苹果淫院

Appointed in 2022 as 苹果淫院鈥檚 first Associate Provost (Indigenous Initiatives), Professor Celeste Pedri-Spade oversees 苹果淫院鈥檚 ongoing response to the聽52 Calls to Action聽articulated by the聽Provost鈥檚 Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education. She likewise works closely with academic leaders across 苹果淫院 to further define the direction of 苹果淫院鈥檚 commitment to Indigenous scholars and scholarship, and to greater representation and inclusion of Indigenous peoples within the University community. She plays a critical role in furthering efforts to ensure the success of Indigenous students at 苹果淫院, and in building meaningful and active partnerships with Indigenous communities in Quebec and across Canada.

An Ojibwe scholar and artist, Pedri-Spade is from the Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation in northwestern Ontario. She completed her PhD in visual anthropology at the University of Victoria and her MA in Culture and Communication at Royal Roads University.

Celeste Pedri-Spade is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts. Her research interests include Indigenous art and decolonization; settler colonialism and Indigeneity; Indigenous visual/material culture; Anishinabemowin regeneration; and creative Indigenous research methodologies.