Paul Gareau


Paul L. Gareau is Métis and is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. Grounded in Métis Studies and Indigenous Studies as well as Religious Studies, Gareau’s work centres on theory and methodology around relationality, gender, Indigenous epistemologies, land and place, and sovereignty/peoplehood. Gareau is the academic lead for the Indigenous|Canada Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). And he is the Principal Investigator of The Métis Kinscapes Project that looks at Métis kinscapes and peoplehood at different pilgrimage sites across Métis Homeland. Finally, Gareau is involved in Third Space Playback Theater: Edmonton that critically engages structural racism and BIPOC experiences in community and collectivity-based research.