Experts available for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Western University has the following experts available to speak on topics related to National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous history and Indigenous knowledge.

Cody Groat
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies, History
Kanyen’kehaka (Mohawk) and band member of Six Nations of the Grand River

Areas of expertise: Indigenous public history and biographical history, commemoration and preservation of Indigenous cultural heritage, sixties scoop and the residential school system.

Sheri Osden Nault
Assistant Professor, Visual Arts
Métis

Areas of expertise: Indigenous art, contemporary art, experimental art, ecological and environmental art.

Nicole Redvers
Associate Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; Western Research Chair and Director of Indigenous Planetary Health
Deninu K’ue First Nation

Areas of expertise: Indigenous health, planetary health, traditional medicine, Indigenous global health.

Chantelle Richmond 
Professor, Geography and Environment; Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health and the Environment
Biigtigong Nishnaabeg

Areas of expertise: Indigenous health and the environment, environmental repossession, Indigenous knowledge and 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.

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Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca