Dr. Lorena Fontaine
Department Head, Associate Professor
208 Isbister Building
204-474-8872
Lorena.Fontaine@umanitoba.ca
Faculty and staff
Department heads and chairs
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Dr. Sean Carleton
Associate Head, Undergraduate,
Assistant Professor
408 Fletcher Argue
204-474-8404
Sean.Carleton@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Mylène Yannick Gamache
Graduate Chair, Assistant Professor
223 Isbister Building
Mylene.Gamache@umanitoba.ca
Administrative Staff
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General office contact information
Department of Indigenous Studies
Room 215 Isbister Building
183 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba (Fort Gary campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2General office: 204-474-9266
Toll free (within Manitoba): (800) 432-1960
Fax: 204-474-7657
Indigenous.Studies@umanitoba.ca
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Heather Katrick
Administrative Assistant
212 Isbister Building
204-474-9266
heather.katrick@umanitoba.ca -
Kaitlyn Martin
Graduate Program Assistant
215 Isbister Building
204-474-9899
Indg.Grad@umanitoba.ca
Academic Faculty
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Dr. Sean Carleton
Associate Professor
Cross-appointed with History
408 Fletcher Argue
204-474-8404
Sean.Carleton@umanitoba.ca -
James Chalmers
Instructor
215 Isbister Building
James.Chalmers@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Merissa Daborn
Assistant Professor
Merissa.Daborn@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Lorena Fontaine
Associate Professor, Department Head
208 Isbister Building
204-474-8872
Lorena.Fontaine@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Mylène Yannick Gamache
Assistant Professor
Cross-appointed with Women's and Gender Studies
223 Isbister Building
Mylene.Gamache@umanitoba.ca -
Adrienne Huard
Instructor
211 Isbister Building
204-474-6720
Adrienne.Huard@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Peter Kulchyski
Professor
205A Isbister Building
Peter.Kulchyski@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Emma LaRocque
Professor
539 Fletcher Argue Building
204-474-9572
Emma.Larocque@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Cary Miller
Associate Professor
Cary.Miller@umanitoba.ca -
Pat Ningewance Nadeau
Assistant Professor
Patricia.ningewance-nadeau@umanitoba.ca
PatNingewance@gmail.com -
Dr. David Parent
Assistant Professor and Graduate Chair
Cross-appointed with History
209 Isbister Building
204-474-6091
David.Parent@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair
Professor
213 Isbister Building
204-474-7026
Niigaan.Sinclair@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Matthew Tétreault
Assistant Professor
205 Isbister Building
204-474-6023
Matthew.Tetreault@umanitoba.ca
Sessional instructors
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Honoure Black
Honoure.Black@umanitoba.ca -
Jessica Boucher-Cowie
Jessica.BoucherCowie@umanitoba.ca -
Paul Burrows
Paul.Burrows@umanitoba.ca -
Julie Delauriers
Julie.Delauriers@umanitoba.ca -
Laura Forsythe
Laura.Forsythe@umanitoba.ca -
Arielle Garand
Arielle.Garand@umanitoba.ca -
Kirk Kitzul
Kirk.kitzul@umanitoba.ca -
Leon Laidlaw
Leon.Laidlaw@umanitoba.ca -
Lydia Schoeppner
lydiaMaria.Schoeppner@umanitoba.ca
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Andrew Thunder
Andrew.Thunder@umanitoba.ca -
Jim Thunder
James.Thunder@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Christopher Trott
Christopher.Trott@umr.umanitoba.ca -
Taylor Wilson
Taylor.Wilson@umanitoba.ca
Other professorial staff
Adjuncts
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Jennifer Adese
University of Toronto
Jennifer.Adese@utoronto.ca -
Kathleen Buddle
448 Fletcher Argue Bldg
204-474-6525
Kathleen.Buddle@umanitoba.ca -
Shawna Ferris
218 Isbister Bldg
204-474-8876
Shawna.Ferris@umanitoba.ca -
Lucy Fowler
Faculty of Education
234 Education Building
204-474-9144
Lucy.Fowler@umanitoba.ca -
Adam Gaudry
University of Alberta
2-60 Pembina Hall
780-492-0032
Adam.gaudry@ualberta.ca -
Robert Hancock
University of Victoria
250-472-4231
Rola@uvic.ca -
Kiera Ladner
524 Fletcher Argue Bldg
204-474-6349
Kiera.Ladner@umanitoba.ca -
Josée Lavoie
Max Rady College of Medicine
Community Health Sciences
Room 715, JBRC – 727 McDermot Avenue
204-318-2560
Josee.Lavoie@umanitoba.ca
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Cathy Mattes
University of Winnipeg
3A33 Ashdown Hall
204-786-9373
c.mattes@uwinnipeg.ca -
Suzanne McLeod
479 Tache Hall
Suzanne.Mcleod@umanitoba.ca -
Jeremy Patzer
309 Isbister Bldg
204-480-1039
Jeremy.Patzer@umanitoba.ca -
Dr. Frank Tester
Professor Emeritus, UBC
Frank.Tester@ubc.ca
Other academic faculty
Professor Emeritus
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Dr. Wanda Wuttunee
W.Wuttunee@umanitoba.ca
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
Masters' students
Krysta Alexson
alexsonk@myumanitoba.ca
Dennis Anderson
anders63@myumanitoba.ca
Caden Colegrove
colegroc@myumanitoba.ca
Queer Indigenous storytelling. The analysis and discussion of storytelling as a way of finding a place of belonging. Additionally, in reading Indigenous stories with a queer lens, following the thought that Indigiqueer folks have always existed, and in reclaiming Indigenous identity, we also need to reclaim queer identity.
