Advisory Team

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Janice is a Professor in Indigenous Land-Based Physical Culture and Wellness in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the relationship between sport, power, and culture in Canada, especially where Indigenous people and Indigenous communities are concerned. Her work spans disciplinary boundaries and impacts key sectors linked to sport and physical activity, such as health and education. For more information about her work and contributions, please visit her personal research website.

 Alexandra is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary where she applies her broad social sciences training (PhD in Human Geography) to socio-cultural studies of sport, broadly understood. Her scholarship focuses in particular on the relationships between physical culture, place, and cultural identity in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada and the United States, to explore how these groups draw on reservoirs of memory and ancestral knowledge to chart vibrant futures.

Gavin is a recent graduate of the Master of Library and Information Science program at Western University. He also holds a degree in History and Canadian Irish Studies from Concordia University, which furthered his interest in how colonialism, class, and immigrant experiences intersect. He has a talent for creative writing, which he has put to use for film scripts and gaming production. His background as Irish immigrant leads to interesting questions that have informed this project in useful ways. His main role in Crossing the Red Line is to provide feedback on the overall content and direction of the project and to assist with archival retrieval when necessary. He currently works as a metadata specialist for a boutique information consulting agency.

  Fatima graduated from Western University with a B.A. in 2014 and an M.A. in 2017. While at Western, she served as a Teaching Assistant for the School of Kinesiology and a Research Assistant for the International Centre for Olympic Studies. For her Master’s thesis, she interviewed two surviving members of the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks. Her thesis analyzed the role of hockey in their lives as well as how sport facilitated assimilation at the school. Her M.A. research is a cornerstones of Crossing the Red Line, as it was her research that led to the question, "What should we do next?". Fatima now works full-time in the health promotion industry, yet still provides guidance on the overall direction of the project.

Sam is an ethnomusicologist and digital humanities scholar.  His career has taken him to the Canadian Museum of Civilization (Curator of Music), Indiana University (Telecommunications faculty and Digital Archivist), Scripps/Claremont Colleges (Anthropology and Music lecturer, Claremont Scholar and Digital Curator), the National Music Centre (Manager of Exhibitions), and Western University (Boas Papers Project).  He has lectured in Canada and the US, and is grateful to have worked with Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabek, Meskwaki, Kwakwaka'wakw and Salishan communities and organizations over the past 30 years.  He is currently Senior Curator, History, at the Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives in Brampton, Ontario.   

  Evan, PhD, is currently a lecturer in Indigenous Studies at UBC Okanagan. He specializes in Canadian and Indigenous military history, but researches and publishes more widely on Indigenous and Newcomer relations, British and Canada Imperil/colonial history politics, and policy, and the residential school system and Indigenous education. Of note, he served as a consultant researcher for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on Residential Schools, working with John Milloy. He has also worked on many on-line and public history projects including the Great War Centenary Association of Brantford, Brant County and Six Nations, exploring their participation in the First World War (Doing Our Bit).

Taylor, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Sport Management at Brock University. His research into sport spans history and sociology, with a specific interest in hockey. He is also a member of the Indigenous Hockey Research Network (IHRN), a  cross-Canadian interdisciplinary initiative funded through a SSHRC  Insight Grant. Taylor’s role with the IHRN involves  helping to situate the continuing tradition of Indigenous hockey in the  context of Canadian history. Furthermore, Taylor is the co-founding  editor of The Journal of Emerging Sport Studies, which fosters new and  emerging views in sport studies.

Braden is an Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies at UBC Okanagan. As a Maori (Ngati Raukawa and Rangitane) of the Manawatu region of Aotearoa/New Zealand, he is happy to live and work as a guest on the unceeded traditional territories of the Syilx peoples in the interior of British Columbia.  He believes that Indigenous research should prioritize Indigenous approaches, knowledge, strengths, and aspirations, and that it should be contextualized within a critical understanding of the historical legacy and contemporary effects of colonialism. His PhD on the history of physical culture at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, completed at Western University, forms the other cornerstone to Crossing the Red Line.