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New faculty help raise Indigenous voices across campus
Western News
By Keri Ferguson
September 3, 2021
As classes resume at Western this term, four new Indigenous faculty members bring their expertise to the faculties of education, social science and media and information studies.
The university's investment in these new roles is in line with Western's Indigenous Strategic Plan and its goal to increase Indigenous voices and presence across campus.
The new Indigenous faculty members, who joined Western in July, are: Spy Dénommé-Welch (Algonquin-Anishinaabe); Cody Groat (Kanyen'kehaka citizen and band member of the Six Nations of the Grand River); Sally Kewayosh (Bkejwanong Territory, Walpole Island First Nation); and Sofia Locklear (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina with roots in Kenora, Ontario) (continue reading).
