MSVU Black and Indigenous Speaker Series – Dr. Debbie Martin

The MSVU Black and Indigenous Speaker Series is pleased to present to the community, our first talk of 2026 Dr. Debbie Martin’s talk “The Trouble with Indigenous Identity Policies and How They are Harming Indigenous Peoples”

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Location: Virtual (MS Teams)
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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Wading into the complicated politics of Indigenous identity has opened a whole host of issues for academic institutions. In this presentation, Dr. Martin will explore some of the ways in which Indigenous Peoples, who are meant to be protected from the harm caused by those committing “Indigenous identity fraud”, are being targeted and erased by the very policies meant to protect them.

Debbie Martin is NunatuKavut Inuk, raised in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, with many family connections to both Trinity Bay and St. Lewis, Labrador. Dr. Martin is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Well-Being and Full Professor at Dalhousie University. She is currently the Nominated Principal Investigator of the Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network.