David T. McNab explained
David T. McNab |
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Thesis Title: | Herman Merivale and the British Empire, 1806-1874, with special reference to British North America, Southern Africa and India |
Thesis Year: | 1978 |
Discipline: | English |
Workplaces: | York University |
David T. McNab is a Métis historian. He is a professor at York University and cross-appointed in the departments of Equity Studies and Humanities in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. McNab works on Aboriginal land and treaty rights issues in Canada and as a claims advisor.
Education
McNab has a Bachelor of Art (Honours) in History from Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier University.) A Master of Arts in History from McMaster University and a PhD from the University of Lancaster[1] where he wrote his dissertation on the topic of "Herman Merivale and the British Empire, 1806-1874 : with special reference to British North America, Southern Africa and India."[2]
Career
McNab has published extensively on historical and contemporary issues related to Indigenous history, identity, land claims and governance, both in article and book form.[3] [4] His book "No Place for Fairness" provides an account of the history of Indigenous land claims in Ontario.[5] He has worked as a claims advisor for a number of Indigenous groups and is an active consultant on a range of Indigenous issues. He was the Aboriginal Historical Consultant for TV Ontario on an hour long documentary on "Legend and Memory: Ontario First Nations", which aired March 29, 2002. This documentary was later nominated for a Gemini Award. He has also worked as a treaty and historical advisor for a number of communities, such as Bkejwanong First Nations, Mohawks of Akwesasne, and Algonquins of Golden Lake.
In 2017, McNab was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[6]
Publications
- Book: McNab, David. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 978-0-8892-0338-9. Circles of time: aboriginal land rights and resistance in Ontario. Waterloo, Ont. 1999.
- Book: McNab, David. McGill-Queen's University Press. 978-0-7735-3587-9. No place for fairness: indigenous land rights and policy in the Bear Island case and beyond. Montréal. McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 58. 2009.
- Book: Wilfrid Laurier University Press . 978-0-88920-381-5 . Bruce W. Hodgins, David McNab, Ute Lischke (eds.) . Blockades and resistance: studies in actions of peace and the temagami blockades of 1988-89 . Waterloo, Ont . Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.) . 2003 . registration .
- Book: 4th. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-542892-6. Dickason. Olive Patricia. McNab. David. Canada's first nations: a history of founding peoples from earliest times. Don Mills, Ont. 2009.
- Book: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 978-0-88920-297-9. McNab. David. Nin.Da.Waab.Jig (Group). Earth, water, air and fire: studies in Canadian ethnohistory. Waterloo, Ont. 1998.
- Book: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 978-0-88920-460-7 . McNab. David. Lischke. Ute. Walking a tightrope: aboriginal people and their representations. Waterloo, Ont. Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.). 2005.
Notes and References
- Web site: David McNab Faculty Profile Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. people.laps.yorku.ca. en. 2018-01-29. 2018-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195353/http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=dtmcnab. dead.
- McNab. David Thornton. Herman Merivale and the British Empire, 1806-1874: with special reference to British North America, Southern Africa and India. 1978. 220142939. 1 microfilm reel. English.
- Book: Tecumseh's vision: indigenous sovereignty and borders since the War of 1812. McNab. David. Lischke. Ute. McNab. Paul-Emile. 2015. Aboriginal Issues Press . 9781928008033. 900656450. English.
- Manore. Jean L.. 2001. Circles of Time: Aboriginal Land Rights and Resistance in Ontario by David T. McNab (review). The Canadian Historical Review. en. 82. 2. 360–361. 1710-1093.
- News: Aboriginal History in Ontario's Cottage Country. 2012-04-03. ActiveHistory.ca. 2018-01-29. en-CA.
- Web site: Royal Society of Canada honours six York Professors in 2017 . research.info.yorku.ca . August 13, 2019 . August 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190813192505/http://research.info.yorku.ca/fellows-of-the-royal-society-of-canada/ . dead .