Makere Stewart-Harawira, PhD, MA (1st Hons), BA
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Education
- makere@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-7616
- Address
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7-117 Education Centre - North
8730 - 112 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G5
- Availability
- By Negotiation
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Indigenous knowledge and ecosystems climate change multi species climate justice freshwater governance planetary wellbeing.
About
Makere Stewart-Harawira is Professor in Indigenous, Environmental, and Global Studies in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Canada. A descendant and registered member of the Waitaha ki Waipounamu iwi (tribe) in Aotearoa New Zealand and also of Celtic heritage, Makere has been living and working on Treaty Six lands in Alberta, Canada since 2004. Her work focuses on climate change, freshwater governance, Indigenous knowledge systems, ethics and values in relation to integrative approaches to ecosystem and human-more-than-human wellbeing, multi species justice and planetary stewardship. Makere is the Program Lead for the I-STEAM Pathways Indigenous Youth Environmental Education Program, an Indigenous Initiatives program. She previously led "Intersections of Sustainability" Network, funded by the Kule Institute for Advanced Study.
Research
Areas and interests
- Indigenous traditional and ecological knowledge systems
- climate change and planetary stewardship
- freshwater systems and planetary health
- Critical Studies in Governance, Sustainability and Transition
Projects
Current:
2018 – Present. I-STEAM Pathways Indigenous Youth Environmental Education Program, Project Team Lead, with co-leads Dr. Greg Goss (Biological Science) and Professor Jessica Vendenberghe (Engineering).
Recent:
2017 -2018. “Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn”, Indigenous Community Engagement, Research and Learning Project. With Dr Ania Ulrich, Principal Investigator, Office of the VP Research and the Faculty of Graduate Studies Award, University of Alberta
2015 - 2018. Intersections of Sustainability. Collaborative Research Network on Water Governance, Climate Change and the futures of Communities, Principal Investigator, Kule Institute for Advanced Study Cluster Research Grant funded.
Teaching
Graduate
Climate Change and its Intersections (EDPS 501, Wi 2021)
Global Transformations, Indigenous Knowledge and the Crisis of Sustainability (EDPS 528)
Contemporary Issues in Education: Perspectives on Policy and Practice (EDPS 580)
Foundations of Education: Perspectives on Canadian Issues (EDPS 590)
Past Courses
Critical Indigenous Pedagogies and Transformative Strategies in Education (EDPS 536)
Indigenous Research Methodologies (EDPS 535)
Revitalizing Indigenous languages (EDPS 539)
Indigenous Ontologies in the Global Context (EDPS 636)
Undergraduate
Philosophy of Moral Education (EDPS 456)
Society and Education (EDPS 360)
Past Courses
History of Native Education in North America (EDPS 432)
Contemporary Issues in First Nations Education in Canada (EDPS 474)
Current Doctoral Supervisions
Eddie Gillis "How will the inclusion of Indigenous history, perspectives and culture as a mainstay of Indigenous education intervention efforts effect the graduation rates of Indigenous students?"
Announcements
I am not accepting new doctoral students at present.
Courses
EDPS 360 - Society and Education
The changing function and structures of education, with special reference to contemporary Canadian society.
EDPS 501 - Conference Course on Selected Topics
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
EDPS 580 - Contemporary Issues in Education: Perspectives on Policy and Practice
Introduces students to foundational approaches to contemporary issues in Canadian and international education contexts. Introduces multidimensional approaches associated with the history, sociology, and philosophy of education to help students understand and critically assess educational policy and practice. May contain alternative delivery sections; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.
Scholarly Activities
Research - Intersections of Sustainability. Collaborative Research Network on Water Governance, Climate Change and Traditional Communities."
20150202 to 20180331
Funded by the Kule Institute for Advanced Studies, this project responds to:
- the urgency of addressing issues of water governance, land use and climate change,
- the implications for communities, particularly in relation to water quality and availability and agriculture, and
- the University of Alberta’s unique positioning and goal to produce world-class leading-edge research on critical issues that confront humanity.
Our goal is the development of innovative research and solutions that target this critical intersection and to contribute to calls for a new global paradigm of sustainability.
Intersections of Sustainability. Interdisciplinary Research Network on Water Governance, Climate Change & Futures