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Margaret Augustine
Name:
Margaret Augustine
Email:
maugustine@upei.ca
Position:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studi
Phone:
902-620-5307
Building:
Kelley Memorial Building 231
Island Scholar:
Island Scholar Biography

Assistant Professor

Margaret Augustine is a feminist academic who is finishing a doctoral degree in Geography with a specialization in Political Economy at Carleton University (Ottawa). Her doctoral dissertation title is “The Problematization of Women’s Work on a Maltese Island in the context of Post-European Union Membership.” Her other research interests focus on documenting Mi’kmaq Traditional Knowledges using bio-mapping territorial occupancy methods. Ms. Augustine has co-authored a forthcoming Mi’kmaw cookbook featuring stories of food within the traditional Mi’kmaq districts of Sikniktuk and Epekwitk aq Piktuk. She is married to Dr. Patrick Augustine (Elsipogtog First Nation).

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