Dr. Kuokkanen is a Sámi woman and an Associate Professor of Political Science and Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto. During her talk, she presents a part of her new book and focuses on Indigenous gender justice. She points out how Indigenous feminist discourse links violence against Indigenous women to self-determination, self-government and the survival of Indigenous communities. Based on the data that she has collected, she advances a theory of Indigenous self-determination that affirms Indigenous women’s rights and gender justice. Photo credit: University of Alberta Faculty of Arts
