Kahsennaró:roks Maddy Deom

Course Administrator (Sept 2023 - May 2024) | she/her/hers

Kwe! My name is Kahsennaró:roks Maddy Deom and I am an Environmental Science student here at UBC. I am originally from outside of Montreal, QC, and I am Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) of Kahnawake on my father's side and settler on my mother's side. I am working at the Centre of Indigenous Fisheries as a research assistant and I hope to learn more about the waters in this area. I find it difficult to learn at UBC's over-westernized academic system, especially in the sciences. I notice that, in particular, the sciences avoid mention of Indigenous land-based knowledge. I am so happy to have been invited to join the CIF and have an opportunity to learn and thrive in a community that values Indigenous knowledge as much as (or even more than!) western-scientific knowledge. I hope to one day work in research and policy that embraces Native knowledge over western knowledge, as well as help facilitate education systems that center Indigenous learners and knowledge holders.