Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, Humanities, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Concordia University, 2008-2015
Dissertation: Miyupimaatisiiun in Eeyou Istchee: Healing and Decolonization in Chisasibi
MA, Public Policy and Public Administration, Concordia University, 2002-2004
Thesis: The use of information and communication technologies among the youth of a remote Cree community.
B.A, Honors in Geography, Minor in Spanish, Concordia University, 1998-2002
Concentration: Specialization Human Environment.
Honors Thesis: Testing the Demographic Transition in Northwest Territories
Appointments
Research Associate, DIALOG - Aboriginal Peoples Research and Knowledge Network, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 2018 - present
Research and Development Associate, Nihtaauchin - Chisasibi Center for Sustainability, 2017 - present
Policy and Programming Associate, Inshiyuu Miyuupimatisiuun (Chisasibi Mental Wellness Team), 2009 - present
Senior Lecturer, First Peoples Studies Program and Geography Department, Concordia University, 2007 - present
Postdoctoral Fellow, DIALOG - Aboriginal Peoples Research and Knowledge Network, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), 2015 - 2018
Grants
2020 - 2023
PI with Nihtaauchin, Fort George Island stream rehabilitation and monitoring initiative (EA-PQ-2020C2957), Environment and Climate Change Canada, EcoAction community funding program. Amount of award: $186,962 [in progress]
2020 - 2021
PI with Nihtaauchin, Chisasibi Northern Agriculture Initiative, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Local Food Infrastructure Fund. Amount of award: $25,000 [completed].
2020 - 2021
PI Inshiyuu Miyuupimatisiuun (Chisasibi Mental Wellness Team), Chisasibi Community Kitchen, Cree Nation Government (CNG), Cree Alliance Funding Program and Cree Board of Health and Social Services James Bay (CBHSSJB), Food Security Program. Amount of award: $57,650 ($47,650 CNG & $10,000 CBHSSJB) [in progress]
2018 - 2021
Co-researcher, Alliance KAPAKAN, INRS/DIALOG/Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon, PI: Carole Lévesque. Amount of award: $1.2M [in progress]
2014 - 2021
Co-researcher, Operational grant, PI: Inshiyuu Miyuupimatisiuun (Chisasibi Mental Wellness Team), Indigenous Services Canada (formerly Health Canada, Mental Wellness Team Program). Amount of award: $1.75M [in progress]
2018 - 2020
PI with Nihtaauchin, Feasibility study for the construction of a commercially-sized greenhouse in the Cree Nation of Chisasibi, Société du Plan Nord, Government of Quebec. Amount of award: $47,160 [completed]
2017 - 2019
Co-researcher, Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec, Quebec Government/DIALOG/INRS, PI: Carole Lévesque. Amount of award: $150,000 [completed]
2017 - 2018
PI, Nanonetan Mamo: (United in our Quest): assessing the needs for culturally safe services for long-term care of Indigenous patients in Joliette (Quebec), SSHRC, Partnership Engage Grant (# 892-2017-2069). Amount of award: $25,000 [completed]