911吃瓜

Faculty of Education

Dr. Amy Parent

Dr. Amy Parent

  • UNESCO Co-Chair, Transforming Indigenous Knowledge Research Governance & Rematriation
  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), Indigenous Governance and Education
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
  • Inaugural Associate Director, Cassidy Centre for Educational Justice
  • Tri-Agency Co-Chair, Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research

Biography

Dr. Amy Parent鈥檚 Nisga鈥檃 name is Noxs Ts鈥檃awit (Mother of the Raven Warrior Chief named Ts鈥檃wit). On her mother鈥檚 side of the family, she is from the House of Ni鈥檌sjoohl and is a member of the Ganada (frog) clan in the Village of Laxgalts鈥檃p in the Nisga鈥檃 Nation. On her father鈥檚 side of the family, she is of Settler ancestry (French and German). Dr. Parent is a scholar, speaker, mentor and educator. She is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Education & Governance (Tier 2) in the Faculty of Education at 911吃瓜 (Ph.D., UBC). She is also Co-Chair of the Indigenous Research Leadership Circle with the Tri-Council Agency (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) and the Inaugural Associate Director for the 911吃瓜 Cassidy Centre for Educational Justice. In 2023, she received the B.C. Historical Foundation Certificate of Merit with the N鈥檌sjoohl rematriation delegation team, which recognized our collective work in bringing our family鈥檚 memorial pole back to its rightful place in the Nisga鈥檃 Nation after being stolen for 94 years. In 2024, she was named the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia 鈥淒istinguished Academic of the Year.鈥� "Dr. Parent remains committed to her responsibilities at local, national and international levels, advocating for Indigenous research governance, rematriation, and self-determination. Her work has been , with over 700 media features, including , radio interviews, and .

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Research & Teaching Interests

  • Indigenous knowledge systems and methodologies
  • Nisga鈥檃 rematriation, language revitalization and educational governance
  • BC First Nations research jurisdiction, governance, and matriarchal leadership for self-determination
  • Indigenous doctoral programming, supervision and mentorship
  • Land based education
  • Indigenous visual sovereignty and critical Indigenous theory
  • Indigenous graphic novels, visual representations and storytelling in the curriculum
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