Talman Lecture 2026 poster - Dr. Lianne C. Leddy

The J.J. Talman Lecture Series - Dr. Lianne C. Leddy

"When the Cold War came to Anishinaabe Homelands: Northern Ontario in Global Perspective"

Associate Professor Lianne Leddy, Wilfrid Laurier University

Dr. Lianne C. Leddy (Anishinaabekwe) is a member of Serpent River First Nation and grew up in Elliot Lake, Ontario. She is an associate professor of History and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Histories and Historical Practice in Canada at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her award-winning book, Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake was published by University of Toronto Press in 2022. Leddy's work has appeared in the Canadian Historical Review, Oral History ForumNAIS, and Herizons as well as several edited collections.

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