Deborah McGregor | |
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Born | Birch Island, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Whitefish River First Nation, Canadian |
Spouse | Steve |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Education | BSc., University of Toronto MES, York University PhD., 2000, Forestry, University of Toronto |
Thesis | From exclusion to co-existence: aboriginal participation in Ontario forest management planning. (2000) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Environmental Studies |
Institutions | University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School |
Main interests | Indigenous Knowledge Systems |
Deborah B. McGregor (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian academic and environmentalist. [1] She is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2023,the University of Calgary announced that McGregor had been awarded a Canada Excellence Research Chair at their institution. The start date remains to be announced. [2]
An Ojibway person from Whitefish River First Nation,McGregor was born in Birch Island,Ontario,to Elder Marion McGregor. [3] [4] She earned her PhD in Forestry from the University of Toronto. [5]
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]
McGregor and her husband Steve have two sons together. [16]
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