Mar 4, 2024
As a leader herself, Western professor Candace Brunette-Debassige, is putting the voices of Indigenous leaders first in her new book, Tricky Grounds.
Candace is an assistant professor in Western University’s Faculty of Education and released Tricky Grounds in January. The book is based on her PhD research about Indigenous women in leadership roles at Canadian universities who experienced difficulties working with university policymakers.
Candace, a Cree woman with French lineage, is the first generation of her family to go to university and has since completed her PhD in education as of 2021 at Western.
Candace interviewed 11 women — who are referred to anonymously in the book — about their experiences enacting policies in Canadian universities in response to the Truth and Reconciliation report’s calls to action in 2015.