About me
Nicki Ferland (she/they) is a two-spirit Métis mother, wife, aunty and helper. Her parents are both descended from scrip-bearing Métis families with ancestral roots in St. Vital and St-Boniface (Winnipeg), and Lorette, Manitoba. Nicki has a Master of Education in Indigenous Land-Based Education from the University of Saskatchewan, and is working on a PhD in Education. Her work and research are focused on (urban) land-based pedagogies and queering education. She is a sessional lecturer at the Universities of Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Nicki is vice-chair of the Two-Spirit Michif Local (Manitoba Métis Federation) and sits on Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak’s Two-Spirit National Committee on gender and culture-based violence. She is the Director of Land Based Education and Indigenous Curriculum at the University of Manitoba.
