Crystal Gail Fraser is the recipient of the 2026 Pierre Savard Award

Congratulations to Crystal Gail Fraser, associate professor in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion and the Faculty of Native Studies, whose book By Strength We are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories has won the Pierre Savard Award for a book written in English.

The award is presented by the International Council for Canadian Studies to to recognize and promote outstanding scholarly monographs on a Canadian topic. Fraser was nominated for the award by The Canadian Studies Network.

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