First Nations

George Bluman, PhD

George Bluman, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Math in schools, university math courses, symmetries, differential equations, conservation laws, Chiune Sugihara (Japanese rescuer of Jews in WWII)

George Hoberg

George Hoberg

Professor

Energy policy (oil sands, transition to clean energy), climate policy, environmental policy, governance (including role of First Nations in decision-making), global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases 

Susan Rowley, PhD

Associate Professor and Curator

Curator of Public Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology

Museums, collaboration, archaeology, material culture, repatriation, Arctic, the North

Lisa Matthewson, PhD

Professor

Endangered languages, semantics, Salish languages, Tsimshianic languages, Austronesian languages

Tracy L. Friedel, PhD

Tracy L. Friedel, PhD

Retired Associate Professor

Youth resistance, non-formal learning, land-based pedagogy, place-based learning, environmental education, outdoor education, oral histories, labour history, injury prevention

Dr. Mariana Brussoni, PhD

Dr. Mariana Brussoni, PhD

Professor

Child development, children’s outdoor play and risky play, parent and educator perspectives of risk, design of child-friendly neighbourhoods

Lisa Nathan, PhD, MLIS

Lisa Nathan, PhD, MLIS

Associate Professor

climate, information ethics, Indigenous information, libraries, sustainability, library, human-computer interaction, climate adaptation

Doris Baltruschat, PhD

Author, Educator

Media/digital literacy, stereoscopic (3D), virtual reality and social media, independent film, digital citizenship and media democracy, media ecologies, transmedia storytelling, international co-productions and TV formats, film/TV audience reception, aboriginal media/arctic cinema, social movements, social networks, social networking

Dr. Farah Shroff, BSc, MEd (Primary Health Care), PhD

Dr. Farah Shroff, BSc, MEd (Primary Health Care), PhD

Public Health Researcher and Educator

public health, social equity, women’s health, global politics, social determinants of health, anti-racism, anti-imperialism, integrative health, holistic health practices, yoga, meditation, indigenous systems of health, health policy,

Mark Turin, PhD

Mark Turin, PhD

Associate Professor

Himalaya, Nepal, First Nations, indigenous, anthropology, linguistics, endangered languages, digital, archives, museums, Bhutan, India, Tibet, technology

Patricia Dawn Mills, PhD Law

Patricia Dawn Mills, PhD Law

Adjunct Professor

Canadian First Nation rights and titles as it relates to Federal and Provincial Resource management, mining law, equity and the sustainability of a finite, location-specific resource

Joleen Timko, PhD

Joleen Timko, PhD

Research Associate

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), forests, livelihoods, Indigenous people, Africa, community engagement, conservation social sciences

Jason Min, BSc(Pharm), RPh

Jason Min, BSc(Pharm), RPh

Lecturer

Interprofessional education, health informatics, First Nations and Indigenous health,

Daniel Justice, PhD

Daniel Justice, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture

Indigenous literature, Indigenous Studies, speculative fiction, animal studies, raccoons, badgers

Robin Roots, MSc, PT

Instructor

Coordinator of Clinical Education Northern and Rural Cohort

Rural, rural health, rehabilitation, physical therapy, physiotherapy, health human resources, northern health

Dr. Adam Ford, PhD

Dr. Adam Ford, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology

Assistant Professor

Wildlife ecology, large mammals, conservation, deer, elk, bears, wolves, antelope, leopards, predators, human-wildlife conflict, ecology, biodiversity, road ecology, wildlife-vehicle collisions, road kill, wildlife corridors, wildlife management, science communication, citizen science, restoration, national parks, forestry, ranching, biological diversity, wild animals,

Jennifer Kramer, PhD

Jennifer Kramer, PhD

Associate Professor

First Nations of the Northwest Coast, visual culture, art market economies, identity production, representation, repatriation, cultural property, aboriginal cultural tourism, collaborative and critical museology

Martina Wiltschko, PhD

Professor of Linguistics

Canadian eh (and its equivalents across the languages of the world), theoretical linguistics, syntax, grammar, discourse, conversations, pragmatics, First Nations languages, language documentation

Jeanette Vinek, BScN, MHScN

Jeanette Vinek, BScN, MHScN

Senior Instructor

Relational practice, mindfulness, smartUBC, aboriginal health, spirituality, interprofessional collaboration and education

Daisy Rosenblum, PhD

Daisy Rosenblum, PhD

Assistant Professor

Language revitalization, language documentation, linguistics, linguistic anthropology, Indigenous languages, community-based research