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Dr. Jeannette Armstrong

Biography

Jeannette Armstrong is Syilx Okanagan, a fluent speaker and teacher of the Nsyilxcn Okanagan language and a traditional knowledge keeper of the Okanagan Nation.  She is a founder of En’owkin, the Okanagan Nsyilxcn language and knowledge institution of higher learning of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. She currently is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Okanagan Philosophy at UBC Okanagan. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Ethics and Syilx Indigenous Literatures. She is the recipient of the Eco Trust Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership and in 2016 the BC George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award. She is an author whose published works include poetry, prose and children’s literary titles and academic writing on a wide variety of Indigenous issues.  She currently serves on Canada’s Traditional Knowledge Subcommittee of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.

Contact

Armstrong

Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy
Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia – Okanagan

Chaire de recherche du Canada sur le savoir et la philosophie autochtones de l’Okanagan
Professeur adjointe 
Université de la Colombie-Britannique – Okanagan

Email/Courriel: jeannette.armstrong@ubc.ca
Office/ Bureau: 1(250)807-8813


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