Assistant Professor

BEd (Mount Saint Vincent); MEd, PhD(c) (UNB)

Tansi. I am an urban Indigenous member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation and live with my family in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. I am an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. candidate at the University of New Brunswick and the Science Lead for Indigenous Allyship and Engagement for the Maritime SPOR Support Unit. My Ph.D. thesis focuses on the systemic complexities urban Indigenous organizations face in trying to serve their underserved community best. My research interests include settler colonization/decolonization, Indigenous ways of knowing and being/Indigenous research methodologies, and urban Indigenous health and wellness.

Before starting my academic journey, I worked as the Director of Education with Lennox Island First Nation and as the project manager for the Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network at Dalhousie University. I have my Master of Education from the University of New Brunswick and my Bachelor of Elementary Education from Mount Saint Vincent.