Tracey lindberg biography

Her debut novel, Birdie , was published in and is a national best-seller. Lindberg also performs as a blues music singer. Lindberg received her bachelor of law University of Saskatchewan , masters in law at Harvard University , and doctorate in law the University of Ottawa. Lindberg's literary works demonstrate the importance of Indigenous tradition, resiliency, and how narratives can empower marginalized populations.

In , Dr. In she became Athabasca's fourth Canadian Research Chair.

Professor Tracey Lindberg.

At this point she began to split her time between Athabasca University and the University of Ottawa and transferred there full-time in Lindberg is a professor of Indigenous law and government at the University of Ottawa. After her Governor General's GG Award in , Lindberg continued to publish work that addressed the importance of Indigenous Rights and traditional practices.

Much of Lindberg's academic work deals with the multi-layered issue of reconciliation for Indigenous communities with Canada. In , Lindberg appeared at The Indigenous Writers' Gathering, which facilitates reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people through the sharing of Indigenous literature. Lindberg's social and political activism in Indigenous law, governance, education, reconciliation, and with Indigenous women, has awarded her the position as an Associate Professor in the Centre for World Indigenous Knowledge and Research.

Lindberg's political activism focuses on the complexities of reconciliation for Indigenous people. Lindberg advocates for Indigenous women, due to the fact that many narratives about Indigenous women have been used to impair their agency, knowledge, and present them in destructive ways. Lindberg has also focused on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada and the United States with her article, "Violence against Indigenous women and the case of Cindy Gladue," published in In addition to Lindberg's work with Indigenous women, she works with women of many backgrounds who have experienced sexual violence.