À propos

Le nom de cette revue, Pawaatamihk, signifie « rêve collectif » ou « groupe de personnes qui rêvent » en michif et en cri. Comme les rêves offrent une direction et un avenir auquel aspirer, les connaissances partagées dans cette revue font de même. La revue permet aussi de renouer avec le passé commun du peuple métis en rendant hommage aux ancêtres et aux proches dont le travail acharné et les rêves ont ouvert la voie à leur façon de penser actuelle. S’inspirant des façons métisses d’acquérir le savoir, issues de multiples domaines tant universitaires que communautaires, elle vise à dépasser les conceptions académiques étroites de la connaissance. Une attention particulière est accordée à la création d’un espace pour les penseurs 2SLGBTQ+ et de genre divers, les universitaires à divers stades de carrière et les membres de la communauté non affiliés. Pawaatamihk aspire ainsi à devenir un refuge enrichissant pour la pensée métisse.

Politique éditoriale et éthique

Authorship 

1.1 Author information

○ Each author/creator must provide a 100-150 word biography. Indicate the author(s) full name, current position, and general interests. If you are within a year of a prestigious award or funding, feel free to mention it.

○ Community connection statement—200-word Métis community connection statement for Circle of Editors to understand your kinship ties and responsibilities to the Métis Nation (which might include family lines, community relationships, connections to place, citizenship, etc.).

○ Our preference is to publish Métis scholarship and scholarship that assists emerging Métis scholars to raise their research profile through co-authoring papers with known scholars. 

Speaker bios are being collected for publication; community connection statements will be viewed only within the Circle of Editors during the initial review process.  

1.2 As part of the submission process for Pawaatamihk, you will be required to indicate that you are submitting your original work, have the rights to the work, and are submitting the work for first publication in Pawaatamihk. You must submit work that is not up for consideration for publication elsewhere and/or has not already been published elsewhere, and you obtained and can supply all permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you (images, graphs, etc.).

1.3 Papers should only be submitted for consideration once all contributing authors consent. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors. The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship. This is all those who have:

(i) Made a substantial contribution to the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data concept or design of the work;
(ii) Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content,
(iii) Approved the version to be published,
(iv) Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public
responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.

Note: A student is usually listed as the principal author of any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.

All parties contributing substantially should be listed as authors. Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. First authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the individuals' relative scientific or professional contributions, regardless of their status.

1.4 Acknowledgements

Any contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgments section. Examples include an Elder who has provided guidance, community members who collaborated in meaningful ways, a person who provided technical help, or a supportive colleague. 

Peer Review Process

All submissions considered for publication for Pawaatamikh are double-blind peer-reviewed. The Circle of Editors reviews all manuscripts to determine suitability for potential publication in Pawaatamihk. Some papers are rejected without peer-review owing to not meeting the standard required or being outside of the scope of the journal. Once a manuscript has passed editorial review, it is sent out to at least two peer reviewers through a double-anonymized peer review process. Material submitted to Pawaatamihk remains confidential while under review, with the author's identity being removed and the peer reviewers’ identity also protected. Peer review is expected to take 4 to 8 weeks, depending on reviewer availability. Corresponding authors are notified of editorial decisions after peer review and are provided with reviewer and editor feedback. 

An editor from the Circle of Editors may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in the Journal. In these cases, alternative members of the Board will manage the peer review process, and the submitting Editor will have no involvement in the decision-making process.

Publishing Policies

2.1 Publication ethics

Pawaatamihk supports the highest standards in scholarly publishing. We adhere to practices ensuring transparency in the publishing process and editorial decisions. We expect that authors’ contributions to the Journal have been subjected to ethical review when appropriate and research conducted honestly and ethically. 

