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Laura Forsythe, a Metis scholar in the Faculty of Education, teaches Indigenous and inner-city education for The University of Winnipeg. Forsythe’s research contributions include numerous peer-reviewed publications, academic conference paper presentations, and the co-creation of a Michif language program at the University of Manitoba. Forsythe’s commitment to Metis community engagement has included becoming a member of the Board of Directors of the Louis Riel Institute (LRI), a Delegate for the Metis Education and Training (MET) Local Advisory Committee, and establishing the MMF Bison Local at UManitoba.

Rhonda Kronyk is a settler/Dene research, writing and editing consultant. She is dedicated to increasing the inclusion of underrepresented communities in Canadian literature. A founding member of the Indigenous Editors Association, she specializes in editing manuscripts by and about Indigenous Peoples. Rhonda brings thirteen years of editing experience to clients across academic, fiction, and trade non-fiction publishing, working with presses and authors from across Turtle Island.

David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He is a Professor of Indigenous Studies and Chair of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, was the first Principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies since 1993. He is also a Professor in the School of Business. Professor Newhouse is Co-Chair of the Trent Aboriginal Education Council. He was the IMC/U of S Aboriginal Scholar in Residence at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in 1998/99. He also teaches in the Graduate CED Program at Concordia University. In 2016, he received the Trent Award for Education Leadership and Innovation. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Trent University Faculty Association for the past decade serving for three years as President and currently serving as Grievance Officer. His research interests focus on the emergence of modern Aboriginal society.