Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Indigenous Environmental Studies Program cross-appointed between the Departments of Environmental Resource Sciences / Studies and Indigenous Studies.  I am also currently the co-Director of the Nasivvik Centre for Inuit health and changing environments situated at Laval University (Quebec City) and Trent University (www.nasivvik.ulaval.ca/).  I teach courses within the IES program on topics related to Indigenous peoples, health and the environment. 

I am a multidisciplinary researcher with a background in both the biological (BSc and MSc) and social sciences (PhD).  Much of my research is focused on the assessment of health impacts associated with environmental change (e.g. climate change, environmental contaminants) in circumpolar Indigenous communities.  I am also particularly interested in methods and processes for linking Indigenous Knowledge with Natural, Physical and Health Science knowledge for understanding Arctic environmental health issues.  Some of my time is also spent as a member of several Regional Inuit, National and International review and advisory committees on Arctic environmental health.

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