2018 Prime of Life Achievement Award

Professor Emeritus of History Jim Miller received a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. (History) from the University of Toronto. Formerly the Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations. A specialist in historical and contemporary issues related to Aboriginal peoples, his research and publications have focused on policy issues. Major works include a survey of Native-newcomer history, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens; Shingwauk’s Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools; Compact, Contract, Covenant: A History of Aboriginal Treaty-Making; and, most recently, a study of the emergence of a reconciliation movement: Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Canada Confronts Its History.

His scholarly work has been recognized in numerous ways: Distinguished Researcher Award of the University of Saskatchewan (1997), Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada (1998), the Gold Medal for Achievement Research of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2010), Saskatchewan Order of Merit (2013), the Killam Prize for the Humanities awarded by The Canada Council (2014), and selection as an Officer of the Order of Canada (2014). Miller lives in Saskatoon with his wife and colleague, Dr. Lesley Biggs.