David T. McNab

David T. McNab
Born1947 (age 77–78)
Academic background
EducationBA., history, Waterloo Lutheran University
M.A, history, McMaster University
PhD., University of Lancaster
ThesisHerman Merivale and the British Empire, 1806-1874, with special reference to British North America, Southern Africa and India (1978)
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish
InstitutionsYork University

David T. McNab FRSC 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.[1] 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.[1]

In 2017, McNab was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[6]

Publications

  • McNab, David (1999). Circles of time: aboriginal land rights and resistance in Ontario. Waterloo, Ont: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-0-8892-0338-9.
  • McNab, David (2009). No place for fairness: indigenous land rights and policy in the Bear Island case and beyond. McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 58. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-3587-9.
  • Blockades and resistance: studies in actions of peace and the temagami blockades of 1988-89. Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.). Bruce W. Hodgins, David McNab, Ute Lischke (eds.). Waterloo, Ont: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-88920-381-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Dickason, Olive Patricia; McNab, David (2009). Canada's first nations: a history of founding peoples from earliest times (4th ed.). Don Mills, Ont: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-542892-6.
  • McNab, David; Nin.Da.Waab.Jig (Group) (1998). Earth, water, air and fire: studies in Canadian ethnohistory. Waterloo, Ont: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-297-9.
  • McNab, David; Lischke, Ute (2005). Walking a tightrope: aboriginal people and their representations. Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.). Waterloo, Ont: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-460-7.

References

  1. ^ a b c "David McNab | Faculty Profile | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies". people.laps.yorku.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. ^ McNab, David Thornton (1978). Herman Merivale and the British Empire, 1806-1874: with special reference to British North America, Southern Africa and India (Thesis). 1 microfilm reel. OCLC 220142939.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ McNab, David; Lischke, Ute; McNab, Paul-Emile (2015). Tecumseh's vision: indigenous sovereignty and borders since the War of 1812. Aboriginal Issues Press. ISBN 9781928008033. OCLC 900656450.
  4. ^ Manore, Jean L. (2001). "Circles of Time: Aboriginal Land Rights and Resistance in Ontario by David T. McNab (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 82 (2): 360–361. ISSN 1710-1093.
  5. ^ "Aboriginal History in Ontario's Cottage Country". ActiveHistory.ca. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  6. ^ "Royal Society of Canada honours six York Professors in 2017". research.info.yorku.ca. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.