CRYTC News

2023

November

AMO app and PISIM app now available on iOS and Android

Tue. Apr. 2, 2024 11:45 AM
You can now download our new picture book app AMO, the app version of Amō’s Sapotawan in the App Store on iOS and the Play Store... Read More

2022

January

New Cree Language App Available

Wed. Jan. 19, 2022 12:00 AM
University of Winnipeg student Cameron Adams has created a Cree language app entitled “nēhinawēwin” that... Read More

2021

October

Imagining Childhoods Otherwise

Wed. Oct. 13, 2021 12:00 AM
An event held by the Department of Gender Studies, Dr. Jacob Breslow invites you to a roundtable conversation celebrating the publication of his... Read More

2019

October

Six Seasons Celebrates App Launch

Fri. Oct. 11, 2019 12:00 AM
On October 24, the Six Seasons of Asiniskaw Ithiniwak collaborative research group will celebrate the launch of the first picture book app in the... Read More

2018

October

Six Seasons Presentation at 2018 Meaningful Play Conference

Thu. Oct. 11, 2018 12:00 AM
Mavis Reimer will be presenting “Playing for the Future: A Picture Book App for Cultural Reclamation and... Read More

September

Six Seasons Project Receives Canadian Heritage Grant

Fri. Sep. 7, 2018 12:00 AM
The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project has received a grant from the Canadian Heritage Aboriginal Language... Read More

Six Seasons Presentation at Synergy and Contradiction: How Picturebooks and Picture Books Work Conference

Wed. Sep. 5, 2018 12:00 AM
On September 8, Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak collaborator, Naomi Hamer, will present “Transmedia... Read More

July

Six Seasons Research Assistants Presenting at Indigenous Summer Scholars Colloquium

Tue. Jul. 31, 2018 12:00 AM
Two research assistants–Ozten Paul and Thamer Linklater–will be presenting their research on the Six Seasons of the... Read More

April

Collaboration and Community Engagement: The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak Roundtable at 2018 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Thu. Apr. 26, 2018 12:00 AM
On May 29, from 1:30PM to 3:00PM, members of the Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project will be participating in a... Read More

Mavis Reimer Receives ChLA Diversity Research Grant

Thu. Apr. 5, 2018 12:00 AM
The Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures is pleased to announce that Mavis Reimer has been awarded... Read More

March

Issue 9.2 of Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures Out Now

Tue. Mar. 13, 2018 12:00 AM
Issue 9.2 of Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is now available. This issue includes: Editorial New DirectionsHeather Snell Special Section... Read More

Six Seasons Presentations at Alternate Histories Symposium

Mon. Mar. 5, 2018 12:00 AM
On March 7, Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak researchers Doris Wolf and Kevin... Read More

February

Skywalk Lecture – Moving Picture Books into the Future: Active Learning and Picture Book Apps

Tue. Feb. 13, 2018 12:00 AM
On February 21 from noon to 1 p.m., Six Seasons researcher, Mavis Reimer, will be presenting as part of the Winnipeg... Read More

Skywalk Lecture – Pīsim: Revitalizing and Reclaiming Rocky Cree Culture, Identity and History

Mon. Feb. 5, 2018 12:00 AM
On February 14 from noon to 1 p.m., Six Seasons researcher, Kevin Brownlee, will be presenting as part of the Winnipeg Public... Read More

January

Introduction to Seriality and Texts for Young People Published in Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung

Tue. Jan. 9, 2018 12:00 AM
The introduction to Seriality and Texts for Young People: The Compulsion to Repeat edited by Mavis Reimer,... Read More

2017

August

CRYTC Will Share Renovated Space with New Cultural Studies Centre

Wed. Aug. 16, 2017 12:00 AM
The Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures will be undergoing major renovations this fall with a plan to share the new... Read More

June

Crowdfunding Campaign for Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow App

Sat. Jun. 17, 2017 12:00 AM
From 2008 to 2013, the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures collaborated on producing Pīsim Finds... Read More

March

CRYTC Faculty and Affiliate Receive ChLA Awards

Tue. Mar. 28, 2017 12:00 AM
The Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures would like to congratulate Dr. Mavis Reimer and Clare Bradford on... Read More

2015

July

Perry Nodelman Receives the International Brothers Grimm Award

Thu. Jul. 2, 2015 12:00 AM
The International Institute for Children’s Literature in Osaka (IICLO) is pleased to announce Perry... Read More

