Samantha Stevens
CJIIC Graduate Student Researcher
Biography
Samantha D. Stevens is a British/Canadian settler and PhD candidate at Carleton University’s School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies and Institute of Political Economy.
A retired Royal Canadian Navy sailor and journalist, she is committed to relational accountability through her deep connection with Nipissing First Nation. Her SSHRC-funded research investigates the white saviour trope in Canadian newspaper coverage of Restoule v. Canada (2021), a landmark case under the Robinson Huron Treaty.