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Shannon Leddy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia. Her work focuses on Indigenous education, art education, and decolonizing practices within teacher training programs. She previously served as a Faculty Associate at Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Education, where she co-developed sustainability-focused teacher education modules.
Research Interests span Indigenous education, decolonial literacy, relational ethics, and the role of contemporary Aboriginal art in disrupting colonial narratives. She integrates slow pedagogies and Indigenous principles to address sustainability and environmental learning, emphasizing place-based, experiential approaches.
Publications reveal a focus on anti-colonial art education, Indigenous environmental education, and the use of humor as a culturally relevant pedagogy. Her recent work explores métissage and sister scholarship as tools for decolonizing academia, while earlier research includes the SEEDs (Sustainability Education in an Environment of Diversity) program, which aimed to reorient teacher education toward ecological competencies.
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