RESEARCH & FACULTY
Darrel Manitowabi
Darrel Manitowabi
Assistant Professor705.675.1151 ext. 5063
A-304
Sudbury Campus
Darrel Manitowabi (Anishinaabe) is an assistant professor in the School of Native Human Services at Laurentian University, and holds a cross-appointment with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve and in his spare time resides on the Whitefish River First Nation. He has a PhD in social/cultural anthropology from the University of Toronto and remains a student of Anishinaabe kendasawin (knowledge), enaadziin (ways of being), enaagdenwiin (ways of thought) and bimaadziwin (ways of living).
Education
- B.A. (Anthropology) Laurentian University
- M.A. (Anthropology) McMaster University
- Ph.D. (Anthropology) University of Toronto
Research Focus
He recently completed research on the impact of socioeconomic interventions on Anishinaabe wellbeing and is currently engaged with research on urban Aboriginal issues. He has published articles on Indigenous issues such as casinos, ethnohistory, rural-urban migrations, neoliberalism, diabetes and traditional medicine.
Publications
- Manitowabi, Darrel and Marjory Shawande. 2013. Negotiating the Clinical Integration of Traditional Aboriginal Medicine. Canadian Journal of Native Studies 33(1) Spring (forthcoming).
- Manitowabi, Darrel. 2012. The Meaning of Bear-Walking. In, Anishinaabewin Niizh: Culture Movements, Critical Moments, ed. Alan Corbiere, Deborah McGregor and Crystal Migwans, pp. 49-65. M'Chigeeng, ON: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation.
- Manitowabi, Darrel and Marjory Shawande. 2012. The Meaning of Anishinabe Healing and Wellbeing on Manitoulin Island. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health 9(2): 441-458.
- Maar, Marion, Darrel Manitowabi, Danusia Gzik, Lorrilee McGregor and Cherie Corbiere. 2011. Serious Complications for Patients, Care Providers, and Policy Makers: Tackling the Structural Violence of First Nations People Living with Diabetes in Canada. The International Indigenous Policy Journal 2(1).
- Manitowabi, Darrel. 2011. Casino Rama: First Nations Self-Determination, Neoliberal Solution or Partial Middle Ground? In First Nations Gaming in Canada: Perspectives, ed. Yale Belanger, pp. 294-318. Winnipeg, ON: University of Manitoba Press.
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