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Speaker: Marlene Brant Castellano,  Professor Emerita, Trent University.

Marlene Brant Castellano is a Mohawk of the Bay of Quinte and Professor Emerita of Trent University where she provided leadership in the development of the emerging discipline of Indigenous Studies (1973-96). She served as Co-Director of Research with the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1991-96) and as a member of the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) drafting the 2nd edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2). The policy, including a dedicated chapter on research involving First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples, was adopted in 2010 by SSHRC, CIHR and NSERC. Professor Castellano currently co-chairs the Aboriginal Council of Queen’s University.