MICHELLE DESVEAUX - CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2023 - Doctor of Philosophy, History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Dissertation: “Intersections of Historical Consciousness: The Meeting of Indigenous and Settler Histories in Canada's Storied Places”
Comprehensive Fields: Comparative Indigenous History (major); Canadian History (minor); Comparative Intellectual and Cultural History of the Canadian and American Wests (minor).
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Carlson
Description: This research investigates the influence of and on historical consciousness in places where Canadian and Indigenous histories meet, meld, and challenge each other. Using a combination of fieldwork and archival research, three case studies address this point of inquiry: the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site; the National Archives of Canada; and Asinabka/Victoria Island.
2013 - Master of Arts, History, Trent University, Peterborough, ON
Thesis: “Not Simply Academic: The Marginalization of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Histories through the Purpose and Definition of History in Early 20th Century Canada”
Supervisor: Dr. John Milloy
Description: This thesis explores the correlation between the development of historical methodology and professionalization with the delegitimization and exclusion of non-academic histories, specifically the oral histories and traditions of Indigenous peoples.
2004 - Bachelor of Arts, History, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS
Directed Study: “Native American Views of History and the Value of Oral Traditions”
Supervisor: Dr. Graham Reynolds
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2023 Sessional Instructor, History 257 – Canadian Prairies to 1905, University of Saskatchewan
Winter 2023 Sessional Instructor, History 193 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan
Fall 2022 Grader, History 214 – Medieval History in Film, University of Saskatchewan
Winter 2022 Sessional Instructor, History 193 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan (hybrid delivery)
Winter 2022 Sessional Instructor, History 125 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, Indigenous Student Achievement Pathways Program (ISAP), University of Saskatchewan (hybrid delivery)
Winter 2021 Sessional Instructor, History 193 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan (offered remotely)
Winter 2020 Sessional Instructor, History 193 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, SUNTEP, Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan
Winter 2019 Sessional Instructor, History 193 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, SUNTEP, Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan
Winter 2018 Sessional Instructor, History 193 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, SUNTEP, Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan
Winter 2017 Sessional Instructor, History 125 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, SUNTEP, Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan
Winter 2016 Sessional Instructor, History 125 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, SUNTEP, Gabriel Dumont Institute & University of Saskatchewan
Fall 2015 Sessional Instructor, History 125 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, Aboriginal Student Achievement Program (ASAP), University of Saskatchewan
Winter 2015 Teaching Assistant, History 125 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, University of Saskatchewan
Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant, History 125 – Turtle Island: A History of North America’s Ancient Civilizations, ASAP, University of Saskatchewan
Fall/Winter 2010/11 Teaching Assistant, History 1700 – Conquest, Revolution, War and Resistance in the Modern World, Trent University
Fall/Winter 2009/10 Teaching Assistant, History 1700 – Conquest, Revolution, War and Resistance in the Modern World, Trent University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sept 2022 – present Book Review Editor, Journal of History, University of Toronto Press
Sept 2019 – 2023 Writing Tutor, Writing Centre, University of Saskatchewan
Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 Research Assistant, Dr. Matthew Neufeld, University of Saskatchewan
Apr 2020 – Dec 2020 Research Assistant, Dr. Keith Carlson, University of Saskatchewan
Jan 2016 – Apr 2019 Graduate Fellow in History and Scholarly Publishing, Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire, University of Saskatchewan
Sept 2018 – Sept 2019 Research Assistant, Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame Project, Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame & University of Saskatchewan
Sept 2018 – 2019 Research Assistant, Indigenous History Discussion Group, University of Saskatchewan
May – Oct 2016 Content Editor, “mamahtāwi āpacecihcikana ka-wīcihkoyion ka-nēhiyawēyin Using Technology to Improve Cree Communication Skills,” Norine Tourangeau & Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research Into Teaching, Saskatoon, SK
Jan – Aug 2013 Research Assistant, Dr. Keith Carlson, University of Saskatchewan
May – Aug 2009 Research Assistant, Intangible Cultural Heritage Program, Dr. Richard MacKinnon, Cape Breton University
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed
Desveaux, Michelle. Corresponding author with Patrick Chassé, Glenn Iceton, Anne Janhunen, and Omeasoo Wāhpāsiw. “Twenty-First Century Indigenous Historiography: Twenty-Two Books That Need to be Read.” Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire 50.3 (Winter 2015): 524-548.
Book reviews
Desveaux, Michelle. Review of Did You See Us? Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School, by survivors of the Assiniboia Indian Residential School and Andrew Woolford. Canadian Historical Review 103, no.2 (2022): 326-328.
Desveaux, Michelle. Review of Commemorating Canada: History, Heritage, and Memory, 1850s-1990s, by Cecilia Morgan. American Review of Canadian Studies 47, no.4 (2017): 433-435.
