Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenization and Diversity in the Academy
November 27, 2024 at 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
| Location: | A602 Loeb Building |
| Cost: | Free |
The Department of Political Science is hosting a panel discussion entitled “Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenization and Diversity in the Academy” as a step toward our ongoing initiatives in indigenization and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). This critical dialogue features two distinguished scholars at the forefront of Indigenous education and institutional transformation. Professor David R. Newhouse, who has spearheaded groundbreaking indigenization initiatives at Trent University, will share insights from his extensive experience. Prof. Tyler McCreary’s talk will address two contradictory developments, the establishment of the first Native American and Indigenous Studies Center at Florida State University and the simultaneous rise of “anti-woke” legislation in Florida. He will speak on the implications of these events, emphasizing the need to decolonize education, while highlighting the structures that make the task challenging.
Speakers Bios:
Prof. David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He is a Professor of Indigenous Studies, a Professor in the School of Business, and Chair of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University. Professor Newhouse is Co-Chair of the Trent Aboriginal Education Council. He is the founding editor of the CANDO Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development and a founding editorial board member of aboriginal policy studies. He also served as a member of the Policy Team on Economics for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. He is a member of the National Aboriginal Benchmarking Committee of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board and the AFN Chief’s Committee on Make Aboriginal Poverty History. He serves as the Science Officer for the Aboriginal Peoples Health research adjudication committee for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Tyler McCreary is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Florida State University, where he is also affiliated with the Native American and Indigenous Studies Center and the African American Studies Program. This year he is also Visiting Faculty with the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University. His research examines how settler colonialism and racial capitalism inflect processes governing land, livelihood, and community life in North America. He has published four books, and over forty journal articles and book chapters. His most recent book is Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities: Colonial Extractivism and Wet’suwet’en Resistance (University of Alberta Press, 2024).