Marie Battiste, University of Saskatchewan
Department of Educational Foundations
Professor
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
marie.battiste@usask.ca
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(306) 966-7576
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Dr. Marie Battiste, a Mi'kmaq educator from Potlo’tek First Nations, is full professor in the College of Education and Coordinator of the Indian and Northern Education Program within Educational Foundations at the University of Saskatchewan. She is acting director of the Humanities Research Unit ...
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Dr. Marie Battiste, a Mi'kmaq educator from Potlo’tek First Nations, is full professor in the College of Education and Coordinator of the Indian and Northern Education Program within Educational Foundations at the University of Saskatchewan. She is acting director of the Humanities Research Unit at t he University of Saskatchewan. Her historical research of Mi'kmaw literacy and education as a graduate student at Harvard University and later at Stanford University where she received her doctorate degree in curriculum and teacher education provided the foundation for her later writings in cognitive imperialism, linguistic and cultural integrity, and decolonization of Aboriginal education. A recipient of two honorary degrees from St. Mary’s University and from her alma mater University of Maine at Farmington, she has worked actively with First Nations schools and communities as an administrator, teacher, consultant, and curriculum developer, advancing Aboriginal epistemology, languages, pedagogy, and research. Her research interests are in initiating institutional change in the decolonization of education, language and social justice policy and power, and educational approaches that recognize and affirm the political and cultural diversity of Canada and the ethical protection of Indigenous knowledge.
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