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Lessons From Dialogical Encounters with Indigenous Political Thought-Lecture by Kaitie Jourdeuil

Wednesday, November 25, 2026 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Kaitie Jourdeuil
(BHum ’18)
Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian Democracy
Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University

Wednesday, November 25th
PA 303
5:30 p.m.

How might dialogue between Indigenous and Western political thought transform our understanding of politics, democracy, and mutual respect? Drawing on research in political theory and decolonization, Kaitie Jourdeuil explores the alternative political possibilities that emerge through meaningful engagement with Indigenous political thought and considers what these encounters can teach us about living together in settler colonial states.

Speaker Bio

Kaitie Jourdeuil (BHum ’18) is the Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian Democracy in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University, where she completed her PhD in 2025. Her research focuses on decolonization in settler colonial states and political theory, with particular attention to the alternative visions of politics and mutual respect revealed through dialogue between Indigenous and Western political thought.