Margaret A. Smith
Chair, Board, Rights & Resources Group @Rights And Resources Initiative
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WORK HISTORY
Chair, Board, Rights & Resources Group @Rights And Resources Initiative
Washington, DC, US
EDUCATION
Lakehead University
HBScF, Forestry
University of Toronto
PhD, Aboriginal Issues in Forest Management
Indiana University Bloomington
Certificate, International Forest Resources & Institutions
SKILLS
ABOUT MARGARET A. SMITH
My spirit name is Miskwaanakwadook—Red Cloud Woman; I am of Cree ancestry from the James Bay Treaty #9 area. I am Professor Emerita in Lakehead University’s Faculty of Natural Resources Management. I retired from Lakehead University in 2017 from my position as Interim Vice-Provost (Aboriginal Initiatives). I am currently working on turning the course on Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resources that I taught for 17 years into an online, open access textbook. I continue supervising graduate students (although I am not taking on any new ones) and carrying out research projects on free, prior and informed consent. I am a member of the Forest Stewardship Council and sit on the FSC Canada Standards Development Group as well as FSC International’s Policy and Standards Committee. I am a member of the Board of the Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation that maintains Ober’s legacy and Rainy Lake island home as a source of inspiration, renewal, and connection to Indigenous Peoples, kindred spirits, and the natural world. I also recently joined the Board of the Rights and Resources Group that focuses on international Indigenous land tenure issues. And I continue my longstanding affiliation as Senior Advisor with the National Aboriginal Forestry Association, an Indigenous-controlled non-profit organization with the goal of increasing Indigenous participation in the forest sector.
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