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Miigwetch, Maarsi, Nya:weh!
St. George Campus (Downtown Toronto)
Jeffrey Ansloos (He/Him)
Fisher River Cree Nation / Ochekwi Sipi, Cree and English
Associate Professor Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Studies of Health and Environmental Justice
Research Interests:
- Sociology of Health
- Mental Health
- Health and the Environment
- Life Promotion
- Psychology
Tahohtharátye' Joe Brant (He/Him)
Tyendinaga Mohawk Nation Territory, Onkwehón:we
Assistant Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Studies and Department of Linguistics
Research Interests:
- Indigenous Language Documentation and Revitalization
John Borrows (He/Him/His)
Chippewas of the Nawash First Nation, Anishinaabe
Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the Faculty of Law
Research Interests:
- Constitutional Law
- Indigenous Law
- Aboriginal Rights
- Environmental Law
- Comparative Indigenous Rights
Kristen Bos (She/Her)
Métis Manitoba Federation, Métis
Assistant Professor at the Technoscience Research Unit
Research Interests:
- Science and technology studies
- Environmental data justice
- Indigenous feminisms
Chadwick (Chad) Cowie (He/Him)
Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg – Pamitaashkodeyong (Hiawatha First Nation) and Irish
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
Research Interests:
- Indigenous Politics
- Canadian Politics
- Comparative Politics
Michelle Daigle (She/Her)
Mushkegowuk (Cree), from Constance Lake First Nation
Assistant Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Studies and Department of Geography & Planning and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Geographies
Research Interests:
- Indigenous Geographies
- Indigenous Political Ecology
- Indigenous Resurgence
- Decolonial Geographies
- Indigenous Feminisms
- Indigenous Water Governance
Heather Dorries (She/Her)
Sagkeeng First Nation, Anishinaabe and Settler
Associate Professor jointly appointed to the Centre for Indigenous Studies and Department of Geography and Planning and Canada Research Chair
Research Interests:
- Indigenous studies
- Indigenous urban studies
- Indigenous planning
Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo
Mohawk Nation – Kahnawake, Mohawk
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at Victoria College at Victoria University in the University of Toronto; June Callwood Professor of Social Justice; Special Advisor to the President on Indigenous Initiatives
Research Interests:
- Education
- Theology
- Indigenous and Church Relationships
- Residential Schools
- Indigenous Worldviews
- Multi-Faith Education
Susan Hill (She/Her)
Haudenosaunee Citizen (Mohawk Nation), Wolf Clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River
Director of the Centre for Indigenous Studies and Associate Professor in the Centre for Indigenous Studies and Department of History
Research Interests:
- History and Indigenous Studies
- Haudenosaunee Land Tenure
- Indigenous Research Ethics and Methodologies
Tricia McGuire-Adams (She/Her/Kwe)
Anishinaabe, from Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Research Interests:
- Indigenous Health, Well-Being and Physical Activity
- Indigenous Health Resurgence
- Indigenous Research Methodologies
- Indigenous-Informed Physical Cultural Studies
M. Murphy (They/Them)
Red River Métis Citizen, Winnipeg, and French Canadian
Professor cross-appointed in the Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology School of Environment and Canada Research Chair in Science and Technology Studies and Environmental Data Justice
Research Interests:
- Indigenous science and technology studies
- Environmental justice
- Data justice
- Feminist studies
Ninaatig Staats Pangowish (He/Him)
Wiikwemkoong / Six Nations / Toronto
Associate Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Studies
Research Interests:
- Anishinaabemowin
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Musical Pedagogy
- Immersion Pedagogy
Pedro Mateo Pedro (He/Him)
A native speaker of Q’anjob’al, a Mayan language of Guatemala
Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) in the Department of Linguistics
Research Interests:
- Language Documentation
- Language Revitalization
- First Language Acquisition
Tyler Pennock (They/Them)
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Nêhiyaw
Assistant Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Studies
Research Interests:
- Oral Tradition
- Narratives and Literature
- Indigenous Media
Todd Sanders
ᏥᏣᎳᎩ (Tsitsalagi), ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ (Cherokee Nation)
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
Research Interests:
- Arts of Government
- Euro-American Knowledge Practices
- Anthropological Theory
- Bureaucracy and Science
- Energy and Environment
- Native Nations
- Tribal Sovereignty
Cheryl Suzack (She/Her)
Batchewana First Nation, Anishinaabe
Professor at the Faculty of English/Indigenous Studies/Law
Research Interests:
Indigenous studies
- Indigenous law and humanities
- Indigenous feminism
- Indigenous decolonization
- Indigenous women’s writing
- Comparative Indigenous studies
- Indigenous human rights
Dr. Jaris Swidrovich (He/They)
Saulteaux and Ukrainian from Yellow Quill First Nation
Assistant Professor (Tenure Stream) and Indigenous Engagement Lead in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Research Interests:
- Pharmacy
Dale A. Turner
Teme-Augama Anishinaabe, Anishinaabe and English
Associate Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Studies and Political Science
Research Interests:
- Indigenous politics
Dr. Brenda Wastasecoot (She/Her)
Cree/Ininu from York Factory Cree Nation
Associate Professor in the Centre for Indigenous Studies
Research Interests:
- Auto-Ethnography
- Storytelling
- Arts-Based Teaching and Learning
Dr. Jennifer Wemigwans (She/Her)
Kevin J White (He/Him)
Akwesasne Mohawks, Mohawk
Assistant Professor at the Centre for Indigenous Studies and Dept for the Study of Religion/Faculty of Arts & Science
Research Interests:
- Indigenous Studies
- American Studies/Haudenosaunee Culture, Knowledge, and History
- Storytelling
- Orality
Scarborough Campus
Chadwick (Chad) Cowie (He/Him)
Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg – Pamitaashkodeyong (Hiawatha First Nation) and Irish
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
Research Interests:
- Indigenous Politics
- Canadian Politics
- Comparative Politics
Mississauga Campus
Jennifer Adese (She/Her)
Todd Sanders
ᏥᏣᎳᎩ (Tsitsalagi), ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ (Cherokee Nation)
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
Research Interests:
- Arts of Government
- Euro-American Knowledge Practices
- Anthropological Theory
- Bureaucracy and Science
- Energy and Environment
- Native Nations
- Tribal Sovereignty
Anne Spice (She/Her)
Carcross Tagish/ Tlingit (Deisheetan clan), Kwanlin Dün First Nation
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
Research Interests:
- Indigenous land defense
- Climate change
- Resource extraction and resistance
- Ancestral tattooing and health
