Service to the Scholarly Community

  • Committee member, Tri-Agency Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canada Foundation for Innovation in Ottawa (2022-Present)
  • Committee Member, Museum of Anthropology Great Hall Advisory Committee, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2022-Present)
  • Co-host, Comparative and International Education Indigenous SIG Gathering, Vancouver BC (2016)
  • Reviewer, Alter-Native: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (2016)
  • Graduate Student Editor, Canadian Journal of Native Education (2009)

Conference/Workshop/Special Event Organization

  • Faculty lead and organizer, Book launch event: Tsqelmucwilc: The Kamloops Indian Residential School - Resistance and a Reckoning. Authors: Celia Haig-Brown, Randy Fred, and Garry Gottfriedson (October, 2022 - October, 2022)
  • Moderator, University of British Columbia Volunteer Recognition Event with the Honourable Chancellor Steven Point & Dr. Gwendolyn Point, University of British Columbia (2021-2021)
  • Aboriginal Guest Speaker/Knowledge Holder Pilot Program Organizer, Faculty of Education, SFU, Burnaby, BC, Canada (2017-2017)
  • Engaging Through Story Symposium Organizer, Faculty of Education, SFU, Burnaby, BC, Canada (2017-2017)
  • Indigenizing the Curriculum Symposium Organizer, Faculty of Education, SFU, Burnaby, BC, Canada (2017-2017)
  • Co-host, Comparative and International Education Conference Indigenous SIG Gathering (2016-2016)
  • Co-Presenter and Organizer, SFU Faculty Forum for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Recommendations, Faculty of Education, SFU, Burnaby, BC, Canada (2016-2016)

Other University Committee

  • Faculty member, Society Culture and Politics of Education program, University of British Columbia (2020-2022)
  • Ph.D. Admissions Committee Member, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2020-2022)
  • Society Culture and Politics of Education Admissions Committee, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2020-2022)
  • Faculty supporting EDST faculty member, supporting a partnership with the Vancouver School District for the development of an Inquiry, Capacity Building and Leadership for Indigeneity and Equity MEd cohort coordinated by Dr. Hartej Gill, University of British Columbia (2021-2021)

Grant reviews, manuscript reviews and editorial activities

  • Guest editor with Dr. Hartj Gill and Dr. Bathseba Opini, A proposed special issue in In Education: Exploring our connective educational landscapes to honour the memory of our esteemed colleague, the late Dr. Michael Marker (2022-Present)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing; Special Issue of Postcolonial Directions in Education (2019-Present)
  • Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Education (2016-Present)
  • Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Higher Education (2015-Present)
  • Proposal Reviewe, grants to fund expansion of its long-running program, ms infinity (math + science = infinite options) to support Aboriginal mentorship, The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) (2015-2015)

Membership in the Academic Community

  • World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (2017-Current)
  • Canadian Society for Studies in Indigenous Education (2014-Current)
  • Canadian Society for the Study of Education (2014-Current)
  • American Educational Research Association (2013-Current)
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