Sheilla Jones
INVESTIGATOR. KNOWLEDGE-SEEKER. AUTHOR.
Sheilla Jones is a peace researcher and Settler whose Acadian ancestors go back many generations to a time when settlers lived peacefully and respectfully with the Mi'kmaq in the time of Chief Membertou. She has been studying and writing about the politics of Settler-Indigenous relations in Canada for some three decades, and it is the focus of her current doctoral research at the University of Manitoba.
What's New: Settler-Indigenous Relations
Events
Governor General Louise Arbour engages with peace research Sheilla Jones about Her Excellency’s role in facilitating Settler-Indigenous reconciliation during a fireside chat with Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) graduate students at the Arthur V. Mauro Institute for Peace and Justice, St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba, October 7, 2026. Her Excellency was sworn in as Governor General of Canada in June 2026 and has been undertaking the first-year tradition of meeting with groups and citizens across the country.
Photo credit: Anne-Marie Brisson, Rideau Hall
Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, edited by Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, University of Manitoba Press. Winnipeg Free Press, September 12, 2026. Reviewed by Sheilla Jones.
Panel moderator: "Building from the Ground Up: Practical Considerations for Grassroots Organizational Structures," Small Peace, Petite Love conference, St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba, April 17, 2026.
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Op-ed: Precedent-setting Treaty 1 case wraps up. Winnipeg Free Press. March 4, 2026.
A precedent-setting trial that wrapped up in Winnipeg’s Court of King’s Bench at the end of February has called for a court to determine, for the first time in 150 years, whether the value of Treaty 1 annuities is subject to an increase after being frozen at $5 per person since 1875...read more.
UN Submission
A Numbers Game: The value of Indigenous annuities in CANZUS states, by Sheilla Jones. Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, 60th Session Human Rights Council Report, March 2025. Modernized Annuity Working Group.