3.6: Arlana Bennett on Chronic Wasting Disease, Ongoing Settler Colonialism, and Mental Health in Academia

Arlana Bennett (Redsky) is Anishinaabe and a member of the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in northwestern Ontario. She is a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. Her research is focused on aspects of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management, and Indigenous consultation and engagement. Arlana’s current areas of research and specialization include wildlife disease management, wildlife conservation, Indigenous harvesting rights, kincentric and posthumanist ecology, and historical-contemporary multi-species entanglements in the Colonialocene.

Listen in as we discuss Chronic Wasting Disease, Settler colonial and the need for indigneous cenetred supports and mental health in academia..

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Arlana Bennett’s Bio

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