Teaching & Mentoring
Current Students:
Mackenzie / Smiling Water Ramsay, Citizen Métis Nation of Ontario
Indigenous Studies Candidate, Trent University
Dissertation title: “Quilting remembrance: A way of picking up our individual and collective
responsibilities toward Mother Earth and the continuation of ALL life”
Committee Member
Samantha Roan Benisibekwe/ Yotinahiskwew, Mishkosiminoziibing (Big Grassy First Nation)
Indigenous Studies PhD Student, Trent University
Dissertation Working title: “The Deadly Miseducation of Healthcare Providers – Anti-Indigenous
Medical Racism in Canada”
Co-supervisor
Shelley Knott Fife, Curve Lake First Nation
PhD Candidate Indigenous Studies, Trent University
Research: “Re-Imagining Special Education for Indigenous Children”
Committee Member
Noodinong-Bemosed Christianson, Biigtigoon Nishnaabeg Member
Indigenous/Canadian Studies MA, Trent University
Thesis title: “Urban Anishinaabekwewag: (Re)claiming Our Traditional Roles and Responsibilities in Urban Spaces”
Committee Member
Heléna Mauti
Sustainability Studies, MA, Trent University
Major Research Paper title: "Imagining the Future of Indigenous-Led Conservation: Advancing
Sovereignty and Resurgence of Indigenous Nations"
Committee Member
Caitlin Veri
Indigenous/Canadian Studies MA Student, Trent University
Thesis Research: “The effectiveness of using traditional Haudenosaunee arts for managing
mental health.
Supervisor
Ashley Thompson, Akwesasne Mohawk Territory
Indigenous/Canadian Studies MA Student, Trent University
Major Research Paper Title: “Haudenosaunee Beadwork: Ancestral Storytelling through
Contemporary Beadwork”
Supervisor
Current Courses: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
Graduate Level (Indigenous Studies PhD):
Graduate Seminar in Indigenous Knowledge
Practicum Field Placement
Bimaadiziwin/Atonhetseri:io
Undergraduate level:
Indigenous Knowledges, Water and the Great Lakes
(cross listed Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences, Environmental Recourse Studies)
Foodways of the Indigenous Peoples of the Great Lakes Basin I and II
(cross listed Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences, Environmental Recourse Studies, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems)
Foundations in Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences
(ICR: Indigenous Course Requirement)
Previous Undergraduate Courses, Trent University:
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Environment
Foundations for Indigenous Learning: Writing
Foundations for Indigenous Learning: Research
Barbara Wall PhD
Associate Professor and Dual-Tradition Scholar
Trent University
Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences Program
Indigenous Studies PhD Program, Director of Studies
-Living and working in Treaty 20 (and Williams Treaty)-
-The traditional territories of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe-