Dr. Indrani Margolin is the first female full professor in the School of Social Work, at the University of Northern British Columbia. She is honoured to live and work on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh. Dr. Indrani is also part of the Women’s & Gender Studies and Health Sciences graduate faculty. Established in Vedantic inquiry, which honours both ancient wisdom and contemporary understanding of unity (Advaita), she carries forward the Vedic mathematics that sound creates. As the protégé of Master Teacher Tulshi Sen, from a long lineage of Himalayan masters, she has learned the power of sound through being, thought and word to create Ex-Nihilo (out of no-thing) and applies this to her qualitative arts-based research and holistic, transformative teaching. As a proud recipient of the 2025 UNBC Teaching Excellence Award, she is recognized for her curricular contributions to spirituality & creativity in higher education and championing the interweaving of theoretical and experiential learning. The spirit of these teachings comes directly from Master Sen’s manifesto of Creativism. Her dedication to integrating spirituality into the fabric of social work and education is reflected in her co-developed Spiritual Practice Model (SPM) and Spiritually-Informed Pedagogy (SIP) and related classes. Since 2011, she has co-led Northern FIRE (Feminist Institute for Research & Evaluation) and committed to shaping programs and resources that support survivors of violence. She seeks to advance the discourse on creativity, wellbeing, posttraumatic growth, and spiritual development and champions students’ and helping professionals’ creative process encompassed by the four eternal truths termed Mahavakyam Meditation. 

See the HRI Website for more information, including a webinar link: https://www.unbc.ca/health-research-institute/fhhs-professorial-lecture-series