The 2021 Oral History Summer Institute
From May 4 to June 14, 2021, the Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge’s Centre for Oral History & Tradition ran its extremely successful inaugural virtual Oral History Summer Institute. A slate of remarkable guest speakers who shared their expertise included:
Kristina Llewellyn (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Waterloo); Funké Alajdejebi (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Toronto); Adrienne Cain (Institute for Oral History, Baylor Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬); Tiffany Prete (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Alberta); Allyson Stevenson (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Saskatchewan); Cheryl Troupe (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Saskatchewan); Winona Wheeler (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Saskatchewan); Carly Adams (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge); Jenna Bailey (Research Fellow COHT, Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge); and Stacey Zembrzycki (Dawson College). Moderators included Heidi MacDonald (UNB); Shelby Martens (PhD candidate Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of New Brunswick); Darcy Tamayose (PhD candidate Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge); Joslin Smith (MA Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge) and Carol Williams (Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge). Elder Francis First Charger offered blessings for our Institute.
Dr. Karissa Patton served as the Director of the Oral history Summer Institute with Research and teaching assistance from Elaine Toth (PhD candidate UofL).
Students learned about interviewing methods and technologies, shared their own oral history expertise and advice, and discussed a variety of approaches to oral history interviewing and ethics – including Indigenous and trauma-informed methodologies.
5 Indigenous student registrants, non-credit and community members, were awarded the COHT first annual tuition awards to attend the summer institute. The Mastercard Foundation provided matching funds to double donations from Carol Williams and Carly Adams.