selected publications
books
burnett, k. and t. hay. plundering the north: a history of settler colonialism, corporate welfare, and food insecurity (winnipeg: university of manitoba press, 2023).
shortlisted, best scholarly book in canadian history prize, canadian historical association (2024)
shortlisted, j.w. dafoe book prize (2024)
burnett, k. taking medicine: women's healing work and colonial contact in southern alberta 1880-1930, (vancouver: ubc press), 2010.
edited collections
shannon, s. k. burnett, and t. hay. eds., abortion: history, politics, and reproductive justice after
morgentaler (vancouver: university of british columbia press, 2018).
shannon, s. k. ackerman, k. burnett, and t. hay, eds., transcending borders: abortion in the past and present (cham, ch: palgrave macmillan,2017).
burnett, k. and g. read, eds., aboriginal history: a reader, second edition(don mills: oxford university press, 2016).
burnett, k. g. read, eds., aboriginal history: a reader (don mills: oxford university press, 2012).
articles in journals
sander, c, k. burnett, l. ray, m. ulanova, d. halperin, and s. halperin. “an exploration of the role of trust and rapport in vaccine delay and refusal among anishinaabe in rural northern ontario” plos one (published december 5, 2024): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308876
ray, l., a. sánchez suárez, and k. burnett, “power to the people: exploring glocality as a framework for sdg implementation at universities in canada and mexico,” curriculum studies in health and physical education (15 may 2024): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2024.2348813
martens, t., and k. burnett, b. parker, and k. skinner. marten, t. k. burnett, b. parker, and k. skinner, “safe food, dangerous lands: traditional foods and indigenous peoples in canada.” frontiers in science and environmental communication. volume 6 (december 2021): https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.749944
burnett, k., s. ritchey, and l. thomas. “introduction: health, healing and caring,” gender and history, vol. 33/3 (october 2021): 583-593. (co-editor of special issue)
sanders, c. k. burnett, , s. lam, m. hassan, and k. skinner, “you need id to get id”: a scoping review of personal identification as a barrier to and facilitator of the social determinants of health in north america,” international journal of environmental research and public health 17/2 (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124227
burnett, k., c. sanders, d. halpern, and s. halpern “indigenous peoples, settler colonialism, and access to health care in rural and northern ontario,” health & place, vol. 66 (november 2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102445
sanders, c. and k. burnett, “a case study in personal identification and social determinants of health: preliminary findings on unregistered births among indigenous people in northern ontario,” international journal of environmental research and public health. vol 16, 567 (2019); doi:10.3390/ijerph16040567 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/4/567
ray, l., k. burnett, a. cameron, s. joseph, j. leblanc, b. parker, a. recollet, and c. sergerie, “examining indigenous food sovereignty as a conceptual framework for health in two urban communities in northern ontario, canada,” global health promotion, vol. 26 supp. 3(2019):54-63.
parker, b, k. burnett, t. hay, and k. skinner, “the community food environment and food insecurity in sioux lookout, ontario,” understanding the relationships between food, health, and place,” journal of hunger and environmental nutrition. (2018), doi: 10.1080/19320248.2018.1537867.
skinner k, robin martens t., cidro j, burnett k.” from bitter to sweet: continuing the conversation on indigenous food sovereignty through sharing stories, engaging communities, and embracing culture,” guest editorial for the special issue on indigenous food. canadian food studies, 5(2), (2018), 3-8. doi: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i2.323
burnett, k., k. skinner, t. hay, j. leblanc, and l. chambers, “retail food environment experiences and purchasing patterns in northern canada,”health promotion and chronic disease prevention in canada (hpcdp), 37/10(2017): 333-41. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.37.10.03
chambers, l. and k. burnett, “jordan’s principle: the struggle to access on-reserve health care for high needs indigenous children in canada." american indian quarterly. 41/2 (spring 2017): 101-24.
burnett, k., t. hay, and l. chambers, “settler colonialism and indigenous hunger: federal indian policy in northern canada since 1945,” journal of colonialism and colonial history. 17.2 (summer 2016) doi: 10.1353/cch.2016.0030
skinner, k, k. burnett, d. martin, p. williams, c. stothart, j. leblanc, g. veeraraghaven, and a. sheedy. “challenges in assessing food environments in northern and remote communities in canada,” canadian journal of public health, 107 (suppl. 1) (2016): es60-es63. doi: 10.17269/cjph.107.5324
burnett, k. and j. leggatt, “bloodsucking colonizers and the undead anishinaabe in drew hayden taylor’ the night wanderer,” native american and indigenous studies journal. 3/1 (2016): 96-115.
