DR. NICOLE INEESE-NASH

Dr. Nicole Ineese-Nash is a mixed Indigenous (Mushkego Cree, French-Canadian, and Irish) researcher, educator, and community worker. She is a registered member of Constance Lake First Nation with family ties to Mamawmattawa along the English and Kabikagami Rivers in Treaty 9 territory. She was born and raised in Tkaronto, where she presently lives and works. Nicole is an Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Studies and Child and Youth Care at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research and community practice attends to Indigenous approaches to disability justice, madness and healing, and systems analysis, drawing on participatory, culturally-based, and decolonial methodologies. She is the founder and Executive Director of Finding Our Power Together, a national Indigenous-led charitable organization that offers mental health programming, cultural healing services, and community-based research with Indigenous children, youth, and communities across Canada. Nicole holds a doctoral degree in Social Justice Education with a specialization in Indigenous health, and a master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies. Nicole also maintains registration as an Early Childhood Educator in the province of Ontario.