Grad publishes book

Congratulations to Nipissing Alumnus, Timothy Winegard (BEd ’99), on the publication of his new book For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War (University of Manitoba Press).

The book reveals how national and international forces directly influenced the more than 4,000 status Indians who voluntarily served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force between 1914 and 1919—a per capita percentage equal to that of Euro-Canadians—and how subsequent administrative policies profoundly affected their experiences at home, on the battlefield, and as returning veterans.

Winegard served nine years as an officer in the Canadian Forces, including a two-year attachment to the British Army. He is also the author of Oka: A Convergence of Cultures and the Canadian Forces and Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War. He recently moved to Colorado and will be teaching at Colorado Mesa University next fall.

For more information about the book, please visit the website.