Sean Carleton is an interdisciplinary historian of settler colonialism, capitalism, and education in Western Canada. He holds a BA and MA in History from Simon Fraser University and a PhD from the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies at Trent University. His research examines the rise of different forms of state schooling (common, public, mission, day, boarding and industrial schools) for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Western Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Sean is also a founding member of the Graphic History Collective, an arts collective which produces historical comic books (www.graphichistorycollective.com).
In September 2016, Sean will start as a SSHRC and Honorary Grant Notley Postdoctoral Fellow in History and Classics at the University of Alberta. His new research looks at the connections between colonial violence, Indigenous resistance, and the creation of Canada's first residential schools in Western Canada.
Sean is also a founding member of the Graphic History Collective, an arts collective which produces historical comic books (www.graphichistorycollective.com).
In September 2016, Sean will start as a SSHRC and Honorary Grant Notley Postdoctoral Fellow in History and Classics at the University of Alberta. His new research looks at the connections between colonial violence, Indigenous resistance, and the creation of Canada's first residential schools in Western Canada.