skinner, k., e. pratley, and k. burnett, “eating in the city: a review of the literature on food insecurity and indigenous people living in urban spaces,” societies, 6/2, (2016): doi:10.3390/soc60200007. 17pgs.
møller, h., m. dowsley, p. wakewich, *l. bishop, k. burnett, and *m. churchill, “a qualitative assessment of factors in the uptake of midwifery of diverse populations in thunder bay, ontario,” canadian journal of midwifery research and practice. 14/3 (2015): 14-20.
burnett, k., k. skinner, and *j. leblanc,“from food mail to nutrition north canada: reconsidering federal food subsidy programs for northern ontario.” canadian food studies. vol. 2, no. 1 (2015): 141-56.
burnett, k., *t. hay, and l. chambers, “settling the table: nutrition education initiatives and the (re)colonization of indigenous bodies in northern canada,” critical race and whiteness studies, vol. 11/1 (2015). 18 pgs. http://www.acrawsa.org.au/ejournal/
burnett, k. “race, disease, and public violence: smallpox and the (un)making of calgary’s chinatown, 1892.” social history of medicine 25/2 (2012): 362-79.
burnett, k. “building the system: churches, missionary organizations, the federal state, and health care in southern alberta treaty 7 communities, 1890-1930,” journal of canadian studies, 41/3 (fall 2007), 18-41.
articles in edited collections
chisholm, j., k. egan, and k. burnett, “ women faculty and contrapower harassment in the canadian academy,” in glass ceilings and ivory towers: gender inequality in the canadian academy, edited by rachael johnstone and bessma momani (vancouver: ubc press, 2024), 188-203.
stettner, s., k. burnett, and l. chambers, “realizing reproductive justice in canadian history,” in a companion to canadian women’s and gender history, edited by n. janovicek and c. nielson (toronto: university of toronto press 2019), 298-320.
burnett, k. “different histories: reproduction, colonialism, and treaty 7 communities in southern alberta, 1880-1940,” in s. stettner, k. burnett, and t. hay eds., abortion: history, politics and reproductive justice after morgentaler (vancouver: ubc press, 2018), 35-54.
shannon s. and k. burnett, “introduction: a generation after morgentaler: abortion history and politics,” in s. stettner, k. burnett, and t. hay eds., abortion: history, politics and reproductive justice after morgentaler (vancouver: ubc press, 2018), 3-32.
burnett, k. and s. stettner, “epilogue: abortion history and politics going forward,” in s. stettner, k. burnett, and t. hay eds., abortion: history,politics and reproductive justice after morgentaler (vancouver: ubc press, 2018), 335-341.
ackerman, k., k. burnett, t. hay, and s. stettner, “every body has its own feminism”: introducing transcending borders,” shannon, s. k. ackerman, k. burnett, and t. hay, eds., transcending borders: abortion in the past and present (cham, ch: palgrave macmillan, 2017), 1-16.
leblanc, j. and k. burnett, “what happened to indigenous food sovereignty in northern ontario? imposed political, economic, socio-ecological and cultural systems changes,” in a land not forgotten: indigenous food security and land-based practices in northern ontario. eds. robidoux, m. and c. mason, university of manitoba press, 2017), 16-33.
hay, t., k. burnett, and l. chambers, “a tragedy to be sure": settler colonialism, housing crises, and historical amnesia in northern ontario,” understanding atrocities: remembering, representing, and teaching genocide, ed., s. murray, calgary: university of calgary press, 2017), 145-168.
burnett, k., *t. hay, and k. skinner, “government policy, food insecurity, and indigenous people in northern canada,” in k. burnett and g. read eds, aboriginal history: a reader, second edition (don mills: oxford university press, 2016), 404-414.
burnett, k. “introduction: indigenous histories,” in k. burnett and g. read eds, aboriginal history: a reader, second edition (don mills: oxford university press, 2016), xi-xxix
burnett, k. “the rattlesnake and the otter: anthropology, gender, and contraception among the niitsitapi (blackfoot) in the 1930s,” in the archaeology of medicine, healing, and performance, eds., r. pettitt et al. (oxford: oxbow books, 2014), 106-120.
burnett, k. with g. read. “introduction: aboriginal history in a colonial context,” aboriginal history: a reader, kristin burnett and geoffrey read, eds. (don mills: oxford university press, 2012), xv-xxv.
burnett, k. “obscured obstetrics: aboriginal midwives in western canada,” in recollecting: lives of aboriginal women of the canadian northwest and u.s borderlands, edited by s. carter and p. mccormack, (edmonton: athabasca press, 2011), 157-71.
