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Tricia McGuire-Adams, Associate Professor, Sociocultural Studies

  • Associate Professor, Sociocultural Studies
  • Anishinaabekwe from Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, Robinson Superior Treaty Territory

About Tricia

Academic Training

Ph.D. Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 2018
M.A. Indigenous Governance, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, 2010
H.B.A. Political Science, Lakehead University, 2003
B.A. Political Science, Minor in Indigenous Learning, Lakehead University, 2002
Diploma, Aboriginal Law and Advocacy, Confederation College, 1999

Research Interests

Indigenous concepts and practices of physical activity, sport, health and wellbeing

Indigenous feminist theory and practices of wellbeing 

Indigenous disability studies 

Indigenous resurgence, decolonization, and settler colonialism

Selected Publications

Smith, M., McGuire-Adams, T., & Eady, K. (2024). Anti-oppression pedagogy in Health professions: A scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-024-10336-0. 

McGuire-Adams, T. (In Press). Grappling with settler colonialism through martial arts: How trauma-informed martial arts provides intergenerational healing. Journal of Emerging Sport Studies – Special Issue Anti-Colonial Autoethnography in Sport (Dr. Jason Laurendeau, Guest Editor).

McGuire-Adams, T. & Naicatchewenin First Nation (2023). Anishinaabeg Elders’ land-based knowledge: Enacting bagijigan for health and well-being. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 14(2), 1-16 https://10.18584/iipj.2023.14.2 

McGuire-Adams, T., Gaudet, J.C., *Loukes, K., & *Ferreira, C. (2023). A scoping review of theoretical lenses and methodological approaches in Indigenous women’s health and wellness research in North America over the past two decades. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(8), 5479 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085479