Overall, my research examines historical and ongoing systemic patterns of colonialism, racism, and sexism embedded within Westernized educational contexts, and in particular in Canadian universities, in relation to Indigenous Peoples and our knowledges. Using Indigenous and decolonial methodological and pedagogical approaches, I aim to disrupt the traditional position of the researcher as the sole expert in knowledge making, the sole author of knowledge, and move scholarship toward drawing upon collaborative storying approaches that bring subjective and collectively embodied Indigenous voices and experiences to the forefront.
As a result, my scholarship and creative activities are deeply rooted in my own positionality and experiences as an Indigenous woman and I often draw upon my own subjectivity through autobiographical styles of research and storytelling. A central theme in my work is the undoing of the systemic silencing of Indigenous voices in academic learning environments and contributing to liberatory and transformative change.
As a result, my scholarship and creative activities are deeply rooted in my own positionality and experiences as an Indigenous woman and I often draw upon my own subjectivity through autobiographical styles of research and storytelling. A central theme in my work is the undoing of the systemic silencing of Indigenous voices in academic learning environments and contributing to liberatory and transformative change.