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Research Team

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Dr. Dwayne Donald was born and raised in Edmonton and is a descendent of amiskwaciwiyiniwak (Beaver Hills people), also known as the Papaschase Cree. His Blackfoot name is Aipioomahkaa (Long Distance Runner).

 

Dwayne is the son of Allen and Darlene, husband to Georgina, father to Kesho, and uncle to Taryn, Taylor, Kennedy, Kristofer, Sarah, Marshall, Breanne and Lauren.

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Dwayne works as a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. He is Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Teacher Education with Indigenous Wisdom Traditions, and his work focuses on ways in which Indigenous wisdom traditions can expand and enhance understandings of curriculum and pedagogy.

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