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University Land Grabs: Indigenous Dispossession and the Universities of Toronto and Manitoba (2023)
Journal Article
Harvey, C. (2023). University Land Grabs: Indigenous Dispossession and the Universities of Toronto and Manitoba. The Canadian Historical Review, 104(4), 467-493. https://doi.org/10.3138/chr-2023-0004

Whether leased or sold, Indigenous land provided the endowment capital for new universities in the nineteenth century. Many institutions of higher learning – including the universities of Toronto and Manitoba – began as large-scale landowners. By 182... Read More about University Land Grabs: Indigenous Dispossession and the Universities of Toronto and Manitoba.

Gold Rushes, Universities and Globalization, 1840–1910 (2023)
Journal Article
Harvey, C. (2023). Gold Rushes, Universities and Globalization, 1840–1910. Past & Present: A Journal of Historical Studies, 261(1), 118-157. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtac042

This article examines a set of public universities that opened after 1848 across California, Australasia, South Africa and Canada. It argues that these institutions, termed the ‘goldfield foundations’, owed the speed of their formation, if not their... Read More about Gold Rushes, Universities and Globalization, 1840–1910.