Katie Big-Canoe

Katie Big-Canoe is Anishinaabe from the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation. As Western University’s inaugural Indigenous Research Specialist (Office of Research Services, Western Research), she works in collaboration with the Western community to advance the respectful inclusion of, and capacity for, Indigenous research, methods, data and/or research involving Indigenous people, communities and organizations. In addition to Indigenous research administration, she has also worked in several academic and applied community-based research contexts and draws from these experiences to support the intersectional needs of both academics and Indigenous communities. She holds two degrees from Western University; a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Geography, and a Master of Arts in Geography and currently serves as an elected member of Western University's Senate and as Chair of the Network of Indigenous Research Administrators.