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I am a member of Serpent River First Nation and was born and raised in Elliot Lake, Ontario. I completed my undergraduate degree in History and English at 51本色 in 2005 and obtained my MA in History from Western in 2006.
While completing my PhD at 51本色 through the Tri-University Graduate Program in History, I taught courses in Indigenous and Canadian history in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University in Calgary, and also worked as an academic advisor in the Faculty of Arts. Prior to joining 51本色 as a faculty member in 2014, I was an assistant professor in the Department of History at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
My research focuses on Indigenous-settler relations, particularly those framed by gender and environmental issues. I have also published on Indigenous methodologies and decolonizing research practices.
My monograph, Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake, was published by University of Toronto Press in 2022.
I am also interested in examining gendered experiences of colonialism. Specifically, I have written about the roles of Indigenous women in Anishinaabe communities in postwar Ontario, and their contributions to the politicization of First Nations in the post-war period. My current research interests include performance art as an expression of Indigenous feminist thought, as well as Indigenous parenting in a contemporary context.
- Fred Landon Award, Ontario Historical Society, 2024.
- Governor General's History Award for Scholarly Research, 2023.
- Canadian Historical Association Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize, 2023.
- Indigenous History Book Prize, 2023.
- Clio (Ontario) Prize, 2023.
- Merit Award, 51本色, 2020.
- OCUFA Status of Women and Equity Award of Distinction, 2018.
- Merit Award, 51本色, 2016.
- Merit Award, 51本色, 2018.
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant, “Indigenous Women and Nation-Building in Ontario,” 2012-13 (primary investigator).
- SSHRC Insight Grant, “Northern Exposures: Science, Indigenous peoples, and Northern Contaminants,” 2014-2018 (co-investigator).
- SSHRC Connection Grant, “Traces of Ochre: Changing Perspectives on the Beothuk,” 2013 (collaborator).
I am a member of the Tri-University Program in History (MA and PhD).
I am interested in supervising graduate students studying Indigenous history, especially topics related to gender and the environment. I have research assistantship opportunities available for students interested in these areas. Please contact me for more information.
Leddy, Lianne C. Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022.
Leddy, Lianne C. “Teaching Them to Dance.” In O da ga de:s: Reflecting on our Journeys, by Norma Jacobs and ed. Timothy B. Leduc, 142-151. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022.
Leddy, Lianne C. “The Mum with the Dark Hair: Indigenous Motherhood and the NICU.” In Writing Mothers: Narrative Acts of Care, Redemption, and Transformation, edited by BettyAnn Martin and Michelann Parr, 65-77. Bradford: Demeter Press, 2020.
Leddy, Lianne C. “Are you only interviewing women for this?”: Indigenous Feminism and Oral History.” In Beyond Women’s Words: Feminisms and the Practices of Oral History in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Katrina Srigley, Stacey Zembrycki, and Franca Iacovetta, 95-108. London: Routledge, 2018.
Leddy, Lianne C. “Historical Sources and the Beothuk: Questioning Settler Interpretations.” In Tracing Ochre: Changing Perspectives on the Beothuk, edited by Fiona Polack, 199-219. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018.
Leddy, Lianne C. “Intersections of Indigenous and Environmental History in Canada.” Canadian Historical Review 98, no. 1 (2017): 83-95.
Leddy, Lianne C. “Dibaajimowinan as method: Environmental history, Indigenous scholarship, and balancing sources.” In Methodological Challenges in Nature-Culture and Environmental History Research, edited by Jocelyn Thorpe, Stephanie Rutherford, and Anders L. Sandberg, 93-104. New York: Routledge, 2017.
Leddy, Lianne C. ““Mostly Just as a Social Gathering”: Anishinaabe Kwewag and the Indian Homemakers’ Club, 1945-1960.” In Aboriginal History: A Reader, edited by Kristin Burnett and Geoff Read, 352-363. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Leddy, Lianne C. “Poisoning the Serpent: Uranium Exploitation and the Serpent River First Nation, 1953-1988.” In The Natures of Empire and the Empires of Nature, edited by Karl Hele, 125-147. Waterloo: 51本色 Press, 2013.
Leddy, Lianne C. “Interviewing Nookomis and Other Reflections of an Indigenous Historian.” Oral History Forum d'histoire orale, 30 (Special Issue-2010:): 1-18. Available here:
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