UNBC Alumnus Named Trudeau Foundation Scholar
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PRINCE GEORGE – A UNBC alumnus is among 15 graduate students across the country who have received a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship. Spencer Greening comes from the Gitga’at First Nation and is an Indigenous scholar, who is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Simon Fraser University.
“I feel both humbled and a large responsibility in my role as an Indigenous student, to utilize my own research in bettering academia for Indigenous communities and the process of decolonization. The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation encourages research that strives to make societal change through academia,” said Greening. “Being part of such an influential academic community will have great challenges but also great opportunity to move forward in making room for Indigenous people and our knowledge systems in research, policy, law, environmental awareness, and the betterment of society in Canada.”
His Ph.D. thesis revolves around interdisciplinary research on Indigenous expressions of history, occupancy and stewardship, and the management of Indigenous territories.
While his research is specifically situated in his home territory, Greening believes this kind of work is relevant across Canada given the “longstanding inadequate relationships between Indigenous and Western governments.”
