Carling Beninger
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Biography
University of Saskatchewan - History
Olive Dickason North American Indigenous History Postdoc Fellow
Higher Education
Carling
Beninger
Canada
I am a settler historian and my research interests include North American Indigenous history, Canadian Indigenous history, Indigenous policy, Indigenous education, Indigenous-Church relations, and reconciliation. My research interests stem from my commitment to fostering reconciliation through historical research and educating others on Indigenous history.
My current research project, “The Closing Down of the Indian Residential School System: A Study of Hostels and School Integration in Alberta, 1950-1980” investigates the period in which the Canadian federal government’s Indigenous education policy shifted from segregated residential schooling to educating Indigenous children in provincial or territorial schools with non-Indigenous children, a process called school integration. During this period, some residential schools were converted to hostels to provide accommodation for Indigenous students who were attending provincial schools but could not live with their families on reserves. I seek to understand the role of the churches and the federal government in running the hostels and the experiences of the Survivors who attended. This project uses a case study method by examining three hostels located in Alberta that were run by the Roman Catholic Church and funded by the federal government.
I have 3.5 years of experience teaching and developing curriculum at the 100, 200, and 300 undergraduate levels at 4 post secondary institutions, including the University of Saskatchewan, University of Winnipeg, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Douglas College. I have taught 12 undergraduate courses, developed curriculum for 8 courses, and I am currently teaching 3 courses in Canadian history at Douglas College.
Experience
University of Saskatchewan
Sessional Lecturer
HIST 125.2: Indigenous History in Canada: Education, Residential Schools, and Reconciliation
University of Saskatchewan
Sessional Instructor
History 395.3: Reconciliation in Canada: Canadians Confront the Legacy of Residential Schools.
University of Saskatchewan
Sessional Instructor
HIST 125.2: Indigenous History in Canada: Education, Residential Schools, and Reconciliation
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Visiting Assistant Professor in Indigenous History
Teaching:
History 1005: Critical Reading and Writing in Aboriginal and Indigenous Studies, January-April, 2019 History 2800: Indigenous Peoples and Colonialism, January-April, 2019
History 3525: Aboriginal History from 1783 January to April, 2019
History 3520: Aboriginal History to 1763, September-December, 2018
History 1005-001: Critical Reading and Writing in Aboriginal and Indigenous Studies, September-December, 2018 (2 sections)
Douglas College
Contract Faculty, History Department
Teaching:
History 1114: Canada After Confederation (2 sections)
History 2215: Canadian Lives: An Introduction to Social and Cultural HistoryUniversity of Alberta
Olive Dickason North American Indigenous History Postdoc Fellow
Under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Carter, my postdoctoral project, “The Closing Down of the Indian Residential School System: A Study of Hostels and School Integration in Alberta, 1950-1980” investigates the period in which the Canadian federal government’s Indigenous education policy shifted from segregated residential schooling to educating Indigenous children in provincial schools with non-Indigenous children, a process called school integration. During this period, some residential schools were converted to hostels to provide accommodation for Indigenous students who were attending provincial schools but could not live with their families on reserves. With this research project, I seek to understand the role of the churches and the federal government in running the hostels and the experiences of the Survivors who attended. To complete this postdoctoral research, I will use a case study method by examining three hostels located in Alberta that were run by the Roman Catholic Church and funded by the federal government. The Alberta hostels selected for this research are 1) Assumption (Hays Lake), operated by the Catholic Church from 1951 to 1973; Crowfoot (St. Joseph’s), operated by the Catholic Church from 1900 to 1968; and Holy angels (Fort Chipewyan), operated by the Catholic Church, 1900 to 1974. This research project, which has been the focus of scant academic attention to date, will fill a significant gap in residential school literature, while contributing to reconciliation by educating Canadians about the history and legacy of the residential school system.
Education
University of Saskatchewan
Ph.D
History
Ph.D. dissertation:“Does the Church Really Care?”: The Indigenous Policies of the Anglican, Presbyterian and United Churches of Canada, 1946-1990 under the supervision of Dr. J.R. Miller.University of Saskatchewan
Sessional Lecturer
HIST 125.2: Indigenous History in Canada: Education, Residential Schools, and ReconciliationUniversity of Saskatchewan
Sessional Instructor
History 395.3: Reconciliation in Canada: Canadians Confront the Legacy of Residential Schools.University of Saskatchewan
Sessional Instructor
HIST 125.2: Indigenous History in Canada: Education, Residential Schools, and ReconciliationTrent University
Master of Arts
Indigenous Studies and Canadian Studies
MA thesis completed in 2011: “Canadian Anglican Church Indigenous Policies from 1946-2011", under the supervision of Dr. John Milloy.Valley City State University
Bachelors of Sciences
History, Geography, Sociology
