Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee shortlisted for First Nation Communities READ 2025-2026 Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee has been shortlisted for First Nation Communities READ 2025! Chosen by a jury of First Nation librarians from across Ontario, these titles represent the best of Indigenous literature from Canada today. First Nation Communities READ was launched in 2003 by the First […]

Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee is a 2025 Bank Street Best Book of the Year Chosen by the Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee was featured in The 2025 “Best Children’s Books of the Year” list for titles published in 2024. In choosing books for the annual list, committee members consider literary quality and excellence

Dr. Jennifer Leason recognized with 2025 Impact Award Dr. Jennifer Leason was one of five recipients of the 2025 Impact Award from the Faculty of Arts at University of Calgary. Arielle Perrotta, a PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Leason in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, was also honoured. Dr. Leason’s research projects engage in

Jennifer Leason Wins 2018 PEAK Scholar Award Professor Leason has been nominated for her work in Truth and Reconciliation. In addition to her multifaceted, interdisciplinary research, teaching and service that span local, provincial, national and international Indigenous communities, her education for reconciliation experiential learning exercise has been transformational. The exercise, which has been conducted across

Anthropology’s Jennifer Leason receives CIHR New Investigator’s Award It was a case of under-representation that spurred on her current research project, for which the newly hired assistant professor in anthropology has just received a CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) New Investigator’s Award in Maternal-Child and Reproductive Health. Download Press Release View on Ucalgary.ca