Rheanna Robinson Explained

Rheanna Robinson (born 1976/1977) is a Métis Canadian academic in the fields of Indigenous disability studies, First Nation studies, and Indigenous education. She is an associate professor of First Nations Studies in the Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC).

Early life and education

Robinson grew up in Smithers, British Columbia^[1] and is a member of the Manitoba Metis Federation. She attended UNBC, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in History and First Nations Studies in 2001 and Master of Arts in First Nations Studies in 2007.^[2] She then earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2016.^[3]

Robinson was diagnosis with multiple sclerosis at age 19.

Career

Robinson joined UNBC in 2015 as the university's senior advisor on aboriginal relations. The following January, she took on the position of assistant professor in the Department of First Nations Studies.

In 2021, she was appointed to the British Columbia's Provincial Accessibility Committee established by the Accessible British Columbia Act.^[4]

Personal life

Robinson has two children.

Publications

Articles

• Book: Mills, Antonia . Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics . Robinson . Rheanna . 2018 . Springer International Publishing . 978-3-030-22765-4 . Poff . Deborah C. . Cham . en . Aboriginal Ethics: Traditional and Contemporary . 10.1007/978-3-030-22767-8 . Michalos . Alex C..
• Robinson . Rheanna . Charleyboy . Cindy . Verhaeglte . Catherine . 2018 . How Coyote Created a Way for Indigenous Post-Secondary Education: The Legacy of Sister Mary Alice Danaher and the Week-end University . The Canadian Journal of Native Studies . 38 . 2 . 169–181.
• Burke . Susan . Robinson . Rheanna . June 2019 . Reflections on Métissage as an Indigenous research praxis . . en . 15 . 2 . 150–157 . 10.1177/1177180119837755 . 1177-1801.
• Robers . Michael V. . Hurtubise . Brigitte . Roberts . Melissa H. . Robinson . Rheanna . Schmidt . Hollie . Amezcua . Lilyana . April 2023 . Multiple sclerosis in Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A systematic review of incidence, prevalence, and outcomes . Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders . en . 72 . 104612 . 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104612.
• Robinson . Rheanna . 2023-06-01 . Indigenous Post-Secondary Institutes in British Columbia, Canada: Exemplars of Indigenous Control over Indigenous Education . Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l'éducation . 46 . 2 . 386–411 . 10.53967/cje-rce.5739 . 1918-5979. free .

Theses

• Education transformation: Issues for implementing an Aboriginal Choice School in Prince George, B.C. . University of Northern British Columbia . 2008 . Master of Arts . 10.24124/2008/bpgub504 . Rheanna . Robinson.
• Weaving Indigenous knowledge into the academy: promises and challenges from the perspectives of three Aboriginal post-secondary institutes in British Columbia . University of British Columbia . 2016 . 10.14288/1.0300167 . Rheanna . Robinson . PhD.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Szeto . Winston . 2020-11-09 . UNBC professor opens up about multiple sclerosis after living quietly with diagnosis for years . 2024-02-08 . . 2023-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331012429/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rheanna-robinson-multiple-sclerosis-unbc-1.5796155 . live .
2. Web site: 2015-07-14 . Smithers woman joins UNBC as First Nations advisory . 2024-02-08 . The Interior News . en.
3. Web site: Robinson, Dr. Rheanna . 2024-02-08 . . en . 2023-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202190223/https://www2.unbc.ca/people/robinson-dr-rheanna . live .
4. Web site: 2021-12-09 . Robinson appointed to Provincial Accessibility Committee . 2024-02-08 . . en . 2022-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127202913/https://www2.unbc.ca/newsroom/unbc-stories/robinson-appointed-provincial-accessibility-committee . live .