Convocation Speaker Chantelle Richmond Monday, June 10, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
next generation of scholars led her to develop and direct Ontario’s Indigenous Mentorship Network (2017-2022). Professor Richmond’s scholarship has earned her numerous awards and memberships, including membership in the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) College of New Scholars, and fellowship of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. In 2023, Dr. Richmond held the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Social Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. At Western, Professor Richmond has played key leadership roles with respect to advancing Indigenous matters. In 2022, she chaired the working group that created Western’s Indigenous Research Strategy, and she presently serves as Co-Chair of the Indigenous Faculty Advisory Council. Professor Richmond received her Honours BA (2001) and MA (2003) at McMaster University, and her PhD (2007) from McGill University. Professor Richmond lives in London with her husband, Ian Haase, and their two children, Maya and William. Outside academia, she is an avid runner and loves to garden and cook. She can most often be found walking her dog, Princess Leia, along the Thames Valley Parkway, or at the city pools where her children train with the London Aquatic Club.
Chantelle Richmond (Biigtigong Nishnaabeg) is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment and the Indigenous Studies Program at Western University, where she holds the Canada Research Chair on Indigenous Health and the Environment. Professor Richmond is a health geographer by training, and her research is based on a community-engaged model of research that explores the intersection of Indigenous People’s health and knowledge systems within the context of global environmental change. Along with colleagues and community partners in Canada, Hawaii and New Zealand, Professor Richmond’s current research examines concepts and applied processes of environmental repossession. Her first book “ Because this Land is who we are: Indigenous practices of Environment Repossession, ” is currently in press with Bloomsbury Inc., and sets the stage for a research program focused on urban Indigenous environments. Professor Richmond is passionate about research mentorship. In her Indigenous Health Lab, she has supervised 50 trainees to date, half of these are graduate and post-doctoral students, and the other half are undergraduate students and research assistants who work with and for Indigenous communities. Professor’s Richmond’s commitment to training the
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