Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Victoria. Dr. Robina Thomas is Lyackson of the Coast Salish Nation. Robina is committed to Indigenous education and her research interests include Storytelling, Residential Schools and Uy’skwuluwun: On Being Indigenous. She is committed to understanding anti-racism and anti-oppression and how these can be ‘lived. Email: Video from…
The Project Assistant and Youth Advocate: Alicia’s roots extend from the Georgina Island First Nation in Ontario and carries Anishinaabe, Metis, and Italian roots. She has a background in Child and Youth Work and in recent years has worked with Metis children and families, the Ministry of Education, and the Greater Victoria School District…
Director of Indigenous Education, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria. Onowa is of Swampy Cree and Scottish-Canadian ancestry, born and raised in Northern Saskatchewan. The University of Victoria drew Onowa to the west coast many years ago as an undergraduate student. She went on to complete a Master of Arts degree in Child and Youth…
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria. Carmen is from the Kickapoo Nation in Northeast Mexico. María del Carmen Rodríguez de France has been a visitor on this land for the past 17 years. Of Kickapoo ancestry and Mexican heritage, Carmen was born and raised in beautiful Monterrey, México. Her career spans twenty-five years…
In 2009, Indigenous Child Well-Being Research Network brought together front-line workers, First Nations peoples, Inuit and Metis individuals, families and communities…
MSW, RSW, EdD, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work & Human Service, University of British Columbia
Shelly is Saulteaux and Norwegian. Her family is from Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan. She has taught anti-oppressive and First Nations child welfare courses at UVIC and is currently teaching First Nations and Child Well-being courses.
Dr. Cripps is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, UNSW. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Cripps has workded extensively in the areas of family violence, sexual assault and child abuse with Indigenous communities, defining areas of need and considering intervention options at multiple levels.
In October 2011, Shelly Johnson successfully defended a PhD dissertation titled I Screamed Internally for a Long Time…