this collection won the following awards: canadian historical association’s 2012 best book in aboriginal history prize; 2012 willa literary award in the area of scholarly nonfiction; book publishers association of alberta’s 2012 award for best scholarly and academic book; and the 2011 armitage-jameson prize.
leggatt, j. and k. burnett, “no neutral territory, no switzerland: treaty rights in the twilight saga,” in twilight and history, ed., n. reagin (new jersey: john wiley and sons, 2010), 26-46.
burnett, k. “the healing work of aboriginal women in indigenous and newcomer communities,” in place and practice in canadian nursing history, ed., by m. stuart and j. elliott (vancouver: ubc press, 2008), 40-52.
burnett, k. “aboriginal and white women in the publications of john maclean, egerton ryerson young, and john mcdougall,” in unsettled pasts: reconceiving the west through women’s history, edited by s. carter et al., calgary: university of calgary press, 2005), 101-122.
editorials and commentaries
ray, l. t. robin, k. burnett, and b. parker, “can you do good work in indigenous communities with bad money?” briarpatch (29 october 2021): https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/can-you-do-good-work-in-indigenous-communities-with-bad-money
burnett, k. and c. sanders, “lack of id can endanger already vulnerable people during the covid-19 pandemic,” the conversation (7 october 2020): https://theconversation.com/lack-of-id-can-endanger-already-vulnerable-people-during-covid-19-pandemic-140899
k. burnett and c. sanders, “letter in support of legislation for fee waivers for personal identification,” campaign organized by michael mantha (ndp mpp algoma-manitoulin) and northern development critic.
burnett, k. and t. hay, “letter defending police shows white fragility,” the chronicle journal, 13 june 2017. http://www.chroniclejournal.com/opinion/letter-defending-police-shows-white-fragility/article_7f4f15c2-4fbc-11e7-aac2-1380fefcff1c.html
papatsie, l., n. kassie, j. milne, a. sheedy, k. burnett, s. wesche, k. skinner, m. fillion, and j. leblanc. “food security off the table in election.” winnipeg free press, (24 september 2015).
burnett, k., k. skinner, m. fillion, s. wesche, t. kenny, and a. sheedy, “making food affordable and accessible in northern canada,” food security canada, northern food insecurity plank for 2015 federal election. (april – may 2015).
guttman, a. and k. burnett, “child care at congress an equity issue,” caut bulletin, 60/5 (may 2013), a2.
reports
k. burnett, “report on indigenous peoples in thunder bay: housing, homelessness, and disability,” (november 2022), prepared for nokiiwin tribal council.
k. burnett and s. stettner, “the role of ywca canada in canada’s residential schools and indian hospitals,” (may 2022).
k. burnett, c. sanders, and thunder bay id action group, “a call to action: eliminate systemic barriers to obtaining and keeping ontario birth certificates,” (april 2022). evidence-based document prepared as part of a communications strategy for service agencies and members of parliament to advocate for the eliminations of birth certificate fees.
burnett, k. (august 2021), final report for the fort albany market project, prepared for fort albany first nation and the local poverty reduction fund, ontario trillium foundation.
burnett, k. and t. hay, “literature review: indigenous peoples and disabilities,” for nokiiwin tribal council, (july 2021).
burnett k, and c. sanders (january 2021). final report for the awenen niin identification project, prepared for the kinna-aweya legal clinic and the local poverty reduction fund, ontario trillium foundation.
burnett, k. (february 2021). final report for flour mill community farm project, prepared for sudbury social planning council and the local poverty reduction fund, ontario trillium foundation.
colour of poverty-colour of change, black legal action centre campaign 2020, chinese and southeast legal clinic, chinese and southeast asian legal clinic, council of agencies serving south asians, kinna-aweya legal clinic, ontario council of agencies serving immigrants, south asian legal clinic of ontario, k. burnett, and c. sanders. 2020. “joint submission to the un committee on the rights of the child at its 87th session and review of the fifth and sixth periodic reports of canada.” accessible at: https://colourofpovertyca.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/copc-crc-report-final.pdf
veeraraghavan g, burnett k, skinner k, williams p, martin d, jamal a, ramsay m, stothart c. paying for nutrition: a report on food costing in the north, (prepared for food secure canada and industry canada, ottawa, ontario, september 2016).
burnett, k., k. skinner, t. hay, and b. parker (2016) “maamaaw wiisinidaa all together let’s eat: considering issues related to food and first nations in northwestern ontario.”