Western University has the following experts available to speak on topics related to National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous history and Indigenous knowledge.
Vanessa Ambtman-Smith
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies; mixed Nêhiyaw-Métis ancestry, Treaty 6 Territory
Areas of expertise: Indigenous health, Indigenous healing spaces within hospitals, anti-Indigenous racism.
Cody Groat
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies, History; Kanyen’kehaka (Mohawk) and band member of Six Nations of the Grand River
Areas of expertise: Commemoration and preservation of Indigenous cultural heritage, sixties scoop and the residential school system.
Tania Granadillo
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Areas of expertise: Endangered languages, language revitalization, language documentation, the Haudenosaunee language of Oneida of the Thames.
Chantelle Richmond
Associate Professor, Geography; Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health and the Environment; Biigtigong Nishnaabeg
Areas of expertise: Indigenous health and the environment, environmental repossession, Indigenous knowledge, relational accountability, Indigenous methodologies.
Lina Sunseri
Professor, Indigenous Studies, Sociology; Oneida Nation of the Thames, of the Turtle Clan
Areas of expertise: Indigenous women, Indigenous mothering, decolonization, gender and nationalism, community development.
MEDIA CONTACT: Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca.
