Career
After earning her PhD,McGregor was an assistant professor in Aboriginal Studies and Geography at the University of Toronto where she also served as Interim Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives. [6] McGregor also worked at Environment Canada-Ontario Region as a Senior Policy Advisor. [7] In 2010,McGregor co-edited "Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy:Insights for a Global Age" with Mario Blaser,Ravi De Costa,and William D. Coleman. [8]
McGregor was promoted to a full-time faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School on July 1,2015. [9] The next year,she was renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice, [10] which allowed her to continue working on York's Indigenous Environmental Justice Project. [11] Her research focus is understanding Indigenous environmental justice through a lens of unity between humanity and the environment. [12]
In 2018,McGregor and co-editors Jean-Paul Restoule and Rochelle Johnston published "Indigenous Research:Theories,Practices,and Relationships," a book exploring research methodologies centred in Indigenous worldviews. [13] She also sat on the Assembly of First Nations Advisory Committee on Climate Action and the Environment and attended the "Reconnecting with Mother Earth" gathering with 80 Elders and youth. [14]
Her research focuses on Indigenous knowledge systems and how they can be applied for water and environmental governance,environmental justice,forest policy and management,and sustainable development. [15]
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