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Omeasoo Wahpasiw

Assistant Professor (On Sabbatical until June 30, 2027)

Degrees:PhD Indigenous History (Saskatchewan), MA History (Ottawa), BA History (Saskatchewan)
Phone:613-520-2600 x 4215
Email:Omeasoo.Wahpasiw@carleton.ca

Omeasoo (she/her) is a nehiyaw iskwew living in Anishinabe territory.

Her PhD dissertation is titled Tla鈥檃min Housing, Architecture and Home Territories in the聽20th Century: Invisible spaces Shaping Historical Indigenous Education. It explores聽the聽ways in which Indigenous people have maintained聽their cultural and spatial heritage even while forced to inhabit architecture that follows colonial paradigms.

Omeasoo co-wrote聽the聽Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Women鈥檚 Commission submission to聽the聽National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People.

贵辞谤听the聽past several years, she has been an Assistant Professor in聽the聽Department of Education at聽the聽University of Prince Edward Island, where she led a suite of courses on Indigenous culture and values, and聽the聽emerging legacy of聽the聽residential schools.

Omeasoo聽is cross-appointed with 杏吧原创鈥檚 School of Indigenous & Canadian Studies.