Guest Speaker: Research Director for MMIWG Inquiry

Dr. Karine Duhamel, research director for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) inquiry, will speak on the gendered dimensions of colonization and about the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, and to the challenges of "reconciliation," on Tuesday Oct. 11, at 2:30 p.m, via zoom.

Dr. Duhamel is a historian (Ph.D. University of Manitoba) and with a broad range of experience in Indigenous issues in what is now Canada. As Director of Research for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, she drafted the Final Report, managed the Forensic Document Review Project and the Legacy Archive. She has also worked for the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, for Indigenous law firms, and in the context of public education. As of September 2022, she has taken on the role of Director, Indigenous Strategy, for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and is also a Special Advisor with Know History.  She is also an active member of the council of the Canadian Historical Association, the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba's Speakers Bureau and In-School education team, the Oakville Debwewin Truth Project, and chair of the Expert Group on Indigenous matters for the International Council of Archives. Deeply grounded in Indigenous research, she is also a tireless advocate for Indigenous and other human rights and the responsibilities and relationships that they require. 

Dr. Duhamel will speak to the class in Human Rights Studies 2900, Rights in Canada. Others are welcome to attend. Registration is required.