Susan Hill

Susan Hill is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto's Department of History, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Science. Her research focuses on Indigenous history, colonialism, and Haudenosaunee studies. She works extensively on land ethics, treaty agreements, and Indigenous women's historiography.

Education:

• PhD, Trent University

Research Interests:

• Indigenous land tenure systems
• Historical treaties and legal traditions
• Colonialism and decolonization
• Environmental justice narratives
• Oral histories in academic research

Publications span topics like Haudenosaunee land ethics, Indigenous pedagogy, and treaty agreements, emphasizing decolonizing methodologies and community-based research. Her 2017 monograph The Clay We Are Made Of explores Grand River land tenure.

Awards:

• SSHRC Insight Grant (2016-2021) as Co-Investigator