Deborah McGregor

Deborah B. McGregor (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian environmentalist. She is an Associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Deborah McGregor
Born	Birch Island, Ontario, Canada
Spouse(s)	Steve
Children	2
Academic background
Education	BSc., University of Toronto MES, York University PhD., 2000, Forestry, University of Toronto
Thesis	From exclusion to co-existence: aboriginal participation in Ontario forest management planning. (2000)
Academic work
Discipline	Environmental Studies
Institutions	University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School
Main interests	Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Early life and education

McGregor is an Anishinaabe from Whitefish River First Nation and she was born in Birch Island, Ontario to Elder Marion McGregor.[1][2] She earned her PhD in Forestry from the University of Toronto.[3]

Career

After earning her PhD, McGregor was an assistant professor in Aboriginal Studies and Geography at the University of Toronto where she also served as Interim Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives.[4] McGregor also worked at Environment Canada-Ontario Region as a Senior Policy Advisor.[5] In 2010, McGregor co-edited "Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy: Insights for a Global Age" with Mario Blaser, Ravi De Costa, and William D. Coleman.[6]

She was promoted to a full-time faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School on July 1, 2015.[7] The next year, she was renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice,[8] which allowed her to continue working on York's Indigenous Environmental Justice Project.[9] Her research focus is understanding Indigenous environmental justice through a lens of unity between the environment and nature.[10]

In 2018, McGregor published "Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships," which was a book exploring how respect, responsibility, reciprocity, and relevance related to relationships.[11] She also sat on the Assembly of First Nations Advisory Committee on Climate Action and the Environment and attended the “Reconnecting with Mother Earth” gathering with 80 Elders and youth.[12]

Personal life

McGregor and her husband Steve have two sons together.[13]

References

1. Ainslie Cruickshank (April 11, 2016). "Addressing on-reserve water issues needs more than infrastructure, money". ipolitics.ca. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
2. "Biidwewidamoog Anishinaabe-Ogimaakwewag: Mnidoo Mnising Neebing gah Bizh'ezhiwaybuck 2019". activehistory.ca. September 20, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
3. Damien Short; Corinne Lennox (February 5, 2016). Handbook of Indigenous Peoples' Rights. Routledge. ISBN 9781136313868. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
4. "PROGRAM INFORMATION 2011–12". utoronto.ca. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
5. "Deborah McGregor presents the 2019 Katherine A.H. Graham Lecture on Indigenous Policy". carleton.ca. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
6. Guillermo, Delgado-P (July 3, 2015). "The Practice of Autonomy by Indigenous Peoples". Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies. 10 (1): 146–154. doi:10.1080/17442222.2015.1034435.
7. "Osgoode announces three new full-time faculty appointments". osgoode.yorku.ca. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
8. "York University gains six new and two renewed Canada Research Chairs". yfile.news.yorku.ca. February 9, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
9. "Indigenous Environmental Justice Project offers unparalleled resource". osgoode.yorku.ca. January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
10. "Indigenous environmental justice works to turn long-standing stewardship into recognized governance". cbc.ca. April 19, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
11. Hele, Karl (December 3, 2018). "Book review: Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships". anishinabeknews.ca. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
12. "Colonialism and Climate Change: Deborah McGregor Calls for More Indigenous Input". carleton.ca. June 11, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
13. "Deborah McGregor". muskratmagazine.com.