63 |date=18 February 2016 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aptn.ca/news/2016/02/20/metis-educator-and-researcher-jo-ann-episkenew-passes-away-at-age-63/ |title=Metis educator and researcher Jo-Ann Episkenew passes away at age 63 |work=APTN National News |last=Johnson |first=April |date=20 February 2016 |access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/friends-and-family-remember-jo-ann-episkenew-a-passionate-educator-in-indigenous-health|title=Friends and family remember Jo-Ann Episkenew, a passionate educator in indigenous health |work=Regina Leader-Post |last=Martin |first=Ashley |date=18 February 2016 |access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Globe">{{citation |title = She wrote of literature's power to heal |last = Robertson |first = Patricia Dawn |date = April 1, 2016 |publisher = Globe and Mail |url = http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20160401.OBEPISKENEW/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |access-date = June 1, 2019}}</ref> She held a [[Master of Business Administration|Masters of Business Administration]] and a Honours Certificate M.A. from the [[University of Regina]]. In 2006, she completed a Ph.D. at [[University of Greifswald|Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University]] in [[Greifswald]], Germany, the first Indigenous Canadian to receive a Ph.D. from a German university.<ref name="UBC">{{Cite web|url=http://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/news-events/speakers-guests/cultural-studies-speakers/jepiskenew.html|title=Annual Cultural Studies Speakers|publisher=The University of British Columbia|access-date=13 March 2016|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313121601/http://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/news-events/speakers-guests/cultural-studies-speakers/jepiskenew.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indspire.ca/news_postings/remembering-dr-jo-ann-episkenew/|title=Remembering Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew|website=Indspire|access-date=13 March 2016|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313124028/https://indspire.ca/news_postings/remembering-dr-jo-ann-episkenew/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Episkenew worked |
Episkenew worked as a professor of English literature in the Department of English at the [[First Nations University of Canada]].<ref name=Globe/> She also served as the director of the Indigenous People's Health Research Centre at the [[University of Regina]]. She was a member of the Chotro International Consultative Group, a group that organizes bi-annual conferences on international Indigenous issues. She was on the Judicial Advisory Committee for Federal Judicial appointments for the Province of Saskatchewan.<ref name="UBC" /> |
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Her research included national and international projects in the area of Indigenous literature, Indigenous health and |
Her research included national and international projects in the area of Indigenous literature, Indigenous health and wellbeing relating to the lives of Aboriginal and First Nations people of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iphrc.ca/our-research/current-research-projects/kitinikwin-misiwanacihisowin|title=Kitinikêwin Misiwanacihisowin|publisher=Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre}}</ref> |
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== Publications == |
== Publications == |
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Her book, ''Taking Back Our Spirits; Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing'' was published by the University of Manitoba in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/taking-back-our-spirits|title=Taking Back Our Spirits|publisher=University of Manitoba Press}}</ref> It won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing in 2009; and the Saskatchewan Book Award for First People's Writing in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookawards.sk.ca/awards/awards-nominees/archived-awards|title=Archived Awards|publisher=Saskatchewan Book Awards}}</ref> |
Her book, ''Taking Back Our Spirits; Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing'' was published by the University of Manitoba in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/taking-back-our-spirits|title=Taking Back Our Spirits|publisher=University of Manitoba Press}}</ref> It won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing in 2009; and the Saskatchewan Book Award for First People's Writing in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookawards.sk.ca/awards/awards-nominees/archived-awards|title=Archived Awards|publisher=Saskatchewan Book Awards}}</ref> |
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The book was reviewed by Cheryl Suzack in [[University of Toronto Quarterly]], who stated that it "analyzes the capacities of Indigenous literatures to "de-educate" both settler-colonial and Indigenous communities from the trappings of colonialism".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Suzack|first=Cheryl|date=Summer 2012|title=Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/university_of_toronto_quarterly/v081/81.3.suzack01.html|journal=University of Toronto Quarterly|volume=81|issue=3|pages=718–719|doi=10.1353/utq.2012.0029|issn=1712-5278}}</ref> |
The book was reviewed by Cheryl Suzack in [[University of Toronto Quarterly]], who stated that it "analyzes the capacities of Indigenous literatures to "de-educate" both settler-colonial and Indigenous communities from the trappings of colonialism".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Suzack|first=Cheryl|date=Summer 2012|title=Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/university_of_toronto_quarterly/v081/81.3.suzack01.html|journal=University of Toronto Quarterly|volume=81|issue=3|pages=718–719|doi=10.1353/utq.2012.0029|s2cid=144307799|issn=1712-5278}}</ref> In a forum in the journal ''Canadian Literature'', the book was celebrated as "the second monograph of literary criticism on Indigenous writing by an Indigenous critic in Canada." Five critics published their commentary in the forum, Kristina Fagan Bidwell, Susan Gingell, Alison Hargreaves, [[Daniel Heath Justice]], and [[Deanna Reder]], followed by Episkenew's response.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gingell|first=Susan|date=Autumn 2012|title=Indigenizing the 'Author Meets Critic" Forum|url=https://canlit.ca|journal=Canadian Literature|volume=214|pages=91–127}}</ref> |
