Dr. Tamara Palmer Seiler

Education:

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• A.A. Cottey College
• B.A. (Honours) Brigham Young University
• M.A. York University
• PHD. University of Alberta

Publications:

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FOR A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, CLICK HERE

Current Projects:

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Collaborating (with Robert M. Seiler) on a book about the history of film exhibition on the Canadian prairies. Tentatively entitled At the Picture Show: Exhibitors, Movie Theatre and Audiences in Western Canada, 1910-70.

Research and Teaching Interests

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• Canadian literature in English, especially fiction dealing with immigrant and/or ethnic minority experience.
• Canadian cultural and social history, particularly the history and cultural impact of immigration.
• The West in North America: history and cultural representations.
• Alberta history, society, and culture.
• American cultural history, particularly of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Popular culture, including the Calgary Stampede and film exhibition history
• Rhetoric.

Course Materials

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• CNST 351 (W06): Research Paper Assignment
• CNST 351 (W06): Overheads
• Marking Code, Grading Scale, and Plagiarism
• Writing a Book Review
• Reading a text: Questions to ask
• Overheads (CNST 201 F05)

Course Outlines

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• Canadian Studies 451 Course Outline (SUM07)
• Canadian Studies 201 Course Outline (F05)
• General Studies 201 Course Outline (F04)
• Canadian Studies 351 Course Outline (F03)
• Canadian Studies 353 Course Outline (W03)

Online Tools for Research and Writing

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• Effective Writing Centre
• Evaluating Online Sources (PDF)
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White
• George Orwell, Politics and the English Language 1946
• How to write a comparative analysis, by Kerry Walk
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Literature Review Tips, by Dena Taylor
• U of C Policy on Plagiarism and Cheating
• What is MLA style?: Homepage of the Modern Languages Association
• Writing Tutor, by the Applied History Research Group, UofC. Also see History Essay Guide.

Canadian Studies Links:

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• Aboriginal People
• Alberta Global Forum
• Association for Canadian Studies
• Brief Introduction to Cultural Studies
• Bouchard-Taylor Commission Report
• Canada, A People's History
• Canadian Association for Cultural Studies
• Canadian Broadcasting Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Canadian Ethinic Studies (Journal)
• Canadian Ethnic Studies Association
• Canadian Heritage: Multiculturalism
• Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric
• Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
• Canadian Studies: General Description (CNST)
• Canadian Studies: U of C Press
• Civics Channel
• Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982
• Early Canadiana
• Glenbow Museum Home Page
• Guide to the Canadian House of Commons
• History of Intellectual Culture
• International Council for Canadian Studies
• International Indigenous Studies degree: U of C
• Introduction to Canadian Media Theorists: Tricksters on the Margins
• Introduction to Post-colonial Studies
• Journal of Canadian Studies
• Kanai Culture
• Narrative Theory
• Native Centre: University of Calgary
• Our Future Our Past
• Parliament of Canada: Hansard Index
• Pier 21
• Popular Culture: Tutorial
• Resources on Canadian Literature
• Rhetoric
• Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
• Space and Place
• U of C History Tutorials