Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Schmalz, Peter S. |
Other Names |
Peter Stanley Schmalz |
Education |
His education includes the following: 1962 Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Ontario 1962 Secondary School Teacher's Certificate 1972 Master of Arts Degree, University of Waterloo 1985 Doctor of Philosophy Degree from the University of Waterloo. |
Occupation |
Dr. Schmalz taught for five years at John F. Ross C.V.I., Guelph (1962-1967). In 1967, he began teaching at Walkerton District Secondary School. He became the Head of the History & Contemporary Studies Department at the school, a position from which he retired in or around 1995. From 1991 - 1992, he was seconded by the Bruce County Board of Education, through a grant from Employment and Immigration Canada, to develop a native Co-operative Education Pilot Project with two reserves for the Bruce County Board of Education. Dr. Schmalz has researched local native land claims and issues extensively. In the 1990s and 2000s, Dr. Schmalz was hired to create reports for the Ministry of Natural Resources, First Nations communities, the provincial government and federal government. For example, in 1990 he prepared a report on "Saugeen First Nations Aboriginal Commercial Fishing Rights" for legal proceedings. From March 1991 to May 1992 he worked with Cape Croker in preparation for the "Fisheries Trial." Following publication of "Ojibwa of Southern Ontario", The Saugeen First Nations employed Dr. Schmalz to research and report on the history of "Aboriginal Commercial Fishing of the Nawash First Nations." In January 1993, he testified in court proceedings as an expert witness, giving the history of the Christian Island First Nations. In preparation for that testimony, he completed a study for the Ministry of Natural Resources. |
Places |
Walkerton, Ontario |
Titles & Honours |
In 1993, Dr. Schmalz received the 1993 Hilroy Fellowship for Innovations in Education award for a computer role-playing simulation which develops non-Native empathy for the century-long Native experiences on reserves. Dr. Schmalz received the 1993 Joseph Brant Award, given by The Ontario Historical Society, in relation to The Ojibwa of Southern Ontario for "the best book dealing with Ontario's multicultural history published in a three-year period." |
Sources |
Source: Peter Schmalz fonds, BCM&CC A2010,099 |
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