Jesse Thistle, an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities, has been recognized by CBC for his memoir From the Ashes. To mark World Mental Health Day on October 10, CBC published a list of 24 Canadian books focusing on mental health, with Thistle’s book listed as recommended reading. Thistle’s memoir recounts his difficult childhood and overcoming addiction and homelessness.
Thistle is a P.E. Trudeau and Vanier doctoral scholar, as well as a Governor General Silver Medalist. He was the Resident Scholar of Indigenous Homelessness at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness where he drafted the National Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada. His historical research has been published in numerous academic journals, book chapters and featured on CBC Ideas, CBC Campus and Unreserved. Thistle teaches Métis Studies at 91ÑÇÉ«.
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