Deborah McGregor explained

Deborah McGregor
Birth Place:	Birch Island, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:	Whitefish River First Nation, Canadian
Spouse:	Steve
Children:	2
Education:	BSc., University of Toronto MES, York University PhD., 2000, Forestry, University of Toronto
Thesis Title:	From exclusion to co-existence: aboriginal participation in Ontario forest management planning.
Thesis Url:	http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0016/NQ53738.pdf
Thesis Year:	2000
Discipline:	Environmental Studies
Workplaces:	University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School
Main Interests:	Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Deborah B. McGregor (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian academic and environmentalist.^[1] She is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2023, the University of Calgary announced that McGregor had been awarded a Canada Excellence Research Chair at their institution. The start date remains to be announced.^[2]

Early life and education

An Ojibway person from Whitefish River First Nation, McGregor was born in Birch Island, Ontario, to Elder Marion McGregor.^{[3] [4]} She earned her PhD in Forestry from the University of Toronto.^[5]

Career

After earning her PhD, McGregor was an assistant professor in Aboriginal Studies and Geography at the University of Toronto where she also served as Interim Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives.^[6] McGregor also worked at Environment Canada-Ontario Region as a Senior Policy Advisor.^[7] In 2010, McGregor co-edited "Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy: Insights for a Global Age" with Mario Blaser, Ravi De Costa, and William D. Coleman.^[8]

McGregor was promoted to a full-time faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School on July 1, 2015.^[9] The next year, she was renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice,^[10] which allowed her to continue working on York's Indigenous Environmental Justice Project.^[11] Her research focus is understanding Indigenous environmental justice through a lens of unity between humanity and the environment.^[12]

In 2018, McGregor and co-editors Jean-Paul Restoule and Rochelle Johnston published "Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships," a book exploring research methodologies centred in Indigenous worldviews.^[13] She also sat on the Assembly of First Nations Advisory Committee on Climate Action and the Environment and attended the "Reconnecting with Mother Earth" gathering with 80 Elders and youth.^[14]

Her research focuses on Indigenous knowledge systems and how they can be applied for water and environmental governance, environmental justice, forest policy and management, and sustainable development.^[15]

Personal life

McGregor and her husband Steve have two sons together.^[16]

Journal Publications

• From 'Trust' to 'Trustworthiness': Retheorizing dynamics of trust, distrust and water security in North America. (2022). Environment and Planning E. Nature and Space. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25148486221101459
• Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review. (2020). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 7 (6). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1486
• Including Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Environmental Assessment: Restructuring the Process. (2019). Global Environmental Politics 19 (3), 120-132. http://dx/doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00519
• Mino-Mnaamodzawin: Achieving Indigenous Environmental Justice in Canada. (2018). Environment and Society 9 (1). https://doi.org./10.3167/ares.2018.090102
• Reconciliation and environmental justice. (2018). Journal of Global Ethics 14 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2018.1507005
• Shifting the Framework of Canadian Water Governance through Indigenous Research Methods: Acknowledging the Past with an Eye on the Future. (2018). Water 10 (1), 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w10010049
• Source Water Protection Planning for Ontario First Nations Communities: Case Studies Identifying Challenges and Outcomes. (2017). Water 9 (7), 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w9070550
• Recommendations for marine herring policy change in Canada: Aligning with Indigenous legal and inherent rights. (2016). Marine Policy 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.09.007
• Traditional Ecological Knowledge: An Anishinaabe Woman's Perspective. (2005). Atlantis 29 (2). https://journals.msvu.ca./index.php/atlantis/article/view/1057
• Coming Full Circle: Indigenous Knowledge, Environment, and Our Future. (2004). American Indian Quarterly 28 (3/4), 385-410. https://jstor.org/stable/4138924

Books

• Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships (Canadian Scholars' Press, 2018). ISBN 9781773380858
• Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy: Insights for a Global Change (UBC Press, 2011). ISBN 9780774817936

Contributions to books

• "COVID-19 and First Nations' Responses," In Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 (University of Ottawa Press, 2020).
• "Truth Be Told: Redefining Relationships through Indigenous Research," In Renewing Relationships: Indigenous Peoples and Canada (Indigenous Law Centre, 2019).
• "All Our Relations : climate change storytellers," in Rising tides : reflections for climate changing times (Caitlin Press, 2019).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deborah McGregor . 2024-06-19 . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . en.
2. Web site: 2023-11-21 . UCalgary awarded 2 prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs News University of Calgary . 2024-06-19 . ucalgary.ca . en.
3. Web site: Ainslie Cruickshank . Addressing on-reserve water issues needs more than infrastructure, money . ipolitics.ca . January 30, 2020 . April 11, 2016.
4. Web site: Biidwewidamoog Anishinaabe-Ogimaakwewag: Mnidoo Mnising Neebing gah Bizh'ezhiwaybuck 2019 . activehistory.ca . January 30, 2020 . September 20, 2019.
5. Book: Damien Short . Corinne Lennox . Handbook of Indigenous Peoples' Rights . February 5, 2016 . Routledge . 9781136313868 . January 30, 2020.
6. Web site: PROGRAM INFORMATION 2011–12 . utoronto.ca . October 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191024194829/http://sites.utoronto.ca/abs/new/info.html . October 24, 2019.
7. Web site: Deborah McGregor presents the 2019 Katherine A.H. Graham Lecture on Indigenous Policy . carleton.ca . January 30, 2020.
8. Guillermo . Delgado-P . The Practice of Autonomy by Indigenous Peoples . Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies . July 3, 2015 . 10 . 1 . 146–154 . 10.1080/17442222.2015.1034435 . 142721209 .
9. Web site: Osgoode announces three new full-time faculty appointments . osgoode.yorku.ca . August 13, 2019.
10. Web site: York University gains six new and two renewed Canada Research Chairs . yfile.news.yorku.ca . October 24, 2019 . February 9, 2016.
11. Web site: Indigenous Environmental Justice Project offers unparalleled resource. osgoode.yorku.ca. January 30, 2020. January 12, 2018. January 30, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130143551/https://research.info.yorku.ca/2018/01/indigenous-environmental-justice-project-offers-unparalleled-resource/. dead.
12. Web site: Indigenous environmental justice works to turn long-standing stewardship into recognized governance . cbc.ca . January 30, 2020 . April 19, 2018.
13. Web site: Hele . Karl . Book review: Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships . anishinabeknews.ca . November 8, 2019 . December 3, 2018.
14. Web site: Colonialism and Climate Change: Deborah McGregor Calls for More Indigenous Input . carleton.ca . November 8, 2019 . June 11, 2019.
15. Web site: York University . n.d. . Deborah McGregor .
16. Web site: Deborah McGregor . muskratmagazine.com.