James Daschuk, PhD

Phone: (306) 337-3272

Fax:  (306) 585-5694

Email:  james.daschuk @ uregina.ca

Dr. Jim Daschuk is an historian with a background in anthropology who has been researching and teaching in the field of Aboriginal health for nearly twenty years. Dr. Daschuk holds a faculty position in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina and brings his knowledge and expertise in the areas of history and aboriginal health to the SPHERU team. 

Dr. Daschuk is an award winning researcher and published author. His research interests and areas of specialization include:  Environmental History; Medical History; First Nations History; Métis History; Post-Confederation History; and Western and Northern Regional Histories.  Dr. Daschuk’s graduate research investigated epidemiological change in relation to the arrival and consolidation of the global economic system into western Canada. He is a recipient of the President’s Fund and SSHRC General Research Fund Grant (Fall 2008) and preparing to present preliminary findings of his bovine tuberculosis research at the first World Congress of Environmental History to be held in Copenhagen in August 2009.  

Since attaining his post doctorate in History, from the University of Winnipeg in 2002, Dr. Daschuk has focused his research on the intersection between environmental change and health. His forthcoming book, The Political Economy of Indigenous Health and Disease in the Canadian Northwest, investigates long term changes in the health of indigenous people of western Canada. He has investigated the impact of climate change on the historical development of aboriginal communities on the Canadian plains as well as the interaction of introduced species and the well being of aboriginal communities.