Sheryl Lightfoot

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  • UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) and Professor in Political Science, Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto

Sheryl Lightfoot is the North American member, and past chair, of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). She is Professor of Political Science and at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Indigenous global politics, especially Indigenous rights and their implementation in global, national and regional contexts. Dr. Lightfoot is Anishinaabe from the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe.

Experience

  • –present
    Canada Research Chair in Global Indigenous Rights and Politics and Associate Professor in Political Science, Public Policy and Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia

Education

  • 2009 
    University of Minnesota, PhD, Political Science

Honours

Royal Society of Canada

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