Wil Fraser
Lydia Gork
gorkl@myumanitoba.ca
Mona Kines
kinesm@myumanitoba.ca
Historic Metis experience of space and place within the Metis Homeland.
Jamie Nienhuysen
nienhuyj@myumanitoba.ca
Payton Lane Whitehead
whitehe2@myumanitoba.ca
Meghan Young
youngm2@myumanitoba.ca
PhD students
Hope Ace
aceh@myumanitoba.ca
Treaties and treaty constitutionalism, necro-politics, the interrelationships between land and body sovereignty.
Brielle Beaudin-Reimer
beaudinb@myumanitoba.ca
Governance of Métis knowledge production.
Jason Bone
umbone@myumanitoba.ca
Miish'akomoo: Sasquatch
James Chalmers
chalmerj@myumanitoba.ca
Gii-waawiindamawaawag Anishinaabeg (The Anishinaabeg were promised it): Examining Treaties through Anishinaabemowin
Robert Hamilton
hamilt57@myumanitoba.ca
Sarah Hourie
houries@myumanitoba.ca
The history of Métis people's mobility and housing, as well as the structures that housed or displaced Métis families. Examining how this history translates into modern-day policy making by local, provincial and national governments.
Adrienne Huard
umhuard2@myumanitoba.ca
Two-Spirit critiques, erotics and aesthetics. Performance as epistemologies.
Leona Huntinghawk
nelsonll@myumanitoba.ca
Indigenous masculinities as related to child welfare (fatherhood and the CFS system).
Carla Kennedy
umkenn08@myumanitoba.ca
Carmen Miedema
miedemac@myumanitoba.ca
Shauna Mulligan
ummulli8@myumanitoba.ca
Indigenous history in the military. Oral testimonies of Cree, Dene and Inuit Rangers.
Pahan Pte San Win
ptesanwp@myumanitoba.ca
Shirley Thompson
nepinass@myumanitoba.ca
Tammy Wolfe
wolfet1@myumanitoba.ca
Working closely with the MMIWG2S community to explore methods of healing.
Ashley Daniels
danielsa@myumanitoba.ca
Nicole Stonyk
stonykn@myumanitoba.ca
Postdoctoral fellow
Patrizia Zanella
Patrizia.Zanella@umanitoba.ca
Patrizia indizhinikaaz zhaaganaashiimong. Gaawiin indanishinaabewinikaazosiin, gaawiin indoodoodemisiin. Wajiwing iwidi agaamakiing (Switzerland) indoonjii. Niminwendam ayaayaan ji-gagwe-nitaa-anishinaabemoyaan. Nimiigwechiwi’aag gekinoo’amaagejig Pat Ningewance, Ken Paupanekis miinawaa gaye Manidoo-bines James Chalmers.
As a visiting settler scholar from the Swiss Alps, I am thankful to be on Treaty One Territory, the current and ancestral home of the Anishinaabe, Nehiyaw, Dakota, and Déne Nations as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation. The late Anishinaabe writer Basil Johnston called on scholars of Indigenous literatures to study Indigenous languages and I specifically chose the University of Manitoba to continue learning Anishinaabemowin and spend time with Ininímowin and Michif. I am deeply grateful to be in wínipék during such an exciting time for Indigenous language reclamation. Chi-miigwech to my teachers and fellow language learners for sharing their love for Indigenous languages.
While I have always considered it vital to learn the language(s) of the places I visit, I am also aware of historical and ongoing linguicidal policies that complicate this process when it comes to reawakening Indigenous languages. As a settler scholar, I recognize that my access to Indigenous languages through higher education is not innocuous and that this privilege comes with responsibilities. I consider language a gift that calls for a reciprocal relationship and the responsibility to advocate for language revitalization. My PostDoctoral project examines how Indigenous language reclamations through literature and art celebrate and participate in adaptive traditions of Indigenous multilingualism; affirm Indigenous presence, sovereignty, and mobility; and reclaim the city as an Indigenous place. I look forward to learning from the rich scholarly and Indigenous language communities present at the University of Manitoba and in wínipék.