Sheila Cote-Meek

Professor and Director, Indigenous Educational Studies Programs (PhD, MBA, BScN)

scotemeek@brocku.ca

Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek comes from the Teme-Augama Anishinabai and is a member of the Temagami First Nation. She is Professor and Director of the Indigenous Educational Studies Programs and holds a PhD from OISE of the University of Toronto and a MBA and BScN from Laurentian University. Dr. Cote-Meek has extensive experience working with Indigenous communities and has a range of leadership experiences in higher education institutions. She has a deep passion for mobilizing systemic and transformative change so educational institutions are more equitable and inclusive and are especially attentive to the goals and aspirations of Indigenous peoples.

Her research interests include Indigenous higher education, Decolonization and Indigenization, Transformative change in higher education, Equity and Inclusion, Anti-racism education, and Indigenous health and well-being.

Her publications including 4 books of which she is author of Colonized Classrooms – Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education (2014) and co-editor of Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education in Canada (2020), Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy (2020) and Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education: Learning from One Another (2023).

Dr. Cote-Meek is well-known provincially and nationally for her work in advancing change in higher education including Indigeneity, equity and inclusion.

Research Interests and Activities

  • Indigenous experiences in higher education
  • Transformative change in higher education
  • Decolonization and Indigenization
  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Indigenous health and well-being

Professional Affiliations and Accreditation/Certification

  • Harvard Seminar on Leadership of the Faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Education (August2018)
  • Oxford Women’s Leadership Symposium, Oxford University (August 2017)
  • Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Training, Women’s Human Rights Education Institute, May 16-20, 2011, University of Toronto
  • Anishnaabemowin Classes (Introduction 1 & 2)
  • French classes, Collège Boréal (Beginner I)

Recent Publications

Books

Cote-Meek, S. & Moeke=Pickering, T. (Eds.) (2023). Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education: Learning from One Another. IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Cote-Meek, S. & Moeke-Pickering, T. (Eds.) (2020). Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Education in Canada. Canadian Scholars: Vancouver, BC.

Moeke-Pickering, T., Cote-Meek, S. & Pegoraro, A. (2020). Critical reflections and politics on advancing women in the academy. IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Cote-Meek, S. (2014). Colonized classrooms: Racism, trauma and resistance in postsecondaryeducation. Fernwood Publishing: Halifax, NS.

Chapters in Book

Cote-Meek, S. & Moeke-Pickering, T. (2023). “Amplifying and centering Indigenous pedagogies in post-secondary education” in Cote-Meek, S. & Moeke-Pickering, T. (Eds). Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education: Learning from One Another. IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Moeke-Pickering, T., Rowat, J., Cote-Meek, S. & Pegoraro, A. (2021). “Indigenous social activism using twitter: Amplifying voices using #MMIWG” in Carlson, B. & Berglund, J. (Eds). Indigenous Peoples rise us: The global ascendency of social media activism. Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Cote-Meek, S. (2020). “From colonized classrooms to transformative change in the academy: We can and must do better!” in Cote-Meek, S. & Moeke-Pickering, T. (Eds). Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education in Canada. Canadian Scholars: Vancouver, BC.

Cote-Meek. S. (2020). “Intergenerational Indigenous resilience and navigating academic administration” in Moeke-Pickering, T., Cote-Meek, S. & Pegorao (Eds). Critical reflections and politics on advancing women in the academy. IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Cote-Meek. S. (2018). “The Age of Reconciliation: Transforming Indigenous Education” McKinley, E. & Smith, L. (Eds). Handbook on Indigenous Education. USA: Springer Publishing.

Journal Articles (Refereed)

Webkamigad, S., Cote-Meek, S., Pianosi, B. & Jacklin, K. (2020). Exploring the appropriateness of culturally safe dementia information with Indigenous people in an urban northern Ontario community. Canadian Journal on Aging, June 39(2):235-246 doi: 10.1017/S0714980819000606.

Moeke-Pickering, T., Cote-Meek, S. & Pegoraro, A. (2018) Understanding the ways Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) are framed and handled by social media users” Media International Australia.

Research and Project Funding

  • 2023-2026 Styres, S (PI), 1/13 Co-applicants on the “International Indigenous Consortium of Teacher Educators: Indigenous Resurgence and Digital Technologies in Teacher Education”. $199,856
  • 2017-2023 This grant is now under leadership of Jennifer Walker with the passing of the NPA. Also extended to 2023
    • McElhaney, J. (NPA) Cote-Meek, S., Moeke- Pickering, T., McGilton, K. & Andrew, M. (Co-Investigators). Integrated knowledge translation to address multi-morbidity and promote healthy aging in Indigenous People. CIHR Project Scheme grant. $1,476,450 Grant transferred to Jennifer Walker
  • 2017-2022 Richmond, C., (PI), Castleden, H., Furgal, C., Gabel, C., Mushquash, C., Neufeld,Hannah J., Peltier, C., Smylie, J., Stewart, S., Walker, J. (Co-PIs) With Collaborators: 34 including Cote- Meek, S. “Mno Nimkodadding Geegi(We Are All Connected): The Ontario Node of the Indigenous Mentorship Network Program”, CIHR Training Grant: Indigenous Peoples Network $1,000,000
  • 2017-2020 McElhaney, J. (NPA) Cote-Meek, S., Moeke- Pickering, T., McGilton, K. & Andrew, M. (Co-Applicants). Knowledge transfer grant, MOHLTC HSRF $2,060,178
  • 2018-2019 Moeke-Pickering, T, Cote-Meek, S. & Pegoraro, A. Understanding the ways Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women are framed and handled by social and traditional medica users. Advancing Indigenous Research Fund, $5,000
  • 2017-2018 McElhaney, J. (NPA), Cote-Meek, S., Moeke-Pickering, T., Cheu, (Co-Applicants). Ag-Well Digital Storytelling. Age Well NCE Inc. $50,000
  • 2017-2019 Sudbury Public Health Unit Leads (7), Other Public Health Unit Co- Applicants (5) Academic Co-Applicants (2) Cote-Meek, S. & Kauppi, C. “First Nations Engagement” Public Health Ontario $108,173 Chair: Indigenous Advisory Circle
  • 2016-2021 McElhaney, J. (NPA) McGilton, K., Cote-Meek, S., Moeke-Pickering, T., & Andrew, M. (Co-PIs). Aging in Place in First Nations Communities: A community-based approach to supporting older Indigenous people with dementia. CIHR $500,000

Courses Taught

  • INDG 4P84: Indigenous Peoples and Social Justice: Contemporary Issues