Mayana C. Slobodian

Mayana C. Slobodian

First Name: 
Mayana C.
Last Name: 
Slobodian
Title: 
PhD Candidate
Biography : 

Mayana C. Slobodian is Métis-settler with Red River Métis and Ukrainian heritage, born in Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw territory and living in lək̓ʷəŋən territory. Mayana is a writer and researcher who works with First Nations to rematriate research from colonial archives and facilitate the reclamation of land and knowledge. Her dissertation, “Fixing Canada: Royal Commissions & the Scandal of Settler Colonialism” looks at the use of royal commission in Indigenous-State relations in Canada, with a focus on consent, public opinion, and newspaper coverage of Indigenous political activism.

Selected Publications

  • "The Kitsilano Scandal: The Destruction of Sen̓áḵw As Told in Local Newspapers, 1913-16," BC Studies (Forthcoming).
  • "The Bare Island Bird Sanctuary: Land Theft, Conservation, and the Myth of Indigenous Consent in British Columbia," Canadian Historical Review (Forthcoming).
Education: 
MA (Social & Political Thought), York University
BA (Communications), Simon Fraser University

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Research Area:

Areas of Interest: 
  • Legal History of Indigenous-State Relations in Canada
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
  • Royal commissions
  • Issues in Indigenous incarceration & policing
  • First Nations’ governance

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Dissertation Title: 
Fixing Canada: Royal Commissions & the Scandal of Settler Colonialism
Dissertation Supervisors: 
Mariana Valverde