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Dr. Jennifer Wemigwans is from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. She is a new media producer, writer and scholar specializing in the convergence between education, Indigenous knowledge and new media technologies. Her research examines how Indigenous knowledge sites online contribute to the efforts and goals of Indigenous nation building and therefore represent a new cultural form and social movement that delivers new capacity for Indigenous communities. Dr. Wemigwans takes pride in working to invert the conventional use of media by revealing the potential for Indigenous cultural expression and Indigenous knowledge through new technologies, education and the arts.
https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/5306-jennifer-wemigwans

 

Dr. Nicole Latulippe is a critical geographer and environmental studies scholar. She works on questions that concern appropriate and respectful relations with the land, waters, and peoples of place. Before entering academia, Nicole spent formative years working for the Anishinabek Nation (Union of Ontario Indians) on the Ipperwash implementation process; a central pillar of this work was to support treaty implementation from the perspective of member First Nations. Dr. Latulippe sees her contribution to Wampum Interactive as a continuation of the commitments she made in relation to the generosity of the Elders, Knowledge Holders, community members, and colleagues who shared knowledge and teachings about the original spirit and intent of treaty and the treaty relationship. Nicole is of mostly French-Canadian descent and seeks to be a good relative, treaty person, and guest in the land where she lives and works.
https://utsc.utoronto.ca/geography/nicole-latulippe