To begin, I am a proud Indigenous woman of Inuit descent. I have lived many places in my life and now call Kamloops, B.C. my home. Growing up, I have struggled with what being Indigenous means. With residential school history with my maternal grandparents, our language and cultural knowledge was lost. As I worked through my courses in the program, I have taken it upon myself to learn about Indigenous history in hopes of gaining some answers to my own Indigenous history.
My undergraduate degree is in Social Work with a nursing background. I left nursing as I felt the need to help those more, specifically with advocacy for their human rights. I sought Justice for those who faced challenges and had a difficult time navigating our government systems.
This brings me to why I chose to apply for the Human Rights and Social Justice program with the Thompson Rivers University. Initially it was to learn more about Human Rights and Social Justice, what it turned into was a path of self-discovery. My focus for my research papers have been Indigenous focused as I attempt to learn of our history in Canada. So far, there has been so much growth and I owe it to the many professors who have taken the time to teach me.