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Margaret Robinson

Associate Professor

Portrait of vegan scholar Dr. Margaret Robinson.

Email: mrobinson@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1360
Mailing Address: 
Room 3102, McCain Building 6135 University Avenue PO BOX 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Decolonizing and Indigenizing ways of teaching
  • Representation of Indigenous people
  • Representation of sexual & gender minority people
  • Fanfiction
  • Queer theory
  • Popular culture

Education
BA (Saint Mary’s University)
MA, PhD (University of Toronto)

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Remarks
Margaret Robinson is a bisexual and two-spirit scholar fromÌýEski'kewaq, Nova Scotia, and a member of the Lennox Island First Nation. Her work examines the Indigenous New Wave, Mi’kmaw oral traditions, and the representation of Indigenous and of sexual and gender minority people in creative works, drawing on critical, postcolonial, and queer theories, intersectionality, and third wave feminism.
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Selected Publications

  • ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Morisano, D., Robinson, M., Rush, B., & Linklater, R. (2024). Conducting research with Indigenous Peoples in Canada: ethical and policy considerations.ÌýFrontiers in Psychology,Ìý14, 1214121.
  • ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Robinson, M. (2022). Bisexual Women’s Story-Telling and Community-Building in Toronto. New Directions in Queer Oral History, Archives of Disruption, (pp. 111-120). C Sumerskill (Ed.). Routledge.
  • ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Robinson, M., Hannam, B. (2022). Addressing Colonial Trauma Through Mi’kmaw Film. In: Indigenous Media Arts in Canada: Making, Caring, Sharing (pp. 118-143). E Winton & D Claxton (Ed.), Wilfrid Laurier University.
  • ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Robinson M (2020). Veganism and Mi'kmaq Legends. Reprint In: Meatsplaining: The Meat Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial (pp. 237-246). J Hannan (Ed.), Sydney University.
  • ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Robinson, M. (2020). Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: Hip Hop, Cultural Continuity and First Nations Suicidality. In: We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel (pp. 183-203). C Marsh & MV Campbell (Ed.), Routledge
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M, &Hannam B (in press). Indigenous Strategies of Mi’kmaw Representation in Canadian Film. In: Insiders/Outsiders: The Cultural Politics and Ethics of Indigenous Representation and Participation in Canada’s Media Arts. E Winton & D Claxton (Ed.) Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.Ìý
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M (in press). Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: Hip Hop, Cultural Continuity and First Nations Suicidality. In: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel. C Marsh & MV Campbell (Ed.) London, UK: Routledge.Ìý
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M (2019). Two-Spirit Identity in A Time of Gender Fluidity. Journal of Homosexuality, Special Issue: What’s In A Name?
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M (2017). Mi’kmaw Stories in Research. In: Visioning a Mi’kmaw Humanities: Indigenizing the Academy. M Battiste (Ed.) Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press, 56-68.
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M, Sanches M, & MacLeod M (2016). Prevalence and Mental Health Correlates of Illegal Cannabis Use Among a Networked Sample of Bisexual Women in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Bisexuality 16(2), 181-202. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15299716.2016.1147402Ìý
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M (2015). The Role of Anxiety in Bisexual Women’s Use of Cannabis. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 2(2), 138-151.
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M (2014). A Hope to Lift Both My Spirits: Preventing Bisexual Erasure in First Nations Schools. Journal of Bisexuality 14(1), 18-35.
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M (2013). Veganism and Mi'kmaq Legends. Canadian Journal of Native Studies 33(1), 189-196.
  • ÌýÌýÌýÌýRobinson M (2013). Polyamory and Monogamy as Strategic Identities. Journal of Bisexuality 13(1), 21-38.

Selected Awards

Canadian Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leadership Fund, Research Nova Scotia, Mi’kmaw Cultural Research Lab, 2021-2024, $180,767

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender, & Identity. Canada Tri-Council, 2019-2023 (CRC-2019-00295; renewable), $500,000

What Does Poverty Mean to Two Spirit and LGBTQ Indigenous People and their Communities? University of Washington (NIH # 5R25MH084565-07), 2020-2022, $20,000 USD

How Do Indigenous People Conceptualize Poverty? A Qualitative Study Exploring the Relationship of Impoverishment to Health. Kausattumi Grants Program, 2020-2023, $10,000

CIHR Best Brains Speaker, Oct 2019-Jan 2020. $1000Teaching & Learning Enhancement Grant. ±«Óãtv University, 2018

FASS Undergraduate Research Award, 2018

Canada Council For The Arts, Banff Centre Aboriginal Writing Residency, 2015

CIHR Catayst Grant, 2015, 2015

Women’s College Research Institute, 15K Challenge Grant, 2015, 2016

Evidence Exchange Network, 2012, 2013

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