member, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Indigenous Task Force
Dr. Fortin was the first Indigenous person to direct a school of architecture in Canada – the McEwan School of Architecture at Laurentian University - and was co-curator, with Gerald McMaster, of UNCEDED: Voices of the Land, Canada’s official entry to the Venice Biennale in...
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President, First Nations University of Canada
Dr. Ottmann is a recognized international researcher, advocate, and change-maker whose purpose is to transform practices inclusive of Indigenous leadership, methodologies and pedagogies. She is driven to create schools, organizations, and communities that foster a deeper sense of...
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A/Director, Indigenous Science Liaison Office and Interdepartmental Indigenous STEM (I-STEM) Cluster, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dr. Emily McAuley has been working to bring together 12 Government of Canada Departments and Agencies to increase and expand support for Indigenous priorities in environmental stewardship and research through the development and implementation of the Interdepartmental Indigenous...
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Lois Vallely-Fischer Award for Democratic Student Citizenship and 3M National Student Fellowship recipient, Acadia University
Ms. Leah Creaser saw a gap in the curriculum at Acadia University, so she developed a biology lab that shares knowledge on plant identification and use from a Mi’kmaq perspective, and how western science and Mi’kmaq knowledge can work together.
Manager Indigenous Relations, Laboratories Canada, PSPC
Mr. Reg Parsons is working with his colleagues to bring First Nation, Inuit and Métis Nation perspectives to the forefront at Laboratories Canada through an Indigenous Inclusion and Science Framework.