DEPARTMENT OF INDIGENOUS STUDIES

Education

• B.Sc. York University
• M.B.A., Laurentian University
• Ph.D. in Theory & Policy Studies in Education, 2007, University of Toronto

Areas of Specialization

• Nishnaabemwin, Ojibwe language, Native Education

Courses taught

• INDG 1016 Introductory Nishnaabemwin A
• INDG 1017 Introductory Nishnaabemwin B
• INDG 2516 Intermediate Nishnaabemwin A
• INDG 2517 Intermediate Nishnaabemwin B
• INDG 3316 Intermediate Nishnaabemwin C
• INDG 3516 Advanced Nishnaabemwin A
• INDG 3517 Advanced Nishnaabemwin B
• INDG 3305 Aboriginal Languages: Expressions of peoplehood

Current Research Projects

• The Nishnaabemwin Dictionary

Recent Publications

• 2019  Protecting Indigenous language rights: Much more than campus signage needed. Academic Matters: OCUFA’s Journal of Higher Education, Spring 2018,16-20.
• 2016  Willmott, C., Tait, A., Corbiere, M. & Corbiere, A. “Toward language in action: Agency-oriented application of the GRASAC database for Anishinaabe language revitalization.” Museum Anthropology Review 10(2), 91-116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/mar.v10i2.19322
• 2015 Naokwegijig-Corbiere, M. (in press). Our words, they are a-changin. In A. Corbiere, M. Naokwegijig- Corbiere, D. McGregor & C. Migwans (Eds.), Proceedings of Anishinaabewin Naanan: Four rising winds 2014. M’Chigeeng, ON: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation.
• 2013 “How do /ni/, /taa/, /se/ and /shi/ alter meanings of Nishnaabe-kidwinan?” In A. Corbiere, M. Naokwegijig-Corbiere, D. McGregor & C. Migwans (Eds.), Proceedings of Anishinaabewin Niiwin: Four rising winds 2013 (pp. 131-140). M’Chigeeng, ON: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation.
• 2012 “‘Aaniish go naa gaa-nendmaanh!?’ Compiling an Anishnaabemwin dictionary” In A. Corbiere, D. McGregor & C. Migwans (Eds.), Proceedings of Anishinaabewin Niizh: Culture movements, critical Moments 2011 (pp. 68-78). M’Chigeeng, ON: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation.