With my son Adrian after receiving the King Charles III Coronation Medal at the Royal Society of Canada - 27 March 2025.
Bits & Bobs:
- 08 April 2025: The Conversation: As Canada is threatened, it's urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood. - 20 November 2024: Invited essay published in the Canadian Science Policy Magazine: Science, Indigenous Knowledge, and Reconciliation. - 04 November 2024: The Conversation: Canada and churches have moral obligations for the reparations of missing and disappeared Indigenous children: Final Report. - 16 October 2024: Chapter titled "Morality and Indigenous Knowledge: Exploring Canadian Educational Contexts" in the new book Ancient and Indigenous Wisdom Traditions in the Americas. - 08 October 2024: New article in the Canadian Journal of Education. - 30 September 2024: The Conversation: Indigenous Students and Faculty are on the Rise - and Universities have a Moral Obligation to Support Them. - 05 September 2024: New article in the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education. - 11 March 2024: Chapter titled "Well-Being as a Core Focus of School Education: Conceptualizing Indigenous Well-Being" in the new book Well-Being and Well-Becoming in Schools through University of Toronto Press. - 09 September 2023: The Conversation: A Moral Argument to Search the Landfill in Winnipeg for Murdered Indigenous Women. - 15 June 2023: Appearance on the "Don't Call me Resilient" podcast. - 27 March 2023: New article in the Canadian Journal of Education. - 27 January 2023: The Conversation: Residential School Settlement Must Prioritize Language Education. - 05 December 2022: The Conversation: Indigenous Spiritual Teaching in Schools. - 02 July 2022: Chapter in Sandra Styres and Arlo Kemph's edited volume titled: Discovering Truth in the Post-TRC Era: Morality and Spirituality Discourses in the Reconciliatory Journey of Schools. - 28 July 2021: Reposting The Moral Landscape of Indigenous Knowledge in Learning: Initial Thoughts for Primary and Secondary Education in the Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Older news, including links to academic articles, may be found in the "Scholarship" tab above under the heading "Scholarship & Media". 
Very proud to have organized the Tri-Academy Partnership with the Royal Society Te Apārangi and the Australian Academy of Science! Now that TAP 2024 has passed, we look forward to the 2nd instalment coming in 2025 in Aotearoa!
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Welcome to my website. My name is Frank Deer. I am a Professor of Indigenous Education at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Education. I earned a PhD in Educational Administration from the University of Saskatchewan in 2008 after obtaining a B.Ed and M.Ed from the University of Manitoba in 1999 and 2003 respectively. I have previously served as a classroom teacher in the Frontier School Division and the Winnipeg School Division. My doctoral dissertation on citizenship education may be found here. My Scholarly Interests: - Indigenous Education - Philosophy of Education - Religious and Spiritual Orientations in Education - Indigenous Language Education - Identity Studies Last Updated: Rarironhia’kehronnon:ke, 08 Onerahtókha 2025 
My son Adrian at his signing ceremony to become CMU's newest recruit for their volleyball team. Adrian is now, like his father once was, a varsity athlete at a Canadian University!
At the COEE 2024 Gala in Vancouver. From left to right: Me, College Secretary Isabelle Archambault, and new College President Audrey Moores.
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