Meaghan Weatherdon is a Doctoral candidate in the Department for the Study of Religion in a collaborative program with the Department for Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research considers how Indigenous spiritualities inform and are incorporated into social and environmental movements in North America. In particular, her dissertation focuses on the act of walking the land as a decolonizing praxis within the Journey of Nishiiyuu, a social movement in which Cree and Inuit youth from Whapmagoostui, Québec travelled 1600 km by foot to Ottawa, Ontario during the Winter of 2013 to demonstrate strength and solidarity among First Nations.
Lectures:
- “Walking the Law: Asserting Indigenous Jurisdiction throughout the Journey of Nishiiyuu”