Emily Haigh: Bridging Indigenous knowledge with mainstream psychology – UVic News
January 16, 2025
Growing up in Toronto, Emily Haigh always felt a pull to bridge her two worlds. For the daughter of an English father and Anishinaabe mother from the Thessalon First Nation and surrounding Sault Ste. Marie Métis community, it wasn’t always easy.
When she went away to university, it was even harder.
Haigh studied psychology, a discipline she loves while acknowledging it has been largely developed without diverse perspectives, without acknowledging Indigenous peoples and their unique approaches to health and healing.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from McGill University, then moved south to Kent State University to pursue graduate school—with some scholarship and bursary support from Indigenous organizations such as Indspire, all the while wishing that among her professors and mentors, one might be able to guide her studies in a way that acknowledged Indigenous perspectives.
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