Tkaronto Host Planning Committees

NAISA 2020 planning committees include a Core Planning Committee and a Tkaronto Local Host Committee of 90+ scholars, students, staff, Knowledge Keepers, and other community leaders helping to guide the annual meeting planning, ensuring that information flow, feedback and collaboration takes place across local institutions and agencies. The University of Toronto is honoured to be the Institutional Host for NAISA 2020.

Core Planning Committee

Eve Tuck, Associate Professor
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Methodologies with Youth and Communities

Susan Hill, Director, Centre for Indigenous Studies
Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies and History, University of Toronto

Michelle Murphy, Professor
History, Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto

Karyn Recollet, Associate Professor
Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto

Deborah Cowen, Associate Professor
Geography & Planning, University of Toronto

Lindsay DuPré, Indigenous Education Liaison
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Julie Blair, Indigenous Education Liaison
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Susan Senese, Executive Director, Strategy
University of Toronto Mississauga

Susan Blight, Doctoral Student
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Sandi Wemigwase, Doctoral Student
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Fernanda Yanchapaxi, Doctoral Student
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Jennifer Sylvester, Doctoral Student
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Marleen Villanueva, Doctoral Student
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Riley Kucheran, Doctoral Student
School of Fashion, Ryerson University
Indigenous Advisor, Office of the Dean and Vice Provost

Jenny Blackbird, NAISA 2020 Coordinator
Centre for Indigenous Studies, University of Toronto