Jérôme Melançon is an associate professor of French and Francophone Intercultural Studies at La Cité universitaire francophone, and an adjunct member of the Philosophy and Classics Department at the University of Regina. His research deals in part with relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada, with reconciliation and decolonization, and with the history of colonialism, especially where Francophone communities and institutions are concerned. He co-edited a special issue of the Cahiers franco-canadiens de l’Ouest titled “L’autochtonisation pour préparer un avenir commun.” He is the author of one book and the editor of four books or journal issues on the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as well as three books and two chapbooks of poetry, the most recent being En d’sous d’la langue (Prise de parole, 2021) and Tomorrow’s Going to Be Bright (above/ground press, 2022).

Making accessible the Marieval Residential School records from the Provincial Archives

This multi-disciplinary, collaborative academic research project seeks to identify, copy, translate, and analyze the documents pertaining to the Marieval Residential School which are available at the Provincial Archives. It is a part of the wider research project led by Cowessess First Nation to find all the documents pertaining to the history of survivors of this school and of the school itself. After completing the documentary part of the research, I will turn to political philosophy and political sociology to study the relationships between the individuals, organizations, institutions, and ideas that made up the world of residential schools in the Qu’Appelle Valley region.