Meet Our Indigenous Advisory Circle

Meet our Indigenous Advisory Circle (IAC), composed of distinguished and senior Indigenous members of the academy and community.
Chris Anderson (Métis)
University of Alberta
Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies
Kim Anderson (Métis)
University of Guelph
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Relationships at the University of Guelph
Amethyst First Rider (Blackfoot)
Leader in the Indigenous
performing arts community and in advancing the Buffalo Treaty
Robert Innes (Cree)
McMaster University
Chair of the Indigenous Studies program at McMaster University
Leroy Little Bear (Blackfoot)
University of Lethbridge
Vice-Provost, Iniskim Indigenous
Relations at UofL
Jacqueline Ottmann (Anishinaabe)
First Nations University of Canada
President of FNUC
Alex Wilson (Cree)
University of Saskatchewan
Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at UofS

Meet Our Project Co-Applicants

Spread across our 25 unique, themed research projects, our project's co-applicants play an fundamental role in answering our project's overarching question of: What contribution does Indigenous relationality make towards knowledges and societies?
Sarah Auger
University of Alberta
Faculty of Education
Kelly Aguirre
University of Victoria
Department of Political Science
Renee Beausoleil (McBeth)
University of Alberta
Department of Political Science
Alana Bitsuie
Red Earth Cree Nation
Andrea Custer
First Nations University of Canada
Department of Indian Languages, Literature and Linguisics
Justin De Leon
Chapman University
Argyros School of Business and Economics
Ed Doolittle
First Nations University of Canada
Michael Fabris
University of British Columbia
Department of Geography
Crystal Gail Fraser
University of Alberta
Faculty of Arts
Mylène Gamache
University of Manitoba
Faculty of Arts
Paul Gareau
University of Alberta
Faculty of Native Studies
Cindy Gaudet
University of Alberta
Campus Saint-Jean
Robert Hancock
University of Victoria
Department of Anthropology
Tasha Hubbard
University of Alberta
Faculty of Native Studies
Keith King
University of Alberta
Faculty of Nursing
Sarah Nickel
University of Alberta
Department of History and Classics
David Parent
University of Manitoba
Department of Indigenous Studies
Megan Scribe
Toronto Metropolitan University
Department of Sociology
Corey Snelgrove
University of Alberta
Department of Political Science
Kisha Supernant
University of Alberta
Department of Political Science
Kim TallBear-Dauphine
University of Alberta
Faculty of Native Studies
Tara Turner
First Nations University of Canada
Saskatoon Campus
Nancy Van Styvendale
University of Alberta
Faculty of Native Studies
Katherine Walker
University of Saskatchewan
Department of Political Science
The Project

‍CAIR is an initiative housed at the University of Alberta that aims to support research projects that look to understand how Indigenous relationality contributes to knowledges and societies.  

CAIR is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Contact Information
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Critical Approaches to Indigenous Relationality
‍c/o Faculty of Native Studies
2-31 Pembina Hall, University of Alberta
T6G 2H8
CANADA
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