Web Publications
Desveaux, Michelle. “National Unity Through History: The Canadian Archives and the Development of a Unifying National Narrative.” Unwritten Histories: The Unwritten Rules of History, 7 August, 2018. http://www.unwrittenhistories.com/national-unity-through-history-the-canadian-archives-and-the-development-of-a-unifying-national-narrative/
Eidinger, Andrea, & Michelle Desveaux. “Historians’ Histories: Michelle Desveaux.” Unwritten Histories: The Unwritten Rules of History, 14 November, 2017. http://www.unwrittenhistories.com/historians-histories-michelle-desveaux/
Non-peer reviewed
Desveaux, Michelle. “Native American Views of History and the Value of Oral Traditions.” In Stephanie Hill (ed.), Borders & Boundaries: Pushing the Limits of History. Sydney, NS: University College of Cape Breton Press, 2004.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & GUEST LECTURES
“Homes and Travel.” History 193 Turtle Island, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, 5 February, 2024.
“From ‘Thieves and Beggars’ to a Sense of Belonging: Mi’kmaw Inclusion at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site.” 2022 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, May 2022.
“Intersections of History: Euro-Canadian Commemoration and Mi’kmaq History at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site.” History 580 Indigenous North America to 1763, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, 20 October 2020.
“Mississippian Societies & the City of Cahokia.” History 235 History of Canada Moments that Matter, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 6 May 2019.
“Firm Foundations: The National Archives as an Expression of Early 20th Century Canadian Historical Consciousness.” Gathering Diversities, 97th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, University of Regina, Regina, SK, May 2018.
“The Strange Case of Captain Kennelly’s Will: Re-Thinking the History of National Historic Sites via the ‘Louisbourg Ruins.’” 2018 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, May 2018.
“Indigenous Identities.” History 125 Colonization and Indigenous Sovereignties in the Modern Circumpolar North, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, 29 May 2017.
“Intersections of Historical Consciousness at the Fortress of Louisbourg and the National Archives: Writing the Present by Contesting the Past.” Contesting Canada’s Future, International Conference on the Study of Canada, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, May 2015.
HONOURS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS
2020 Devolved Scholarship ($4000)
2018-2019 Graduate Fellowship in History and Scholarly Publishing ($20,000)
2018 Research Fellowship ($1,000)
2017-2018 Graduate Fellowship in History and Scholarly Publishing ($18,000)
2017 Summer Graduate Teaching Fellowship ($4000)
2016-2017 Graduate Fellowship in History and Scholarly Publishing ($18,000)
2016 Department of History Travel Award ($4697.67)
2016 Summer Graduate Teaching Fellowship ($2000)
2016 Half-Graduate Fellowship in History and Scholarly Publishing ($8453.48)
2015 Department of History Travel Award ($1903.89)
2014 Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Scholarship ($10,000)
2013-2015 Dean’s Scholarship ($60,000)
2010-2011 Graduate Teaching Assistantship ($9228)
2010 Graduate Fellowship ($4000)
2009-2010 Graduate Teaching Assistantship ($9228)
2009 Graduate Fellowship ($4000)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2013-present Canadian Historical Association
2023-present Canadian Studies Network
SERVICE
2016 Presenter, Seminar Leader Workshop, University of Saskatchewan
2015-2017 President, PSAC Local 40004, University of Saskatchewan
2015 Presenter, Teaching Assistant Training Workshop, University of Saskatchewan
2014-2015 Organizing Member, University of Saskatchewan Association of Graduate Employees
2014-2015 Social Director, History Graduate Students’ Committee, University of Saskatchewan
2013-2014 Social Director, History Graduate Students’ Committee, University of Saskatchewan
2010 Member, History Graduate Director Hiring Committee, Trent University
2003-2004 Vice President, UCCB History Society, University College of Cape Breton
2002-2004 Member, Organizing Committee for the Annual Student History Colloquium, University College of Cape Breton
2002-2003 Finance Officer, UCCB History Society, University College of Cape Breton
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2020 Online Teaching Bootcamp, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Saskatchewan
2017 New Faculty and Instructor Workshop, University of Saskatchewan
2017 Introduction to Indigenous Voices, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Saskatchewan
2016 Developing Games that Teach, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Saskatchewan
2016 Teaching Indigenous Content and Students, University of Saskatchewan
2015 Teaching Historical Thinking, University of Saskatchewan
2015 Creating Historical Timelines, University of Saskatchewan
2015 Teaching Large Classes, University of Saskatchewan
2015 Information for New Teachers, University of Saskatchewan
2015 Teaching History Matters, University of Saskatchewan
2014 Teaching Assistant Training, University of Saskatchewan
2014 GSR979: Introductory Instructional Skills, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Saskatchewan
2013 GSR961: Graduate Ethics Training Course (TCPS) Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, University of Saskatchewan
2010 Teaching Assistant Training Certificate for completion of 12 hours of training workshops, Trent University