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Jamieson received a Native Social Counsellor Certificate from the University of Toronto, and an Ontario Teacher Certificate from the Ontario Teacher Education College, Hamilton. She received a BA in psychology and philosophy from Wilfrid Laurier University, and Master of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1978. [1] [3]
Two sets of researchers set out to investigate the nature and effects of food shortages among Native Canadians in the James Bay Area. [14] The first included three anthropologists surveying various Indigenous communities and deciding upon two for further study – Attawapiskat First Nation , and the Cree Nation of Waskaganish . [ 14 ]
He then read history at Wolfson College, Oxford, becoming the first Indigenous student sponsored by the Canadian government for graduate studies at the University of Oxford. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] There he wrote on the topic of Métis, Indian, and Company Regulations in the Post-Monopoly Era: The English River Fur Trade District, 1870–1885 .
Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, [1] or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. [2]
Walter Currie was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1922. [1] The son of William and Clara Currie, he was a non-status Indian of Potowatomi and Ojibwe descent. [3] He served three years in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War Two, [4] and later studied engineering at the University of Toronto, before leaving his studies early to support his young family. [4]
Two other former students who are tribal members described feeling uncomfortable in classes or avoiding campus events because of their suspicions, even before 2021, that Noodin was not Native.
She was a board member at Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, as well as the Indigenous Friends Association. [3] She was instrumental in the creation of Skennen'kó:wa Gamig , or the House of Great Peace, a cabin that serves as a space for gathering Indigenous students on the York University campus. [ 6 ]
Michael Cachagee was a well known advocate and speaker on relating to residential schools. [7] He was a founding member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, [8] the National Residential School Survivor Society, and Ontario Indian Residential School Support Services.