Chantelle Richmond

Chantelle Richmond

Chantelle Richmond (Bigitigong Anishinabe, Bear clan) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Western University in London, Ontario (Canada), where she is Director of the Interdisciplinary Development Initiative in Applied Indigenous Scholarship and the Nominated Principal Applicant of Ontario’s Indigenous Mentorship Network. Chantelle’s research is based on a community-centred model of research that explores the intersection of Indigenous people’s health and knowledge systems within the context of global environmental change. Along with colleagues and community partners in Canada, Hawaii and New Zealand, Chantelle’s current research examines concepts and applied processes of environmental repossession. She is passionate about the training of undergraduate and graduate students, and she fulfills part of this commitment through her role as Director of the Indigenous Health Lab. In 2015, Dr. Richmond was awarded the Julian M. Szeicz Award from the Canadian Association of Geographers, in recognition for her early research excellence. Also in 2015, she was inducted to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars. Chantelle lives in London Ontario with her husband Ian, and their children, Maya and William.

Institution: Western

Contact: chantelle.richmond@uwo.ca