Avery is passionate in exploring Indigenous-settler relations, resurgence of Indigenous governance and political articulations for Indigenous wellness, distinctions-based approaches, and Indigenous treaty-based ethics and modes of relationality.
Education
BA in Indigenous Studies, UBC Okanagan
MA in Indigenous Governance, University of Victoria (in-progress)
Biography
Avery Mary Katherine Shtykalo (she/her) is a third-generation Ukrainian settler. Growing up, Avery was fortunate to live in the prairies in Treaty 1 territory. Currently, she lives and works as on the occupied, unceded, and ancestral lands, waters, and skies of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples who continue to care and steward these lands today.
Avery has a BA in Indigenous Studies and is in her first year of the Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance (MAIG) program at the University of Victoria. Her undergraduate journey at UBC Okanagan provided her with the opportunity to work as a research assistant on various urban Indigenous wellbeing projects. It is through these research opportunities that Avery formed many new relations and experiences that shared invaluable knowledge on Indigenous wellbeing, health research, and ethics.
Avery is passionate about anti-colonial and anti-racist research, initiatives, and, specifically, solidarities that refuse and oppose oppressive structures, systems, and narratives to foster collective futurities of self-determination, sovereignty, and transformation. She is excited to be joining the Indigenizing Health Research Ethics Project grounded in these values and expanding her knowledge alongside the team and communities involved.
