Faculty and staff

Krysta Alexson
alexsonk@myumanitoba.ca

Caden Colegrove
colegroc@myumanitoba.ca
Queer Indigenous storytelling. The analysis and discussion of storytelling as a way of finding a place of belonging. Additionally, in reading Indigenous stories with a queer lens, following the thought that Indigiqueer folks have always existed, and in reclaiming Indigenous identity, we also need to reclaim queer identity.

Lydia Gork
gorkl@myumanitoba.ca

Jamie Nienhuysen
nienhuyj@myumanitoba.ca

Payton Lane Whitehead
whitehe2@myumanitoba.ca

Meghan Young
youngm2@myumanitoba.ca

Hope Ace
aceh@myumanitoba.ca
Treaties and treaty constitutionalism, necro-politics, the interrelationships between land and body sovereignty.

Brielle Beaudin-Reimer
beaudinb@myumanitoba.ca
Governance of Métis knowledge production.

James Chalmers
chalmerj@myumanitoba.ca
Gii-waawiindamawaawag Anishinaabeg (The Anishinaabeg were promised it): Examining Treaties through Anishinaabemowin

Robert Hamilton
hamilt57@myumanitoba.ca

Sarah Hourie
houries@myumanitoba.ca
The history of Métis people's mobility and housing, as well as the structures that housed or displaced Métis families. Examining how this history translates into modern-day policy making by local, provincial and national governments.

Adrienne Huard
umhuard2@myumanitoba.ca
Two-Spirit critiques, erotics and aesthetics. Performance as epistemologies.

Leona Huntinghawk
nelsonll@myumanitoba.ca
Indigenous masculinities as related to child welfare (fatherhood and the CFS system).

Carla Kennedy
umkenn08@myumanitoba.ca

Shauna Mulligan
ummulli8@myumanitoba.ca
Indigenous history in the military. Oral testimonies of Cree, Dene and Inuit Rangers.

Pahan Pte San Win
ptesanwp@myumanitoba.ca

Shirley Thompson
nepinass@myumanitoba.ca

Tammy Wolfe
wolfet1@myumanitoba.ca
Working closely with the MMIWG2S community to explore methods of healing.

Ashley Daniels
danielsa@myumanitoba.ca

Nicole Stonyk
stonykn@myumanitoba.ca

Patrizia Zanella
Patrizia.Zanella@umanitoba.ca

Patrizia indizhinikaaz zhaaganaashiimong. Gaawiin indanishinaabewinikaazosiin, gaawiin indoodoodemisiin. Wajiwing iwidi agaamakiing (Switzerland) indoonjii. Niminwendam ayaayaan ji-gagwe-nitaa-anishinaabemoyaan. Nimiigwechiwi’aag gekinoo’amaagejig Pat Ningewance, Ken Paupanekis miinawaa gaye Manidoo-bines James Chalmers.

As a visiting settler scholar from the Swiss Alps, I am thankful to be on Treaty One Territory, the current and ancestral home of the Anishinaabe, Nehiyaw, Dakota, and Déne Nations as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation. The late Anishinaabe writer Basil Johnston called on scholars of Indigenous literatures to study Indigenous languages and I specifically chose the University of Manitoba to continue learning Anishinaabemowin and spend time with Ininímowin and Michif. I am deeply grateful to be in wínipék during such an exciting time for Indigenous language reclamation. Chi-miigwech to my teachers and fellow language learners for sharing their love for Indigenous languages. 

While I have always considered it vital to learn the language(s) of the places I visit, I am also aware of historical and ongoing linguicidal policies that complicate this process when it comes to reawakening Indigenous languages. As a settler scholar, I recognize that my access to Indigenous languages through higher education is not innocuous and that this privilege comes with responsibilities. I consider language a gift that calls for a reciprocal relationship and the responsibility to advocate for language revitalization. My PostDoctoral project examines how Indigenous language reclamations through literature and art celebrate and participate in adaptive traditions of Indigenous multilingualism; affirm Indigenous presence, sovereignty, and mobility; and reclaim the city as an Indigenous place. I look forward to learning from the rich scholarly and Indigenous language communities present at the University of Manitoba and in wínipék.