Get to know our specialists in indigenous matters at UQAT

Professors	Areas of specialization
Hugo ASSELIN Full Professor Desjardins Chair in Small Community Development holder Abitibi-Témiscamingue Observatory Director Director of the School of Indigenous Studies	Indigenous matters Small Community Development Social forestry Northern development Forest ecology Paleoecology Climate change Forest fires Ethics of research with Indigenous peoples Land and resource development and governance
Lily BACON Professor Educational Sciences Teaching and Research Unit Unit for Research, Training and Development in Education in Indigenous Context (URFDEMA)	Mathematics education Development and analysis of teaching practices for pedagogical intervention in math On-the-job training Professional skill development in initial training
Suzy BASILE Professor School of Indigenous Studies Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Women's Issues holder Research Laboratory on Indigenous Women’s Issues – Mikwatisiw	Indigenous women (regnancy, childbirth, midwives, obstetric violence, imposed sterilizations) Indigenous peoples (First Nations and Inuit) Governance and territory Northern development Environmental issues and Consultation Ethics of research with Indigenous peoples Cultural anthropology
Sébastien BRODEUR-GIRARD Professor School of Indigenous Studies	Indigenous matters Indigenous rights Indigenous legal traditions Constitutional law Environmental law History of Indigenous peoples History of Canada and Québec History of religion History of law
Vincent CLOUTIER Full Professor RIME Director GRES Director Research Institute of Mining and Environment (RIME) Groundwater Research Group (GRES)	Applied hydrogeology and integrated aquifer characterization Hydrogeological mapping
Émilie DESCHÊNES Professor Educational Sciences Teaching and Research Unit Unit for Research, Training and Development in Education in Indigenous Context (URFDEMA)	Indigenous Education Managing Indigenous Education Integration of Indigenous perspectives in education (all levels) Organizational decolonization (school, school service centre, college, university, etc.) and institutional decolonization (education) Indigenization of Education (all levels
Benoit ÉTHIER Professor School of Indigenous Studies Participatory Mapping Laboratory	Indigenous studies Land issues Indigenous knowledge Customary rights Coexistence
Nicole FENTON Full Professor Forest Research Institute (IRF) NSERC-UQAT Insdustrial Research Chair on northern biodiversity in a mining context	Plant biodiversity, bryophytes, and spruce-moss dynamics Partnership with communities
Stéphane GRENIER Professor Human and Social Development Sciences Teaching and Research Unit	Inclusion/exclusion Marginalization/deviance Mental health Employability/social integration Citizenship Employment Indigenous matters Social housing Alternative practices in mental health Action research Homelessness Social marginalization
Francis LÉVESQUE Professor Director of the School of Indigenous Studies module	Social anthropology and ethnohistory Inuit, First Nations, and Métis Human–animal relationships (dogs in Inuit communities) Inuit postsecondary education Impacts of mine development on Northern communities Inuit traditional knowledge (Inuit qaujimajatuqangit) Decolonization of education
Véronique PAUL Professor Educational Sciences Teaching and Research Unit URFDEMA Director Unit for Research, Training and Development in Education in Indigenous Context (URFDEMA)	Decolonization of education Role and aims of community schools School curriculum development Support for learning and developing a mother tongue language
Glorya PELLERIN Full Professor Educational Sciences Teaching and Research Unit URFDEMA Director Unit for Research, Training and Development in Education in Indigenous Context (URFDEMA) Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE)	First Nations and Inuit Distance learning Use of technology in education Coaching in hands-on instruction Teacher induction Motivation
Ioana RADU Professor School of Indigenous Studies	Indigenous issues Indigenous health Food security and food sovereignty Territorial governance Cultural safety Oral history Decoloniality Ethnography Indigenous epistemologies and research methodology
Éric ROSA Professor Research Institute on Mines and the Environment (RIME) Groundwater Research Group (GRES)	Land and resource development and governance Groundwater protection

Staff	Fields of specialization and sector of activity
Julie-Anne BÉRUBÉ Project manager – Indigenous projects Continuing Education Service	Continuing Education Education, cognitive efficiency and support to education for Indigenous students Indigenous realities
Patricia BOUCHARD Research Officer – Indigenous projects Continuing Education Service	Manifestations of violence in Indigenous context Suicide among First Nations people and Inuit Coroner’s office reports into the deaths of Indigenous individuals Coerced Sterilization of Indigenous Women
Frédérique CORNELLIER Research Officer Educational Sciences Teaching and Research Unit	Indigenous Education Indigenous realities Indigenous Urbanity
Virginie D. DE LA CHEVROTIÈRE Research Officer Unit for Research, Training and Development in Education in Indigenous Context (URFDEMA)	Role and aims of community schools School curriculum development Support for learning and developing a mother tongue language
Christine DESROCHERS Human Relations Agent Student services	First Peoples Service Support to education for Indigenous students
Josée GAGNON Project manager – Indigenous projects Continuing Education Service	Counselling in Indigenous context Indigenous youth clientele in school context (behaviour disorders, social issues, learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders) Mental Health
Mylène JUBINVILLE Research Officer – Indigenous projects Vice-Rectorate of Teaching, Research and Creation	History of Indigenous education Decolonization of education
Janet MARK Strategic Advisor on Reconciliation and Indigenous Education Vice-Rectorate of Teaching, Research and Creation	Education Indigenous cultures and realities Cultural Safety Relationships and communication between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples
Suzie RATTÉ Indigenous Liaison Officer First Peoples Service	First Peoples Service Relation and partnership development
Bruno-Philip RICHARD Advisor for the University Teaching Center	Support to education for Indigenous students

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