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Office

Our general office is in room A260 of the Human & Social Development Building.

Phone: 250-721-6438
Email: igov@uvic.ca
Fax: 250-472-4724

Mailing address

School of Indigenous Governance
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2

Faculty

Dr. Hōkūlani Aikau

Dr. Hōkūlani Aikau

Professor, director Indigenous Governance

Office: HSD A260c 250-721-8098

Area(s) of expertise:
Contemporary Native Hawaiian identity & politics, Indigenous resurgence & climate change in the Pacific, Indigenous environmental justice, Native feminist theory, American race relations
Tory Johnston

Dr. Tory čınus Johnston

Assistant professor Indigenous Governance

Office: HSD A260g 250-472-5489

Area(s) of expertise:
Indigenous sound and music, Coast Salish studies, Indigenous governance, sound and media, intertribal music practices
Michaela McGuire

Dr. Michaela McGuire

Assistant professor Indigenous Governance

Office: HSD A260f 250-721-6151

Area(s) of expertise:
Decolonization, racism, genocide, state crime, resurgence, Indigenous and Nation-based justice and governance
Gina Starblanket

Dr. Gina Starblanket

Associate professor, graduate adviser Indigenous Governance

Office: HSD A260d

Area(s) of expertise:
Indigenous political life, decolonization, gender, Indigenous feminism, treaty implementation, relationality
Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark

Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark

Status: On leave

Associate professor Indigenous Governance

Office: HSD B246

Area(s) of expertise:
Indigenous law & governance, treaty rights & Indigenous politics in the US & Canada, Anishinaabe & US/CA law, criminalization of Indigenous assertions of sovereignty, conditions of consent & gender-based violence

Staff

Jack Pawlyna

Jack Pawlyna

Academic administrative officer Indigenous Governance

Office: HSD A260a 250-721-6436

Akgozel Karyyeva

Akgozel Karyyeva

Graduate secretary Indigenous Governance

Office: HSD A260e 250-721-6438