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The Indigenous Studies program hosted a presentation and book launch with author and criminologist Lisa Monchalin.听 Dr. Monchalin received a Doctorate in Criminology from the University of Ottawa in 2012 and is the first Indigenous woman in Canada to hold a Ph.D. in Criminology.
Dr. Monchalin recently published her first sole-authored book of the same name as her presentation published by the University of Toronto Press. She speaks nationally and internationally on her academic work in an effort to effect change and seek justice for Indigenous peoples. This includes her international book tour of "The Colonial Problem".