PhD, Policy Studies, in progress – Ryerson University MHSc, Health Sciences – University of Toronto School of Policy and Administration Policy
Danika is a collaborator on a project working towards an Ethical Space of engagement for bridging multiple ways of knowing in aquatic research and monitoring.įor Danika’s Full Bio Please Click here: Within Canada, Danika has served First Nations in the areas of environment, Indigenous Legal Orders, health and governance. Prior to joining the Department of Law and Legal Studies in January of 2020, Danika practised law in Canada for almost two decades, advising Indigenous Peoples across Canada and internationally. School of Canadian and Indigenous Studiesĭegrees – BA (honours), Political Science – Carleton Universityĭanika Billie Littlechild is Cree from Ermineskin Cree Nation, Neyaskweyahk, Maskwacis (Alberta) in Treaty No. He is an active member with Lets Talk Science in the Ottawa region and organizes annual research fairs that provide Indigenous youth an opportunity to experience the University atmosphere. He has a strong commitment for engaging and empowering Indigenous youth in the sciences. His research specializes in using photonics and light for developing quantum communication technologies. He is a member of Cross Lake First Nation in Treaty 5 territory. M.Sc., Medical Biophysics – Western UniversityĬonnor Kupchak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics. His research interests focus on understanding the interpersonal processes that promote and detract from the health and wellbeing of underrepresented groups, with an emphasis on Indigenous people.ĭegrees: BSc, Physics – University of Manitoba PhD Social Psychophysiology – University of TorontoĬhad is a social psychophysiologist who studies interpersonal interactions. MA Social Psychophysiology – University of Toronto A Scots-Lakota professor of art history, her research centers around contemporary Indigenous arts and constructions of Indigeneity in popular culture.ĭegrees: BA (Honours) Social Psychology– Simon Fraser University His research uses a Maya backstrap weaving methodology to rewrite active memory recouperations of the Guatemalan Civil War and bring Maya queer and trans ancestors who might be erased not just from physical archives, but also from larger collective memories, back into community.ĭegrees: MEd, Aboriginal Adult Education Brock UniversityĬarmen Robertson is the Canada Research Chair in North American Art and Material Culture in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences jointly appointed between the School for Studies in Art and Culture, the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture. His interdisciplinary work centers Indigenous and Black feminist theorizing and methodologies, and encompasses historiography, Cultural Rhetorics, and Queer Indigenous Two-Spirit Studies. School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies