Curriculum Vitae

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2010-2019 PhD, History, University of Alberta (degree forthcoming, November 20, 2019)

Dissertation Title:“T’aih k’ìighe’ tth’aih zhit dìidìch’ùh (By Strength, We Are Still Here): Indigenous Northerners Confronting Hierarchies of Power at Day and Residential Schools in Nanhkak Thak (the Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories), 1959 to 1982”

Defended on September 20, 2019: Passed with no revisions

2009-10 Masters of Arts, History, University of Victoria

Thesis: “Cultural Perplexities: Non-Aboriginal Representations of Dene Women in the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.” 

Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Vibert

2004-08 Bachelor of Arts, History Major, Religious Studies Minor, University of Alberta

2020- Present 

Instructor, Native Studies 200 (Aboriginal Canada: Looking Forward, Looking Back), Faculty of Native Studies, University of    Alberta.

Instructor, History 261 (Canadian History Since Confederation), Department of History, Classics, & Religious Studies, University of Alberta.

Instructor, History 369 (History of Native Peoples Since Confederation), Department of History, Classics, & Religious Studies, University of Alberta.

2019 

Guest Instructor, Native Studies 590 (Community-Based Research), Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, November.

Guest Instructor, Native Studies 110 (Historical Perspectives in Native Studies), Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, March.

Guest Instructor, History 236 (Public History in Canada: Memory, Representation, and Interpretation), Department of History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, March.

Guest Instructor, Morning and Afternoon Kindergarten Classes, Win Ferguson Elementary School, Fort Saskatchewan, AB, January.

2017

Instructor, History 360 (Histories of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools), Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta.

2016

Guest Speaker, Anthropology 3600B (Studies in Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.

2015 

Guest Speaker, History 602 (Research Methods and Resources in History), Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta. 

2014

Guest Lecturer, History 361 (The Canadian West), Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University, Montreal, QC.

2013 

Instructor, Native Studies 200 (Aboriginal Canada: Looking Forward, Looking Back), Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

Guest Lecturer, Native Studies 485 (Urban Aboriginal Issues and Identities), Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

2011-13 

Guest Lecturer, History 377 (Canadian History Since World War II) and History 261 (Canadian History Since Confederation), Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta.

2010-12 

Teaching Assistant, Department of History and Classics, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

2009-10 

Teaching Assistant, History Department, University of Victoria. 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2018-2019 

Research Assistant, Gwich’in Digital Literacy Project, Gwich’in Tribal Council and Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta.

Research Assistant, “Modern Treaty Implementation Research: Strengthening Our Shared Future” SSHRC Partnership Grant. Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephanie Irbacher-Fox, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University.

2014 

Research Assistant, Development of a PhD Program in Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

2013-2014 

Research Assistant, “The forgotten era of the Forgotten People: A Hidden History of Métis in Parkland, Saskatchewan, 1918-1965,” SSHRC Insight Grant. Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Andersen, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

2009-10 

Research Assistant, First Nations Photo Collection, Provincial Archives of Alberta. 

Recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Academic Early Career Award, CAFA 

2021 Editorial Awards, Laura Bassi Scholarship

Most Popular Paper, Pandemic Methodologies Twitter Conference, Canadian Historical Association

2020 John Bullen Prize for the best PhD thesis at a Canadian University, Canadian Historical Association

2020 Nominee, Governor General’s Award, University of Alberta

2015-16  Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholarship, Province of Alberta

2014-15 Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholarship, Province of Alberta 

2015 Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Art and History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

2015 Women’s Club of Edmonton Graduate Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta

2015 J. Gordon Kaplan Graduate Travel Student Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta 

2011-15 Post-Secondary Education Bursary Award, Indspire Building Brighter Futures 

2014  Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen and The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, Aberdeen, Scotland

2014  One of Canada’s Top 23 Visionary Women Leaders, A Bold Vision, Charlottetown, PEI

2014 Joan Shore Memorial Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta 

2013-14 Circumpolar/Boreal Alberta Research Grant Award, Canadian Circumpolar Institute 

2011-14 Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

2013 Northern Scientific Training Program Scholarship, Canadian Circumpolar Institute  

2013 PhD Fellowship, Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation 

2013 Aurora Research Institute Fellowship Program, Aurora Research Institute 

2013 Dianne Samson Graduate Student Travel Award, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta

2011-13 Presidential Award of Distinction, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta 

2011-13 Kennett Y. Spencer Memorial Scholarship, Canadian Circumpolar Institute   

2011-13 Clifford H. Skitch Travel Award, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta 

2012 Community Development Scholarship, BHP Billiton Ekati  

2012 Honourable Mention, Margaret Brine Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Federation of University Women Edmonton 

2011 Beryl Steel Travel Award, Department of History and Classics, University  of Alberta 

2011  Northern Resident Scholarship, Association for Canadian Universities for Northern Studies

2010-11 Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholarship, Province of Alberta  

2010-11 Ashley and Janet Cameron Graduate Scholarship in Northern Studies and Research, Canadian Circumpolar Institute

2010 Academic Excellence Award, University of Victoria

2010 Student Scholarship, Gwich’in Tribal Council  

2009-10 Entrance Award, University of Victoria

*2020 “Capacity Access and Strength Here Workshop,” Hotiì ts’eeda NWT SPOR Support Unit and the Aurora Research Institute, Aurora College, Inuvik, NWT.

2018 “Indigenous Canada” MOOC, University of Alberta.

