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Gerald Taiaiake Alfred is an author, educator and activist, born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1964 and raised in the community of Kahnawake. Alfred is an internationally recognized Kanien’kehá:ka professor.

Early life and education

Alfred grew up in Kahnawake and graduated from Loyola High School in Montreal. After high school, he served in the Marine Corps for three years until 1984.[1] He then received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Concordia University, an Master of Arts and Ph.D. from Cornell University.[1]

Career

Alfred was the founding director of the Indigenous Governance Program (serving from 1999 until 2015) and was awarded a Canada Research Chair 2003–2007, in addition to a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in education. In 2019 he resigned from the University of Victoria in the wake of an investigation of an allegedly toxic learning environment.[2][1]

In 2019, Alfred joined the Kahnawà:ke governance project as project manager.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Faculty Page Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine of the Indigenous Governance Program, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria
  2. ^ "Founder of UVic's Indigenous governance program resigns". 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. ^ "KAHNAWÀ:KE GOVERNANCE PROJECT Who We Are".

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