Still here – The Gateway Online

Three Indigenous PhD candidates are deepening understandings of what home can mean

How can the Métis find home despite their landlessness? How can Indigenous peoples reclaim their sexuality? Three University of Alberta PhD candidates are exploring these questions.

Molly Swain, from the faculty of native studies, is focusing on exploring traditional Métis understandings of relationships as a source of political strength. Rather than believing that things will change in terms of relations with the Canadian government, Swain thinks the Métis need to focus on finding more meaningful relationships with the humans and non-humans that live on their traditional lands.

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