Amplifying life- and world-changing Indigenous technologies – Indigenous McMaster
Vanessa Watts, a Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe scholar and faculty member in McMaster’s Department of Sociology and Indigenous Studies program, is the new Paul R. MacPherson Chair in Indigenous Studies.
Jul 23, 2020
Since coming to McMaster in 2013, Watts has developed a university-wide course on reconciliation and was director of the Indigenous Studies program from 2016 to 2019.
As chair, she will lead efforts to advance Indigenous research and education over the course of a five-year renewable appointment.
“The chair presents an opportunity to work with Indigenous communities, organizations and Knowledge Keepers on issues that are of local and national importance in a fast-changing world, in terms of Indigenous rights and Indigenous approaches to conservation and sustainability,” Watts says.
