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Jennifer Adese is a Canada Research Chair in Métis Women, Politics, and Identity and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). Previously, she served as Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Indigenous Studies at Carleton University. Her research focuses on Indigenous Studies, Métis Studies, Cultural Studies, Visual Sociology, and Critical Race Theory, with a particular emphasis on Métis women’s political organizing and nationhood. She has authored Aboriginal™: The Cultural and Economic Politics of Recognition (2022) and co-edited seminal works such as A People and a Nation: New Directions in Contemporary Métis Studies (2021).
Adese holds a PhD in English & Cultural Studies from McMaster University. She leads the SSHRC-funded ‘No one else can speak for us’ project examining Métis women’s political experiences and co-investigates the cross-institutional ‘Reimagining Care/Work Policies’ SSHRC Partnership Grant. Her work bridges academia and public engagement, reflected in courses like SOC382H5 (Genocide and Memory) and SOC467H5 (Peel Social Lab).
- Key Grants:
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2019-2022): Métis Women’s Political Organizing
- SSHRC Partnership Grant (7 years): Reimagining Care/Work Policies
- CIHR Grant (2018-2020): Maternal Health among Métis in Alberta
Editorial Roles: Editorial Board Member of Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) journal since 2018.
