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Meagan Kakwiráyentha Hamilton

Roxanne Sky

Jessica Tabak

Dale Turner

Kevin J. White

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Meagan Kakwiráyentha Hamilton

Starting May 2024, Dr. Meagan Kakwiráyentha Hamilton joins the Indigenous Research Network as Managing Director. A member of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, she holds a Doctorate in Social Science and a Masters of Environmental Education and Communication from Royal Roads University. Previously, she served as assistant professor in the Centre for […]

Roxanne Sky

Roxanne joined the Indigenous Research Network in July 2023 as the Indigenous Communities Liaison. She is a member of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Having graduated from the Onkwehon:we Languages Diploma Program – Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) at Six Nations Polytechnic in collaboration with McMaster University, Roxanne continues to strive to learn and support Indigenous […]

Jessica Tabak

In October 2024, Jessica Tabak joined the Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture and the Office of the Vice-President and Provost in the role of Special Projects Officer, Indigenous Research, within the Office of Indigenous Initiatives. Jessica is Anishinaabe from Neyaashiinigmiing and Hungarian. She is a band member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded […]

Dale Turner

In July of 2022, Professor Dale Turner was appointed to a three-year term as the Academic Advisor of Indigenous Research to the Provost. Under the umbrella of Indigenous Research, he also serves as the Director of the Indigenous Research Network. Professor Turner will also work closely with Shannon Simpson, Director of Indigenous Initiatives, and the […]

Kevin J. White

Kevin J. White is an Indigenous scholar (Mohawk from Akwesasne, with family from Tonawanda Band of Seneca) whose work focuses primarily on Haudenosaunee Creation and culture. The process and act of storytelling rouses his curiosity in not only decolonizing stories collected and archived but understanding the inherent generational knowledge and wisdom in those collections of […]