Andrea H. Procter is a Canadian anthropologist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Education and career
Procter holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in anthropology and English from the University of Toronto, a Master of Natural Resources Management from the University of Manitoba, and a PhD in anthropology from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is a member of the faculty of humanities and social sciences at Memorial University, where her research focuses on decolonization and Indigenous self-governance.[1]
In 2021, Procter’s book A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland won the Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing and the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for non-fiction.[2][3]
Publications
Books as author
- Procter, Andrea (2020). A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland. St. John’s: Memorial University Press. ISBN 978-1-8947-2564-4.[4][5][6]
- Cochrane, Candace; Procter, Andrea; Nunatsiavut Creative Group (2022). TautukKonik / Looking Back: Piusigilauttavut Labradoriup Taggâni, 1969-1986 / A Portrait of Inuit life in Northern Labrador, 1969-1986. St. John’s: Memorial University Press. ISBN 978-1-9904-4500-2.[7]
Books as editor
- Natcher, David; Felt, Larry; Procter, Andrea, eds. (2012). Settlement, Subsistence, and Change among the Labrador Inuit: The Nunatsiavummiut Experience. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 978-0-8875-5731-6.
- Brice-Bennett, Carol (2023). Procter, Andrea; Onalik, Lena (eds.). Avanimiut: A History of Inuit Independence in Northern Labrador. St. John’s: Memorial University Press. ISBN 978-1-9904-4514-9.[8][9]
References
- ^ “Andrea Procter”. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ^ Zhu, Eva (17 May 2021). “Tyler LeBlanc, Alison Taylor among 2021 Atlantic Book Award winners”. CBC Books. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ^ “2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards”. WritersNL. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ^ Logan, Tricia (Fall 2023). “Andrea H. Procter, A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland”. Historical Studies in Education / Revue d’histoire de l’éducation. 35 (2): 115–116. doi:10.32316/hse-rhe.2023.5201.
- ^ Oakes, Jill (March 2025). “A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland, by Andrea Procter”. Arctic. 78 (1). Arctic Institute of North America: 103. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ^ Matchim, John R.H. (3 June 2022). “A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland. Andrea Procter”. Canadian Historical Review. 103 (2). University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/chr-103.2.br03.
- ^ McKenna, M. (December 2024). “Tautukkonik/ Looking Back: Piusigilauttavut Labradoriup Taggâni, 1969–1986/ A Portrait of Inuit Life in Northern Labrador, by Candace Cochrane and Andrea Proctor”. Arctic. 74 (4). Arctic Institute of North America: 376–277. doi:10.14430/arctic81665.
- ^ Verma, Jenn Thornhill (May 2024). “Their Beautiful Land: An Inuit history of northern Labrador”. Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ^ White, Graham (March 2026). “Avanimiut: A History of Inuit Independence in Northern Labrador. Carol Brice-Bennett, revised by Lena Onalik and Andrea Procter”. Canadian Historical Review. 107 (1). University of Toronto Press: 13–154. doi:10.3138/chr.107.1.br02.
Further reading
- Roberts, Darrell (October 2020). “I think the story is best told by focusing on individuals: An interview with Dr. Andrea Procter”. NQ. Retrieved 19 May 2026.