Historic Sugar Bush Economy Study Ph.D. Candidate Awarded Harshman Fellowship!
Trent University Ph.D. candidate Christine Sy

Trent University Ph.D. candidate Christine Sy has been awarded a $5,000 Harshman Fellowship for her research examining Anishinaabe women and the sugar bush economy in the Great Lakes region during the 18
th and 19
th centuries.
‘The Anishinaabe women’s economic process is unique,’ explained Ms. Sy. ‘Our relationship with the land is not based on capitalism – it is holistic – it includes spirit, family, and extended relations. Through colonization we have been alienated from our economies and the relationships that inform those economies. It is important to reclaim those.’
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