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Jo-Anne’s research features a spatio-temporal analysis of Acadian Metis identity in the Cape Sable region of Nova Scotia. As a member of the Kespu’kwitk Metis Council of Yarmouth, and chair of their Indigenous and Constitutional Rights committee, she is interested in the constitutive power of the law and the ways in which it affects Indigenous identity politics in Eastern Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo-Anne is grateful to be the recipient of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2019-2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is being guided in this work by her supervisor, Dr. Sebastien Malette, for whom she is working as a research assistant on the SSHRC funded Insight Development Grant research project, Me\u0301tis Acadians? An investigation into the legal arguments of the Kouchibouguac families against her Majesty the Queen<\/em>, and the SSHRC Insight Development Grant research project, Kinship and Communities: A Genealogical Investigation of the Acadian Me\u0301tis of Nova Scotia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD candidate, Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Arts, Cultural Analysis and Social Theory (honours), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo campus (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor of Arts, Contemporary Studies (honours), with an Option in Indigenous Studies,  Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford campus (2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Winter 2021: Indigenous Criminal Justice LAWS 4504 B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2021: Indigenous Criminal Justice LAWS 4504 A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter 2019: Criminal Justice System LAWS 2301<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter 2020: Indigenous Criminal Justice LAWS 4504<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications and Conference Presentations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles  <\/u><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, Jo-Anne. \u201cStrengthening Our Voices: Urban Dwelling Aboriginal Peoples and Research Protocols.\u201d AlterNative Journal: An International Journal of  Indigenous Peoples.<\/em> 11.4 (2015): 389-400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, Jo-Anne, Dorothy Taylor, Rachael Marshall, Emily Nickerson, and Kim Anderson. \u201cMeaningful Engagement: Women, Diverse Identities and Indigenous Water and Wastewater Responsibilities.\u201d Journal of Canadian Woman Studies 30.2\/3 <\/em>(2015): 81-88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murphy, Brenda, and Jo-Anne Lawless. \u201cClimate Change and the Stories We Tell.\u201d Journal of Canadian Studies <\/em>46. 2 (2013):196-220.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Contributions<\/u><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, Jo-Anne, and S\u00e9bastien Malette. \u201cThe Case of Maxim Cormier and the Unrecognized Acadian M\u00e9tis: Between Criminalization and Group Lateral Violence.\u201d In Eastern Me\u0301tis: Chronicling and Reclaiming a Denied Past<\/em>, eds. Michel Bouchard, S\u00e9bastien Malette, and Siomonn Pulla, Lexington Books, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, Jo-Anne. \u201cEpilogue: Sitting in with Sisters\u201d in Keetsahnak: Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters.<\/em> Eds, Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell, and Christi Belcourt, University of Alberta Press. 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Presentations<\/u><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, Jo-Anne, S\u00e9bastien Malette, Tiana Mager,  Christine Elsey, Se\u00e1n O\u2019Connell, \u00c9tienne Rivard, Siomonn Pulla, and Michel Bouchard. \u201cReclaiming a Denied Past: M\u00e9tis Ethnogenesis and Resurgence in Central and Eastern Canada.\u201d Changing Climates: Struggle, Collaboration, and Justice \/ Changer d\u2019air: lutte, collaboration, et justice<\/em>. American Anthropological Association and the Canadian Anthropology Society. November 20-24, 2019. Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J., T. Coates, and L. Joe. \u201cGender Equity and Diversity in Reconciliation.\u201d M\u00e0mawi Together<\/em>. May 23-24, 2018. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucker, A., S. Longboat, and J. Lawless. \u201cExploring the Path to M\u00e9tis Self-Governance in Canada: a synthesis of existing research knowledge.\u201d Imagining Canada\u2019s Future: A Successful Shared Future with First Nations, Inuit and M\u00e9tis peoples.<\/em> Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Sept 25-26, 2017. Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J. \u201c\u2018Indian\u2019 Under the Law: M\u00e9tis Identity Politics in Eastern Canada.\u201d Contentious Claims: Negotiating Ownership in Law and Culture<\/em>. Seventh International Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law. August 13, 2017.  Osnabr\u00fcck University, Osnabr\u00fcck, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chartrand, L., H. Dorries, H. King, J. Lawless, and P. McGuire. \u201cEducation and the Future of Reconciliation.\u201d Visions for Canada 2042<\/em>, March 3, 2017. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J. \u201cMeaningful Engagement: Women, Water, and Infrastructure in a First Nations Community.\u201d Aditawazi Nisoditadiwin: Reconciliation, Responsibilities, and (Re)Creating Relations, <\/em>March 19, 2016. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J., R. Marshall, K. Anderson, D. Taylor, and E. Nickerson. \u201cA Living Entity: Making Infrastructure Decisions about the Water.\u201d 13th<\/sup> Indigenous Women\u2019s Symposium. Gchi-twaawendimong Ezhi-wiijikiiwendimong Gchi-twaa-nibi: Celebrating our Relationships with Water<\/em>, March 21-23, 2014. Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J., and C. Lopez. \u201cThe Construction of Indigenous People in the Media.\u201d Criminology Student Conference<\/em>, March 6, 2014. Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J., and C. Lopez. \u201cAlterNative Perceptions: Media Portrayals of Aboriginal Persons in the Prison System.\u201d Graduate Students\u2019 Conference in Indigenous Research<\/em>, February 1, 2014. Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoggarth, J., J. Lawless, and R. Marshall. \u201cBuilding a Living Balance: Employing Traditional and Technical Ways of Knowing as a Means to Promote Sustainable Water Systems in Indigenous Communities.\u201d Annual Symposium on Indigenous Research- Honouring the Kahswentha: Reclamation, Renewal, Reconciliation<\/em>, November 8-9, 2013. Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless J. \u201cPositive Identification: Online Indigenous Language Reclamation and Affect.\u201d Social and Political Thought Conference: Technology, Culture and Social Change, <\/em>March 23-24, 2013. Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J. \u201cTwo-Eyed Seeing: Atlantic M\u00e9tis\u2019 Perceptions of Land Stewardship.\u201d 14th Annual Symposium on Indigenous Research\u2014Respecting Mother Earth: Indigenous Perspective on Environmental Justice, <\/em>November 2, 2012. <\/em>Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, Ontario.             <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawless, J., S. Ahmed and B. L. Murphy. \u201cClimate Change and the Stories We Tell.\u201d Grand River Forum Faculty Conference<\/em>, October 20, 2012. Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22658,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Jo-Anne","cu_people_last_name":"Muise Lawless","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[156],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-26591","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"PhD Alumni","cu_people_degree":"Ph.D.(c) (Carleton University), M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier University), B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier University)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"JoAnne.Lawless@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/26591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/26591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31697,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/26591\/revisions\/31697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=26591"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=26591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}