Robinson, Dr. Rheanna
PhD (University of British Columbia), MA (University of Northern British Columbia), BA
Biography
Dr. Rheanna Robinson is an Associate Professor in the Department of First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and a Co-Lead for the Indigenous Research Stream with the Canadian Institute of Inclusion and Citizenship at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Raised in Smithers, BC, Dr. Robinson is an Indigenous (Métis) scholar and a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation who began her academic studies at UNBC in 1995 before completing her PhD at UBC in 2016. She has expertise in Indigenous Disability Studies and Indigenous Education, where her research is guided by relationship and the Four R’s (Respect, Relevancy, Reciprocity, and Responsibility) and grounded in her lived experience. Dr. Robinson values the role of Indigenous scholarship in academia and how Indigenous knowledges continue to offer the world meaningful representations of equity and inclusion in diverse and varying ways.
Research and expertise
Indigenous Disability Studies, Indigenous Education, Ableism/Colonialism and Indigoes Health and Well-being
- Disability
- Education
- Ethics
- First Nations
- Health and Well-being
- Indigenous Health
- English