Jennifer Ward
Jennifer Ward is from the Umpqua Nation. She lives and works in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta). She is the Lead Educational Developer, Indigenous Focus in the Centre for Teaching and Learning and a doctoral student within the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. She is also an Assistant Lecturer in Educational Policy Studies and Indigenous Studies at the University of Alberta. Jennifer works with faculty to Indigenize and decolonize their curriculum and teaching pedagogy. Her doctoral thesis explores decolonizing and Indigenizing the academy and post-secondary education. Her current research, as part of a collective alongside Indigenous women scholars (Radical Academic Iskwewak Goddesses or RAIG), examines how decolonial self-love is empowering collective ideologies of wellness in the academy.