2017-2018 Indigenous Feminisms Workshop, Dr. Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez, Kirstin Lindquist, and Billy-Ray Belcourt, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta.

2016-2017 Indigenous Writers’ Group, led by Dr. Shalene Jobin and Matthew Wildcat, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

2010-2012 Research Group on Indigenous Politics and Theory led by, Dr. Val Napoleon, and Dr. Robert Nichols, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

2012 Workshop Participant, “Bees to Beef: Animals in Environmental History,” Canadian History and Environment Summer School, Network in Canadian History and Environment, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.

2011 Workshop Participant, “Coastal Conundrums: Using Environmental History to Understand Coastal Communities,” Canadian History and Environment Summer School, Network in Canadian History and Environment, St. Andrew’s, NB.

2010 Workshop Participant, “Edible Environments: Food and Environmental History in Local and Global Perspectives,” Canadian History and Environment Summer School, Network in Canadian History and Environment, Solin Hall, Montreal, QC.

* Denotes planned/confirmed activities interrupted by the global pandemic SARS-CoV-2.

2017-2019 #SpeakGwichinToMe Social Media Language Campaign, YouTube and Facebook.

2017-2019 Book Club Organizer, RISE (Rise In Solidarity Edmonton).

2015-2019 Social Media Moderator, #yegfeminists Facebook Group.

2018 Gwich’in Citizen Personal Testimony, The Next 40: Nationhood, Reconciliation, and Treaties, University of Alberta.

2017 Historical Consultant, Last of the Fur Traders Film with Open Sky Pictures, Edmonton, Alberta.

2017 Gwich’in Citizen Personal Testimony, The Next 40: Culture, Language, and Spirituality, Gwich’in Tribal Council, Inuvik, NWT.

2017 Reconciliation Speaker, Teacher In-Service Training, Beaufort Delta Education Council, Government of the Northwest Territories, Inuvik, NT.

2017 Interviewer Recorder, “Connecting to Camsell” Story Collection, RISE, Enoch Cree Nation.

2016  “Walk With Me Exhibit” Participant, Ongoing Exhibit, RISE.

2016 Gwich’in Citizen Personal Testimony, The Next 40: Modern Treaties and Citizenship, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.

2015 Social Media Host. @indigenousXca, May 21-28, 2015 (~4,000 followers) – dialogue on #MMIWG2S, oppressive discourses, white privilege in academia, and Indigenous-Canadian historiographies.

2014 Keynote Speaker, “Walk with Us: Sisters in Spirit Walk for Social Change,” Native Women’s Association of the NWT, Yellowknife, NT.

2014 “Indigenous Perspectives on Setting Goals and Achieving Your Vision in a Settler Colonial World.” Canada’s Top Visionary Women Leaders, A Bold Vision: Women’s Leadership Conference, Charlottetown, PEI.

2014 “Missing and Murdered Women in the Northwest Territories.” Sisters’ in Spirit Event, Native Women’s Association of the NWT, Yellowknife, NWT.

2021 Panel Chair, “Keynote Speaker Session, Forced Migration, Indigeneity, and Blackness in Canadian History,” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, June.

2021 Panel Chair, “Writing the North: Authors and Publishers in Conversation,” University of Alberta Press, Congress 2021, University of Alberta, June. 

2016 Panel Chair, “Stories About Schooling,” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

2016 Chief Academic Advisor, Panel Participant, “Governance and Public Policy In the Territories – Regional Innovation” and Panel Chair, “Innovative Options in Capacity Building” and “Research, Evidence, and Data,” Northern Governance Conference: Learning From One Another, The Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Yellowknife, NT.

2016 Academic Advisor, Steering Committee, Gwich’in Tribal Council and Carleton University Tour, Ottawa, ON.

2015 Indigenous Representative, Steering Committee, Berkshire Conference for Women’s Historians, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

2014  Academic Advisor, Indigenous Circumpolar Women’s Gathering, Dene Nahjo, Yellowknife, NT.

2014 Panel Chair, First Nations Story Circles, Alberta Labour History Institute Conference, Uniting in the Struggle: Labour and Social Movements, University of Alberta.

2014 Graduate Student, Įłaà Katı̀: A TEDx Tłı̨chǫ Event and Traditional Knowledge Symposium, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NT.

2012 Conference Assistant, Alberta Labour History Institute Conference, Lessons from the Past: Visions for the Future, under the guidance of Dr. James Muir, University of Alberta.

2010 Conference Co-Organizer, “The Middle Ground: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Past and Present,” History and Classics Graduate Students’ Association, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta.

2020 Program Advisory Committee, Congress 2021, University of Alberta.

2020 Member, Governor’s Circle, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba.

2020 Board Member, Association for Canadian Universities for Northern Studies.

2017- Juror, Heritage Community Investment Program, Edmonton Heritage Council.

2012-15 Graduate Student Mentor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

2010-12 PhD Departmental Representative, History and Classics Graduate Students’ Association, 

Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta.

2007-08  President, Religious Studies Undergraduate Students’ Association, University of Alberta.

2005-08 Mentor for Incarcerated Indigenous Teens, Elizabeth Fry Society, Edmonton, AB.  

2018-  Present          Writers’ Guild of Alberta

2012- Present           Native American and Indigenous Studies Association

2012-  Present          Canadian Committee on Women’s History

2010-  Present          Canadian Historical Association

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• French- Basic reading/ writing/ oral ability
• Latin- Basic reading/ writing ability
• Dinjii Zhuh Ginjik- Basic oral and reading comprehension