2.2 Plagiarism

Pawaatamihk takes issues with plagiarism, copyright infringement, or other breaches of best practices in publication most seriously. Offences of this nature will be dealt with swiftly. We seek to protect the rights of our authors, and we will investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of Pawaatamihk against malpractice. Submitted articles may be reviewed using duplication-checking software. If an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work, including third-party copyright material without permission, with insufficient acknowledgment, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: 

(i) publishing a correction
(ii) retracting the article
(iii) taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's
institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies
(iv) Taking appropriate legal action 

2.1.2 Prior publication

If previously published, it is not generally acceptable for publication in Pawaatamihk. However, certain circumstances allow previously published material to be considered for publication. Please contact the Circle of Editors if you have questions about your previously published article, poem, or artwork. 

2.2 Contributor's publishing agreement 

Before publication, Pawaatamihk requires the author as the rights holder to sign the Pawaatamihk Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement.

Comité de rédaction

Editorial Team

Introducing Pawaatamihk's Circle of Editors

(presented alphabetically by first name)

Associate Professor Dr. Chantal Fiola, University of Winnipeg 

2022-present

Chantal Fiola is Michif (Red River Métis) with family from St. Laurent, St. Vital, Ste. Anne, and Ste. Geneviève, MB. Her ancestors Pierre “Bostonnais” Pangman Jr and Marie Wewejikabawik were among four Michif families who established the historic Métis community of St. Laurent. Chantal is a registered citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF). Dr Fiola is the award-winning author of two books, including Returning to Ceremony: Spirituality in Manitoba Métis Communities. Currently, with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Manitoba Research Alliance, she is Project Director on a research study titled, “Expressions of Métis Spirituality and Religion Across the Métis Homeland.” Dr Fiola is the Associate Vice-President Indigenous  at the University of Winnipeg where she is also Distinguished Indigenous Scholar’s Chair (2021-2024) and Associate Professor in the Urban and Inner-City Studies Department. She is a founding member of the Two-Spirit Michif Local of the MMF and is on the Board of Directors for Two-Spirit Manitoba which is preparing to host the first ever Two-Spirit Sundance. Chantal lives in Winnipeg with her wife and their daughter.

PhD Candidate Dawn Wambold, University of Alberta

2025-present

Dawn Wambold, MA, is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and a scholar with the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta and an Individualized Study Tutor in Indigenous Studies and Anthropology at Athabasca University. Her research focuses on how archaeology can support understanding of Métis relationships to the people and places of southern Alberta. Working with the belongings of Métis ancestors is a responsibility Dawn approaches with great care and respect. The Métis concepts of wâhkôhtowin (kinship) and keeoukaywin (visiting) shape all aspects of her work, grounding her in her responsibilities to both ancestors and her living community. Her Métis family names include Piche, Dumont, Boudreau, Blandion, Bernard, Cardinal, L’Hirondelle, and Moyon. Dawn currently lives within view of the Bow River, close to places her ancestors called home as early as the 1830s.

Graduate Student Erica Van Vugt, University of Calgary 

2025-present

Erica M. A. Van Vugt (She/Her) is the daughter of a Dutch immigrant father and a Métis mother. Her father’s people are Hopstaken/Van Vugt, and her mother comes from the Carrière, Parenteau, Caron, and Pilon families. Her grandmother was born in Batoche, with family ties extending to St. Vital, St. Norbert, and Red River. Erica is currently pursuing a Master’s in Archaeology at the University of Calgary, where her research focuses on Digital Heritage, Landscape and Plains Archaeology. Her broader interests include archaeology as service, community engagement, and data sovereignty. Outside of her academic work, Erica enjoys working on the land, volunteering with her sister in the Disability community, reading, and laughing.

Associate Professor Dr. Jennifer Markides, University of Calgary 

2022-present

Jennifer Markides, PhD, is a card-carrying member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, SSHRC Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Youth Wellbeing and Education, and an Associate Professor in both the Werklund School of Education and the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. Her research and teaching focus on the holistic wellbeing of youth and Indigenous education. Critical pedagogy, arts creation, and ethical engagement are at the heart of her practices. She values relationship building and prioritizes listening in community-led projects, allowing her to be responsive to the immediate goals and long-term visions of Indigenous community partners. Jennifer was raised in unceded Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia and now resides in Treaty 7 territory in southern Alberta. Her Métis family names are McKay, Favel, Ballenden/Ballendine, Linklater, and McDermott/MacDermott, including Scrip records and connections to Red River. Like many Métis whose families migrated west, she engages in ongoing processes of learning, relationship-building, and honouring commitments of service to Métis people, communities, and organizations, through her academic work and personal life.

