Helmer Award Winners
2024 Joanne Helmer Fellowship winner is Joe Gehring.
Joe's project title is "鈥淔inding Historical Progressive Voices in Southern Alberta Publications.鈥
Finding Historical Progressive Voices in Southern Alberta Publications by Joe Gehring
2023 Inaugural Joanne Helmer Fellowship winner is Annalise Bexte.
Annalise is a third year History/Education major with an interest in studying the World Wars, as well as food and clothing history. Her project focused on Joanne Helmer鈥檚 role in stimulating dialogue on various women's issues, specifically on women's bodily autonomy.
As part of the Helmer award Annalise completed an Independent Study titled 鈥淭wo Way Communication: Joanne Helmer鈥檚 Activist Role in the Women鈥檚 Rights Movement鈥 and has submitted an article for publication in 鈥淧rairie History,鈥 the journal of the Manitoba Historical Society.
Annalise reported about her experience holding the Helmer Award: 鈥淚 really enjoyed this project because I was able to highlight a local individual who was influential to the women's rights movement in Canada. I strengthened my research skills and gained more experience examining primary sources. The skills I gained will be helpful for the rest of my career in and after university.鈥