Dr. Jarvis Brownlie

Biography

Jarvis Brownlie earned his PhD in Canadian Aboriginal History from the University of Toronto and later completed a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship focusing on the history of lesbians and lesbianism in prisons. He joined the History Department at the University of Manitoba in 2000, where he teaches courses on Indigenous history, historical methods, the history of Western Canada, Aboriginal rights, and environmental history, particularly energy and power. His research interests include the study of settler colonialism in Canada, Crown-Indigenous relations, and the impacts of hydropower extractivism on Indigenous communities. Brownlie has worked with various northern Manitoba communities, documenting their oral histories and partnerships to understand treaties and the impacts of hydroelectric operations. He has also served as an expert witness in major court cases concerning treaty rights and hydroelectric impacts. His dedication to Indigenous issues has taken him to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and involved extensive collaboration with government officials and Indigenous communities to address the repercussions of colonization and environmental change.

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