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Jennifer Wemigwans

Associate Professor

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education

  • Associate Professor
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education

BIO

Bio

Jennifer Wemigwans is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Pronouns She/ Her. She teaches Indigenous Knowledge Education courses in the Adult Education & Community Development Program. Dr. Wemigwans is from Wikwemikong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She is a new media producer, writer and scholar specializing in the convergence between education, Indigenous Knowledge and new media technologies. Her book, A Digital Bundle: Protecting and Promoting Indigenous Knowledge Online (2018) explores the prospects of Indigenous Knowledge education and digital projects in networked world.

MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director, Indigenous Digital Practice
    University of Toronto, Critical Digital Humanities Initiative, Mississauga, Canada1 May 2023 - 30 Apr 2024

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • President
    Invert Media2002 - present
  • Producer
    BNMI2005 - 2007
  • Writer
    Independent2000 - 2005

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Indigenous Knowledge and New Technologies
    OISE, University of Toronto, Canada2008 - 2015

AVAILABILITY

  • Collaborative projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI)