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Dean
Rennie, Dr. Kriston
PhD, LMS, FRHistS
Program Chairs and Coordinators
Fraser, Dr. Tina
PhD Educational Studies (University of British Columbia), MEd Educational Leadership and Administration (Simon Fraser University)
Biography
Dr. Fraser is a Māori scholar from Aotearoa (New Zealand) teaching at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her tribal affiliations are Ngāti Haka/Patuheuheu, Ngāti Koura, and Ngāti Pani from the Tūhoe Nation. The other affiliation is Ngāti Ranginui. Dr.
Romanets, Dr. Maryna
PhD (University of Saskatchewan), PhD (Ukrainian National Academy of Arts and Sciences), MA (Chernivtsi State University)
Biography
Professor Maryna Romanets specializes in contemporary, comparative, postcolonial, world, and women’s literatures, gender, sexuality and cultural studies, and contemporary critical theory.
Smith, Dr. Heather
PhD, MA (Queen's University), BA (University of Alberta)
Biography
Heather A. Smith is Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Wessell Lightfoot, Dr. Dana
PhD, MA, BA (University of Toronto)
Biography
Dr. Wessell Lightfoot received her PhD from the University of Toronto in 2005.
Wilson, Dr. Gary
PhD Political Science, MA Russian and East European Studies (University of Toronto), BA Honours Political Science (Carleton)
Biography
Gary N. Wilson is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science. His research focuses on governance and politics in the Canadian and Circumpolar North, and on the impacts of globalization and political change on communities in northern Canada and the Celtic periphery in Europe.
Mattfeld, Dr. Monica
Biography
Monica Mattfeld is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Pearce, Dr. Tristan
PhD University of Guelph; MA University of Guelph; BA University of Northern British Columbia
Biography
Tristan Pearce is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in the Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change.
Staff
Meroniuk, Ceyanna
MA (University of Nothern British Columbia)
Student Advisors
Tod, April
BA