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Current student profiles and research projects

 

Tia Cavanagh, Bachelor of Fine Arts
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Nadine Changfoot
Research: how collaborative art practices within Indigenous communities can strengthen self-governance


Pearl Finkelzon, BA Hons (French Studies)
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Anne Pasek
Research: community gardens as sites of intergenerational and intercultural land-based learning and community development


Sarah Forrest, BA Hons (Indigenous Studies)
M.A. MRP Stream

Supervisor: Jackson Pind
Research: Belonging in Place: Land Relationship and Land Ownership


Owen Harrison, BA Hons (History)
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Kevin Fitzmaurice
Research: The process of incorporating Indigenous governance structures in urban Indigenous organizations


Cheyanne Herder, BA (Aboriginal Studies)
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Kevin Fitzmaurice
Research: Indigenous language revitalization


Christine Luckasavitch, BA Hons (English)
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Janet Miron
Research: the collection of traditional knowledge & land-based knowledge practices in Algonquin communities


Caitlin Marziali, BA (History) 
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Jenn Cole
Research: dance in Indigenous communities


Rachelle Sanicharan, BA Hons (Canadian Studies)
M.A. MRP Stream

Supervisor: Denise Handlarski
Research: Immigration experiences of Indo-Guyanese peoples from Guyana to Canada, 1967-1997


Angela Slater-Meadows, BA Hons (Sociology)
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Kristy Buccieri
Research: Student experiences at Trent when full time or part time


Dragan Uzelac, BA Hons (History)
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Kevin Fitzmaurice
Research: Oral tradition as historical source


Meaghan Weirmier, BA Hons (Sociology)
M.A. Thesis Stream

Supervisor: Kristy Buccieri
Research: Researching if Indigenous women face a gap when it comes to application of the Gladue reports during sentencing when they are accused of an offence. 

My research interests include Canadian justice systems and prison reform.

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