Heather Igloliorte (Inuk)

The first Indigenous Canadian to be appointed as an assistant professor at Concordia University. In 2014 she was named as Canada’s first university research chair focused on Indigenous art history and community partnership.

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First Indigenous Canadian to be appointed to a Canada Excellence Research Chair (Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices). Second Indigenous Canadian to hold a faculty position at the University of Victoria.

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