Jesse Archibald-barber

Biography

Presently, he teaches Indigenous literatures at the First Nations University of Canada, offering courses on Canadian Indigenous fiction, poetry, and drama. Jesse Archibald-Barber is originally from Regina. He began his post-secondary studies at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College before completing his B.A. in English at the University of Victoria and his graduate degrees at the University of Toronto, where he wrote his thesis on forms of elegy and consolation in Indigenous and early English Canadian literatures. Presently, he teaches Indigenous literatures at the First Nations University of Canada, offering courses on Canadian Indigenous fiction, poetry, and drama.

Research Interest

Jesse Archibald-Barber’s areas of research include Saskatchewan Indigenous literary and storytelling history, Cree literatures in English, and Indigenous performance. His current projects include editing a historically comprehensive anthology of Saskatchewan Indigenous literature, co-editing a collection of essays on Indigenous theatre and performance, and developing a performance production on the Making of Treaty 4.