Nicholas Ng-A-Fook

Nicholas Ng-A-Fook is a Full Professor of Curriculum Studies and Vice-Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Education. He actively addresses the 94 Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission through partnerships with Indigenous communities and school boards.

• Past-President, Canadian Society for the Study of Education
• Principal Investigator, Curriculum Theory Project research team

His research focuses on:

• Indigenous and anti-racist curriculum development
• Oral history and narrative inquiry methodologies
• Digital citizenship and emergent technologies in education
• Settler colonialism's educational legacies

Recent publications and grants include SSHRC-funded work on:

• Co-Curricular-Making with Indigenous communities
• Reconciliation education in elementary classrooms
• Transnational migration narratives

Scientific recognition:

• Ted T. Aoki Distinguished Service Award (2018)
• Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award (2021)
• R.W.B Jackson Award for 2022 article (2023)

He leads a research team working with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities on curriculum transformation projects. The team's work spans:

• Indigenous land-based pedagogies
• Digital history education
• Systemic inequity reduction strategies