The third edition of the Indigenous Welcoming Ceremony, held on October 27, honoured seven Indigenous academic staff from a wide range of disciplines, including history, political science, linguistics, anthropology and medicine. The two-hour-plus virtual ceremony welcomed six new academic hires, as well as a relatively recent hire who was not able to attend previous ceremonies.
The six new Â鶹AVians are:
- Yann Allard-Tremblay, Assistant Professor, Political Science
- Noelani Arista, Associate Professor, History and Classical Studies, and Director of Indigenous Studies; the Hawaii resident will begin work at Â鶹AV after COVID-19-related travel restrictions are lifted.
- , Professor of Practice, Faculty of Medicine;
- Chadwick Cowie, a Faculty Lecturer, Political Science;
- James Crippen, Assistant Professor, Linguistics; the B.C. resident will begin work at Â鶹AV in January.
- Leslie Sabiston, Assistant Professor, Anthropology; the Manitoba resident will begin work at Â鶹AV in the fall of 2021.
