Margaret Robinson
Associate Professor
Email: mrobinson@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1360
Mailing Address:
- Decolonizing and Indigenizing ways of teaching
- Representation of Indigenous people
- Representation of sexual & gender minority people
- Fanfiction
- Queer theory
- Popular culture
Education
BA (Saint Mary���s University)
MA, PhD (University of Toronto)
Remarks
Margaret Robinson is a bisexual and two-spirit scholar from泭Eski'kewaq, Nova Scotia, and a member of the Lennox Island First Nation. Her work examines the Indigenous New Wave, Mi���kmaw oral traditions, and the representation of Indigenous and of sexual and gender minority people in creative works, drawing on critical, postcolonial, and queer theories, intersectionality, and third wave feminism.
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Selected Publications
- Morisano, D., Robinson, M., Rush, B., & Linklater, R. (2024). Conducting research with Indigenous Peoples in Canada: ethical and policy considerations.泭Frontiers in Psychology,泭14, 1214121.泭
- Robinson, M., Hannam, B. (2022). Addressing Colonial Trauma Through Mi���kmaw Film. In:泭Indigenous Media Arts in Canada: Making, Caring, Sharing泭(pp. 118-143). E Winton & D Claxton (Ed.), Wilfrid Laurier University.
- Robinson M (2020). Veganism and Mi'kmaq Legends. Reprint In: Meatsplaining:泭The Meat Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial泭(pp. 237-246). J Hannan (Ed.), Sydney University.
- Robinson, M. (2020). Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: Hip Hop, Cultural Continuity and First Nations Suicidality. In:泭We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel泭(pp. 183-203). C Marsh & MV Campbell (Ed.), Routledge
- Robinson M (2017). Mi���kmaw Stories in Research. In:泭Visioning a Mi���kmaw Humanities: Indigenizing the Academy.泭M Battiste (Ed.) Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press, 56-68.
Selected Awards
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leadership Fund, Research Nova Scotia, Mi���kmaw Cultural Research Lab, 2021-2024, $180,767
- Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender, & Identity. Canada Tri-Council, 2019-2023 (CRC-2019-00295; renewable), $500,000
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