Pauline Wakeham, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in English and Writing Studies, Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-conflict Reconstruction, and also in Indigenous Studies at Western University. Wakeham also serves as Vice-Chair of the Department of English and Writing Studies. Dr. Wakeham researches Indigenous literary and cultural studies, Canadian literary and cultural studies, Indigenous futurisms, Indigenous theatre and performance studies, and settler colonialism. Her research mission is to examine how Indigenous storytelling, performance, and cultural production imagine futures beyond colonization while reshaping literary and cultural criticism.