Taiaiake Alfred

Gerald Taiaiake Alfred is an author, educator and activist, born in Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) in 1964 and raised in the community of Kahnawake.[1] Alfred is an internationally recognized Kanien’kehaka professor at the University of Victoria (UVic).[1]

Alfred grew up in Kahnawake and received a B.A. in History from Concordia University, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.[1] He served in the US Marine Corps in the 1980s.[1]

Alfred was the founding director of the Indigenous Governance Program (serving from 1999 until 2015) and was awarded a Canada Research Chair 2003–2007, in addition to a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in education.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Faculty Page of the Indigenous Governance Program, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria

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