On October 24, the Six Seasons of Asiniskaw Ithiniwak will launch their first picture book app which accompanies the story, Pisim Finds Her Miskanaw
Six Seasons Presentation at 2018 Meaningful Play Conference
Mavis Reimer will be presenting “Playing for the Future: A Picture Book App for Cultural Reclamation and Reconciliation” on behalf of the Six Seasons project at the 2018 Meaningful Play conference at Michigan State University on Oct. 11. She is
Six Seasons Project Receives Canadian Heritage Grant
The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project has received a grant from the Canadian Heritage Aboriginal Language Initiative Program to assist with the development of the Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow app. The Aboriginal Language Initiative Program supports the preservation
Six Seasons Presentation at Synergy and Contradiction: How Picturebooks and Picture Books Work Conference
On September 8, Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak collaborator, Naomi Hamer, will present “Transmedia storytelling, media genealogies, and picture book theory” at the Synergy and Contradiction: How Picturebooks and Picture Books Work Conference at the University of Cambridge. Her
Six Seasons Research Assistants Presenting at Indigenous Summer Scholars Colloquium
Two research assistants–Ozten Paul and Thamer Linklater–will be presenting their research on the Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project this Thursday, Aug. 2 at the University of Winnipeg Indigenous Summer Scholars Colloquium held in room 2M70 on the University
Collaboration and Community Engagement: The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak Roundtable at 2018 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
On May 29, from 1:30PM to 3:00PM, members of the Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project will be participating in a roundtable at the Association for Research in the Cultures of Young People‘s session at the 2018 Congress of
Mavis Reimer Receives ChLA Diversity Research Grant
The Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures is pleased to announce that Mavis Reimer has been awarded the 2018 Children’s Literature Association Diversity Research Grant for Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak App Research and Development. The
Issue 9.2 of Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures Out Now
Issue 9.2 of Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is now available. This issue includes: Editorial New DirectionsHeather Snell Special Section on Youngsters Introduction to Special Section, Youngsters: On the Cultures of Children and YouthNaomi Hamer, Stuart Poyntz Things to Do
Six Seasons Presentations at Alternate Histories Symposium
On March 7, Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak researchers Doris Wolf and Kevin Brownlee will be presenting on the Six Seasons project at the Alternate Histories Symposium at the University of Manitoba (409 Tier Building). Both presentations are part
Skywalk Lecture – Moving Picture Books into the Future: Active Learning and Picture Book Apps
On February 21 from noon to 1PM, Six Seasons researcher, Mavis Reimer, will be presenting as part of the Winnipeg Public Library Skywalk Lecture Series in the Carol Shields Auditorium (2nd floor) at the Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street. Her