Episode 74: Dr. Margaret Robinson on Navigating Indigenous Traditions and Veganism
Dr. Margaret Robinson (she/her) is a Mi’kmaw scholar and a member of Lennox Island First Nation. She works as an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University in Mi’kma’ki, where she holds the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender, and Identity. Dr. Robinson is two-spirit, bisexual, and queer, and her research examines how culture and identity support wellbeing.
In our conversation, we discuss on Dr. Robinson’s research into feminism and bisexuality, the work she did in developing a measure for microaggresions and microaffirmations experienced by bisexual women, racism experienced by Indigenous communities in the Canadian Health-Care system, navigating veganism as an Indigenous person, and ways to decolonize our food systems.
Resources
Cultural Continuity as a Protective Factor Against Suicide in First Nations Youth, Michael J. Chandler and Christopher Lalonde
“Mental health and substance use among bisexual youth and non-youth in Ontario, Canada”, Co-authored by Margaret Robinson
“Prevalence and Mental Health Correlates of Illegal Cannabis Use Among Bisexual Women”, Co-Authored by Margaret Robinson
“Bisexual Women's Experience of Microaggressions and Microaffirmations: A Community-Based, Mixed-Methods Scale Development Project”, Co-authored by Margaret Robinson
“The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory”, Carol J. Adams
Margaret Robinson Google Scholar
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