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Left to right: Professors Kristina Bidwell (University of Saskatchewan) and Erin Akerman (Brock University)

Dr. Kristina Bidwell among the 2024 winners of the F.E.L. Priestley Prize

Professor Kristina Bidwell awarded 2024 F.E.L. Priestley Prize

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Congratulations to Kristina Bidwell, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Storytelling and USask Faculty Member in English, and Erin Akerman (Brock University), on being awarded the prestigious 2024 F.E.L. Priestly Prize for their essay "(Re)mapping Métis Relationship in Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild" (ESC 47.1). The award was presented Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE).

The F.E.L. Priestley Prize recognizes and acknowledges the best essay published in the scholarly journal English Studies in Canada over the past year.



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