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== Awards == |
== Awards == |
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Episkenew was awarded the YMCA Regina Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.<ref>{{cite |
Episkenew was awarded the YMCA Regina Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fkQu3q4Epk|title=Jo-Ann Episkenew receives YWCA Lifetime Achievement Award|date=27 April 2015|via=YouTube}}</ref> She received the Indspire Award for service to education, one of fourteen Indigenous Canadians selected in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indspire.ca/laureate/dr-jo-ann-episkenew/|title=Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew|date=23 February 2016|publisher=Indspire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first = Costa |last = Maragos |date = September 17, 2015 |url=https://www.uregina.ca/external/communications/feature-stories/current/fs-09172015.html|title=Professor to receive prestigious Indspire Award|publisher=University of Regina|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> |
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Jo-Ann Episkenew (née Thom) | |
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Born | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 19 August 1952
Died | 18 February 2016 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | (aged 63)
Occupation | Educator |
Bildung | M.B.A., Ph.D. |
Alma mater | University of Regina, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University |
Notable work | Taking Back Our Spirits; Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing |
Notable awards | YMCA Regina Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award |
Jo-Ann Episkenew (19 August 1952 – 18 February 2016) was a Métis writer originally from Manitoba, though she lived in Saskatchewan for much of her life.[1][2][3][4] She held a Masters of Business Administration and a Honours Certificate M.A. from the University of Regina. In 2006, she completed a Ph.D. at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald, Germany, the first Indigenous Canadian to receive a Ph.D. from a German university.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Episkenew worked as a professor of English literature in the Department of English at the First Nations University of Canada.[4] She also served as the director of the Indigenous People's Health Research Centre at the University of Regina. She was a member of the Chotro International Consultative Group, a group that organizes bi-annual conferences on international Indigenous issues. She was on the Judicial Advisory Committee for Federal Judicial appointments for the Province of Saskatchewan.[5]
Her research included national and international projects in the area of Indigenous literature, Indigenous health and wellbeing relating to the lives of Aboriginal and First Nations people of Canada.[7]
Publications
[edit]Her book, Taking Back Our Spirits; Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing was published by the University of Manitoba in 2009.[8] It won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing in 2009; and the Saskatchewan Book Award for First People's Writing in 2010.[9]
The book was reviewed by Cheryl Suzack in University of Toronto Quarterly, who stated that it "analyzes the capacities of Indigenous literatures to "de-educate" both settler-colonial and Indigenous communities from the trappings of colonialism".[10] In a forum in the journal Canadian Literature, the book was celebrated as "the second monograph of literary criticism on Indigenous writing by an Indigenous critic in Canada." Five critics published their commentary in the forum, Kristina Fagan Bidwell, Susan Gingell, Alison Hargreaves, Daniel Heath Justice, and Deanna Reder, followed by Episkenew's response.[11]
Awards
[edit]Episkenew was awarded the YMCA Regina Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.[12] She received the Indspire Award for service to education, one of fourteen Indigenous Canadians selected in 2016.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Educator, researcher Jo-Ann Episkenew dies at 63". CBC News. 18 February 2016.
- ^ Johnson, April (20 February 2016). "Metis educator and researcher Jo-Ann Episkenew passes away at age 63". APTN National News. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Martin, Ashley (18 February 2016). "Friends and family remember Jo-Ann Episkenew, a passionate educator in indigenous health". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ a b Robertson, Patricia Dawn (April 1, 2016), She wrote of literature's power to heal, Globe and Mail, retrieved June 1, 2019
- ^ a b "Annual Cultural Studies Speakers". The University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Remembering Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew". Indspire. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Kitinikêwin Misiwanacihisowin". Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre.
- ^ "Taking Back Our Spirits". University of Manitoba Press.
- ^ "Archived Awards". Saskatchewan Book Awards.
- ^ Suzack, Cheryl (Summer 2012). "Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly. 81 (3): 718–719. doi:10.1353/utq.2012.0029. ISSN 1712-5278. S2CID 144307799.
- ^ Gingell, Susan (Autumn 2012). "Indigenizing the 'Author Meets Critic" Forum". Canadian Literature. 214: 91–127.
- ^ Jo-Ann Episkenew receives YWCA Lifetime Achievement Award. 27 April 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew". Indspire. 23 February 2016.
- ^ Maragos, Costa (September 17, 2015). "Professor to receive prestigious Indspire Award". University of Regina. Retrieved June 1, 2019.