June

Jeunesse Articles Receive ChLA Awards

Fri. Jun. 26, 2015 12:00 AM
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is pleased to announce that two articles published in the journal were honoured at the 2015... Read More

February

Seriality and Texts for Young People

Wed. Feb. 4, 2015 12:00 AM
Seriality and Texts for Young People: The Compulsion to Repeat, edited by Mavis Reimer, Nyala Ali, Deanna England, and Melanie Dennis... Read More

2014

May

Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow wins Award from Canadian Archaeological Association

Thu. May. 1, 2014 12:00 AM
We are happy to announce that Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow has won a 2014 Public Communications Award from the Canadian... Read More

April

Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow Shortlisted for Two Manitoba Book Awards

Wed. Apr. 2, 2014 12:00 AM
The picture book Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow has been shortlisted for two 2013 Manitoba Books Awards: Manuela Dias Book... Read More

March

#uwinlibrary Project

Tue. Mar. 25, 2014 12:00 AM
Funded by the Experiential Learning Fund of the University of Winnipeg, the students of ENGL-3120 Practicum in Literacy, Language and Literature... Read More

January

Girls, Texts, Cultures Available for Pre-Order

Fri. Jan. 3, 2014 12:00 AM
Girls, Texts, Cultures, a volume initiated by a symposium hosted by the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures, is now... Read More

2013

March

Naomi Hamer Awarded 2013 David Almond Fellowship

Fri. Mar. 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Seven Stories, National Centre for Children’s Books and the Children’s Literature Unit (CLU) in Newcastle... Read More

2011

December

Jeunesse Editor Catherine Tosenberger at MLA’s “Chat With an Editor”

Wed. Dec. 21, 2011 12:00 AM
On Monday January 7, Jeunesse editor, Dr. Catherine Tosenberger will be participating in the “Chat... Read More

2010

November

Mavis Reimer Renewed as Canada Research Chair in Young People’s Texts and Cultures

Fri. Nov. 26, 2010 12:00 AM
The University of Winnipeg is pleased to announce the renewal of Dr. Mavis Reimer's appointment as Canada Research Chair in... Read More

August

Mavis Reimer on CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup

Sun. Aug. 15, 2010 12:00 AM
Dr. Mavis Reimer, Canada Research Chair in the Culture of Childhood, just made an appearance on CBC Radio One’s Cross Country Checkup to... Read More

March

University of Winnipeg Grad Student Wins ChLA Graduate Essay Award

Mon. Mar. 29, 2010 12:00 AM
The Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures would like to congratulate University of Winnipeg Graduate Student, Kendra... Read More

2009

November

Jeunesse Editor Catherine Tosenberger at MLA’s “Chat With An Editor”

Mon. Nov. 30, 2009 12:00 AM
On Monday December 28, Jeunesse editor, Dr. Catherine Tosenberger will be participating in the “Chat with an... Read More

September

First Visiting Trudeau Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Clare Bradford

Mon. Sep. 14, 2009 12:00 AM
Dr. Clare Bradford has been awarded the first $225, 000 Trudeau Visiting Fellowship Prize from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. A... Read More

2008

October

Release of Kay Stone’s Some Day Your Witch Will Come

Thu. Oct. 2, 2008 12:00 AM
A selection of Kay Stone‘s scholarly articles and books spanning 1975-2004. The volume contains reflections on the value of... Read More

September

Release of Perry Nodelman’s The Hidden Adult: Defining Children’s Literature

Wed. Sep. 10, 2008 12:00 AM
What exactly is a children’s book? How is children’s literature defined as a genre? Perry Nodelman presents... Read More

March

Release of Home Words: Discourses of Children’s Literature in Canada Literature in Canada

Fri. Mar. 14, 2008 12:00 AM
The eleven essays in Home Words explore the complexity of the idea of “home” through various theoretical... Read More

2007

September

What Do We Tell the Children?: Immigration, Race, and Historical Trauma in Canadian Children’s Literature

Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 12:00 AM
There will be a panel on children’s literature at the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association conference taking place this weekend at the... Read More

July

University of Winnipeg to Offer Master of Arts in English with a Focus on Cultural Studies

Sat. Jul. 14, 2007 12:00 AM
Addressing the link between culture and the arts, and the social, economic and political milieu, this program will address five related... Read More

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