Associate Professor Dr. Laura Forsythe, University of Winnipeg 

2022-present

Laura Forsythe, Ph.D. is a Michif Assistant Professor at the University of Winnipeg in the Faculty of Education. Forsythe's research focus is Métis-specific contributions to the academy, Métis inclusion efforts, Métis research methodologies, and educational sovereignty. With five co-edited collections, the Metis Awareness Mondays Series, and the Assistant editor role at the Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Forsythe has helped lift up Indigenous scholars' work for over a decade. She is also the elected Bison Local Chairperson of the Manitoba Metis Federation, the official democratic and self-governing political representation of the Red River Metis. Her kinship ties include the Huppe, Ward, Berard, Morin, Lavallee, and Cyr lines. Her ancestors worked for the Northwest and Hudson’s Bay Companies, fought in the Victory of Frog Plain, and owned Lot 31, the site of a contemporary Métis space called Pakan Town. 

Associate Professor Dr. Lucy Delgado, University of Manitoba 

2022-present

Lucy Delgado (née Fowler), PhD, is a Two-Spirit Métis woman, born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and an active member of the Two-Spirit Michif Local of the Manitoba Métis Federation. Her family were Sinclairs, Cummings, Prudens, some of whom took scrip in St Andrews and St Johns, and she also has other family and ancestors from Red River, Oxford House, Norway House, and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, and settler family from Ireland and the Orkney Islands. Lucy is a community organizer, Chair of the Two-Spirit Michif Local of the Manitoba Métis Federation, and co-founder of the Mamawi Project, a grassroots Métis collective dedicated to virtual knowledge mobilization and creating kinship-building opportunities for Métis young people across the diaspora. Lucy is Canada Research Chair in Michif and Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer Education as Wellness and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba, with a research and teaching focus on Métis youth identity, Indigenous education, queer theory, hip-hop pedagogies, and youth cultures.

Associate Professor Dr. Mylène Yannick Gamache, University of Manitoba 

2025-present

Mylène Yannick Gamache is an urban Franco-Métis Associate Professor, cross-appointed in Indigenous Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Manitoba, with place-based relations in St. Pierre-Jolys, Îles-des-Chênes, St. Vital, and St. Boniface, Manitoba. Her research focuses on collaborative inter-Indigenous feminist world-building and cross-disciplinary literary analyses of psyche and telepathy.

PhD Candidate, Stephanie Erickson, University of Victoria

2025-present

Stephanie G. Erickson is of mixed Red River Métis and European ancestry. Her paternal Métis family comes from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan and has ties to St. Francois Xavier in the Red River settlement. Her family names are Swain, Breland, Dauphinais, and Grant. Born in Winnipeg on Treaty 1 territory, Stephanie grew up mostly in the Okanagan, the unceded territory of the Syilx people. There, she attended the Okanagan College before transferring to UBC (Okanagan campus), where she earned her BA in Creative Writing (2019). Stephanie’s passion for social justice then led her to McMaster University, where her thesis focused on reproductive futurism in the Gender and Social Justice MA program (2022). She is now a PhD candidate in the English department at the University of Victoria on the territories of the Lekwungen speaking peoples. Stephanie’s research is on Indigenous Futurism literatures as pathways of reconciliation in Canada. Alongside her dissertation research, Stephanie practices decolonial approaches to pedagogy through her work with UVic's Indigenous Storyteller in Residence program.

Past Editors

Cathy Mattes, Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg 

2022-2025

Lindsay DuPré, PhD Student, University of British Colombia Okanagan

2022-2025