About Us

President’s Advisory Committee on Indigenous Initiatives

The President’s Advisory Committee on Indigenous Initiatives (PACII) was established to identify, develop, and advance strategic institutional priorities with regard to Indigenization and decolonization.  You may contact the PACII by emailing Cara Wehkamp, Special Advisor to the President on Indigenous Initiatives at cwehkamp@uoguelph.ca or Charlotte Yates, President and Vice-Chancellor at president@uoguelph.ca.

Indigenous Initiatives

Cara Wehkamp
Special Advisor to the President on Indigenous Initiatives
cwehkamp@uoguelph.ca

Indigenous Student Centre

Jamie Horner
Coordinator, Indigenous Programs
hornerj@uoguelph.ca 

Natasha Young
Indigenous Student Advisor 
natasha.young@uoguelph.ca

Faculty

Kim Anderson 
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Relationships and Associate Professor, Family Relations
College of Social and Applied Human Sciences

Christopher Collier
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Elliott Currie [Retired]
Associate Professor, Management
Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics

Troy Hourie
Assistant Professor, School of English and Theatre Studies
College of Arts

Sheri Longboat
Associate Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development 
Ontario Agriculture College

Brittany Luby
Associate Professor, History
College of Arts

Melissa Perreault
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Ontario Veterinary College

Jesse Popp
Ontario Agricultural College Chair in Indigenous Environmental Science 
Ontario Agriculture College

Anita Tucker
Assistant Professor, Population Medicine
Ontario Veterinary College 

Professor Emeritus

Thomas King
Professor Emeritus, School of English and Theatre Studies
College of Arts