Historians, Indigenous studies scholars, and those in the field of education history will find this work illuminating, as will educators and general readers with an interest in schooling’s role in truth and reconciliation.
Sean Carleton is an assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies at the University of Manitoba. He has published in Historical Studies in Education, History of Education, Settler Colonial Studies, and BC Studies.
"Carleton’s multilayered approach offers a crucial and insightful perspective on the history of schooling – one that is sensitive to the spaces between state power and the paradoxical nature of the colonial project in Canada."
~Alex Gagne. York University, BC Studies
"Lessons in Legitimacy is an impressively researched and cogently argued piece of scholarship."
~Alexandra Giancarlo, University of Calgary, Social History
"His contribution is imperative to both understanding education in British Columbia and improving schooling for Indigenous and all students."
~Sara Florence Davidson, Simon Fraser University, Historical Studies in Education
