About Us

IPinCH Staff

Nicole Aylwin

Ph.D. Candidate in Communication and Culture, York University

Research Assistant for the Working Group on Customary, Conventional and Vernacular Legal Forms

Interested in the emerging terrain of transnational cultural policy and cultural rights politics, Nicole’s dissertation maps the relationship between intellectual property, cultural rights and the international conventions and movements surrounding cultural diversity. More »

Emma Feltes

MA Candidate in Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University

Research Assistant for the Collaboration, Relationship and Case Studies Working Group

Emma brings a background in contemporary studies and international development to new research pursuits around Indigenous political relationality and reconciliation as an MA student in social anthropology.More »

Kelly Fox

Project Manager

Kelly has managed the IPinCH project since funding started flowing in April 2008.More »

Annique-Elise Goode

MA Candidate in Archaeology, Simon Fraser University.

Knowledge Base Research Assistant

Annique-Elise's M.A. thesis uses a feature analysis model to explore wetland resource use at DhRp-52, a long-term settlement site in Katzie traditional territory in the Pitt Polder, near Vancouver, BC. Her senior supervisor is IPinCH project director George Nicholas.More »

Soudeh Jamshidian

PhD student, School of Resource and Environmental Management, SFU

Research Assistant for the Sourcebook and Community Tool Kit Working Group

Soudeh has a M.Sc. in Natural resources engineering. She joined IPinCH after 9 years of working with various national and international NGOs and UN agencies in the field of environment and development such as UNDP, UNEP and IIED. She has worked on policy-making and natural resources management projects with both “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches.More »

Dru McGill

PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Indiana University (Bloomington)

Research Assistant for the Intellectual Property and Research Ethics Working Group More »

Dru McGill is a PhD Candidate in the Indiana University (Bloomington) Anthropology Department where he studies under the "Archaeology and Social Context" PhD track. He is also a Research Associate at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at IU.

Davina Two Bears

PhD Candidate in the Archaeology of the Social Context program, Indiana University (Bloomington)

Research Assistant for the Intellectual Property and Research Ethics Working Group

Yá’á’tééh, hello, my name is Davina Two Bears and I am Diné (Navajo). My clan is Tódich’íi’nii, “Bitter Water Clan,” born for the Táchii’nii, “Red Running into the Water Clan.” I come from the communities of Tsidii T’oh, Bird Springs, and Kin?ání, Flagstaff, Arizona. I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from Dartmouth College (1990) and a Master of Arts degree in socio-cultural anthropology from Northern Arizona University (2002). More »

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