Brenda Macdougall

Teaching with Graphic Novels: How Imagery Helps Student’s Process Complex Historical Events

Brenda is a Metis scholar from Western Canada and a University Research Chair in Metis Family and Community Traditions at the University of Ottawa. She has a public profile with articles in national newspapers and online forums including Shekon Neechie, an Indigenous history Site that she co-founded. She co-created the Digital Archives Database Project, an online archive of transcribed historical records, with other historians. While not an artist herself, Brenda utilizes the artistic representations in her classrooms to engage students in critical thinking and learning practices.