Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Studies (EDST)
Dr. Ahenakew’s research proposes to develop alternative approaches to pedagogy and methodology that contribute to the revitalization and transformation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous education, research and well-being.
Contributions:
Ahenakew, C., de Oliveira Andreotti, V., Cooper, G., & Hireme, H. (2014). Beyond epistemic provincialism: De-provincializing Indigenous resistance. Alter-Natives: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 10(3): 216-231.
Andreotti, V., & Ahenakew, C. (2013). Educating. In S. Matthewman, C. West-Newman, B. Curtis (Eds.) Being Sociological, 3rd Edition (pp.233-250). New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Ahenakew, C. (2012). The Effects of Historical Trauma, Community Capacity and Place of Residence on the Self-Reported Health of Canada’s Indigenous Population. A Thesis Submitted to The Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of The Requirements For The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Calgary.
Andreotti, V., Ahenakew, C., & Cooper, G. (2011). Epistemological pluralism: Ethical and pedagogical challenges in higher education. Alter-Natives:An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 7(1): 40-50.
Ahenakew, C. (2011). The birth of the ‘Windigo’: The construction of Aboriginal health in biomedical and traditional Indigenous models of medicine. Critical Literacies: Theories and Practices, 5(1): 3-13.
Keywords:
Indigenous; Ontologies; Epistemologies; Methodologies; Pedagogies; Epidemiology; Decolonization.
cash.ahenakew@ubc.ca
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