University of Manitoba - Faculty of Arts - Native Studies - Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff
FACULTY MEMBERS:

Dr. Renate Eigenbrod, Department Head,
Associate Professor Graduate Program Chair (Ph.D. Students) 
On Leave from July 1 - December 31, 2013
Ph.D. University of Greifswald, Germany 2000
Research interests: theories of decolonization relating to Aboriginal literatures in Canada and Indigenous literatures globally; ethics of positionality; the role of Aboriginal literatures within larger societal discourses of genocide, reconciliation and redress
204E Isbister Building - 204-474-7026
renate.eigenbrod@ad.umanitoba.ca

Dr. Sherry Farrell-Racette, Associate Professor
Graduate Program Chair, January 1 - June 30, 2014

Ph.D. University of Manitoba
Research interests: First Nations and Metis women's history (and art history); First Nations and Metis work and educational history; Indigenous knowledge and pedagogy; contemporary First Nations art, photography, museum collections; First Nations and Metis traditional arts, issues of (self-)representation
204C Isbister Building - 204-474-6720
farrellr@cc.umanitoba.ca

Dr. Peter Kulchyski, Professor
Acting Head

Ph.D. York 1988
Research interests: Aboriginal cultural politics; political development in the NWT and Nunavut; contemporary critical theory; land claims and self-government; Inuit history and performance studies.
443 University College
204-474-6333
peter.kulchyski@ad.umanitoba.ca

Dr. Emma LaRocque, Professor
Ph.D. University of Manitoba 1999
Research interests: colonization and its impact on Native/White relations in the areas of cultural productions and representation; colonial interference and Aboriginal resistance strategies in literature, historiography, representation, identity, gender roles, industrial encroachment on Aboriginal (Indian and Métis) lands and resources; governance
539 Fletcher Argue Building - 204-474-9572
emma.larocque@ad.umanitoba.ca
Dr. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of British Columbia 2013
254 Migizii Agamik (Bald Eagle Lodge)
204-474-9686
niigaanwewidam@umanitoba.ca
Dr. Fred Shore, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Manitoba 1991
Research interests: Métis History and political issues of the Inuit, First Nations and Métis people
250 Migizii Agamik (Bald Eagle Lodge)
204-474-6084
fred_shore@umanitoba.ca

Dr. Chris Trott, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Toronto 1989
Research interests: Inuit Kinship and Social Organization; Analysis of Inuit Myth and Oral Traditions; Anglican Missionaries and Religious Change in the Eastern Arctic; Inuit Perceptions of Climate Change
227 St. John's College
204-474-8529
trottcg@cc.umanitoba.ca
Dr. Wanda Wuttunee, Professor
Graduate Program Chair, July 1 - December 31, 2013 

Ph.D. University of Manitoba 2001
Research interests: Aboriginal economy, community economic development, participatory research methodologies, governance, social responsibility, and leadership
352 Drake Building
204-474-6405
wwuttun@cc.umanitoba.ca


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Administrative Staff:



Jeff Brightnose
, Adjunct Professor (External)

Robin Jarvis Brownlie, Adjunct Professor (Internal)

Kathleen Buddle-Crowe, Adjunct Professor (Internal)

Jean Friesen, Adjunct Professor (Internal)

Kiera Ladner, Adjunct Professor (Internal)

Stephane McLachlan, Adjunct Professor (Internal)

Dr. Bret Nickels, Faculty of Graduate Studies
Recommended Member and Sessional Instructor

Deborah Simmons, Adjunct Professor (External)

Tricia Logan, Professional Affiliate,
Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Ken Paupanekis, Sessional Cree Language Instructor

Roger Roulette, Adjunct Professor (Internal)
And Sessional Ojibway Language Instructor

Pat Ningewance Nadeau,
Sessional Ojibway Language Instructor


Viola Tanner-McLure, Program Assistant
204D Isbister Building
204-474-9899
viola.tanner-mclure@umanitoba.ca
General Office Ph:  204-474-9266
General Office Fax: 204-474-7657