In this episode, Decolonizing the Academy, Scholar, and Activist Lori Campbell will talk to us about Healing the Wounds of Colonization and Transforming Indigenous Engagement at the University. We’ll hear how Indigenous researcher and activist Lori Campbell is leading efforts to transform our university's engagement with Indigenous communities at all levels. We'll also hear Lori's deeply moving account of her search for her biological family, which was separated due to the devastating impact of the Indian Residential School system and the Sixties Scoop. Lori also discusses the importance of her Two Spirit and Indigiqueer identity, her past in politics, and her inspiring role in CBC’s physically grueling “Canada’s Ultimate Challenge.”

 

Lori Campbell is Two Spirit and is a member of Montreal Lake First Nation, Treaty 6 territory. She is an intergenerational survivor of the Indian Residential School system and a child from the Sixties Scoop generation. Lori has made it her career to advocate for social justice and work towards a more equitable society for all. With more than 13 years of progressive leadership in student services, academics, research, and administration, Lori is an experienced leader in education. Through sharing her lived experiences, traditional knowledge, and professional proficiencies she tells the uncomfortable truths required for advancing processes of decolonization, Indigenization, and reconciliation within organizations and communities.

 

Lori holds two undergraduate degrees (Indigenous studies and psychology), a master’s degree in adult education, and is a Ph.D. candidate in social justice education. She currently holds the position of associate Vice President of Indigenous engagement at the University of Regina.

About the show
“Go Far, Together” - from the University of Regina introduces you to some of our University’s brightest thinkers. From outer space to Reconciliation, from first-responders mental health to the connection between cannabis and the NFL, we'll explore how these researchers are changing the world and how we understand it, right here on the Prairies. Join us as we Go Far, Together.

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