Authors @ Acadia ~ Dr. Pam Palmater
Tuesday September 22, 2015  7pm - 9pm (2 Hours)
Lecture / Seminar Family-Friendly Wheelchair Accessible

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CANADA'S STATE OF EMERGENCY: How First Nations are the Solution is the subject of Dr. Pamela Palmater's closing night's final Keynote talk at this year's Acadia Aboriginal Arts Mawio'mi.
Pam is a Mi’kmaq lawyer whose family originates from the Eel River Bar First Nation in northern Mi'kma'ki (New Brunswick).
In 2009, she obtained a Doctorate in Aboriginal Law from Dalhousie University Law School with her thesis entitled, Beyond Blood: Rethinking Aboriginal Identity and Belonging.
In 2012, Palmater was the runner up in the Assembly of First Nations leadership elections for national chief.
Currently Dr. Palmater is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, holds the Chair in Indigenous Governance, and is also a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, affiliated with the MA program in Public Policy and Administration.
Pam Palmater is a frequent media political commentator, she appears for Aboriginal Peoples Television Network's InFocus, CTV, and CBC.

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Acadia University
32 University Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

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