Lessons in Legitimacy

Lessons in Legitimacy examines the relationship between settler capitalism, state schooling, and the making of British Columbia.

Sean Carleton is an assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies at the University of Manitoba. He has published in Historical Studies in Education, History of Education, Settler Colonial Studies, and BC Studies.

"His contribution is imperative to both understanding education in British Columbia and improving schooling for Indigenous and all students."

Alexandra Giancarlo, University of Calgary:

"Lessons in Legitimacy is an impressively researched and cogently argued piece of scholarship."

Alex Gagne. York University:

"Carleton’s multilayered approach offers a crucial and insightful perspective on the history of schooling – one that is sensitive to the spaces between state power and the paradoxical nature of the colonial project in Canada."