Krista Maxwell
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Krista’s research is broadly concerned with the ethnographic and historical analysis of Canadian settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty, with a focus on the overlapping domains of healing, healthcare, kinship and social welfare. Her current project, “The Ontario Child Welfare System and the Persistence of Anishinaabe Relatedness”, is supported by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant and Connaught New Researcher award. This research was developed in consultation with community leaders and Elders in Treaty Three First Nations, and is documenting oral histories, ethnographic observations and archival sources to analyse past and present relations between these Anishinaabeg and the Ontario child welfare system. Previously Krista has conducted research on urban Indigenous healing in Ontario, and on a range of issues relating to health and health care in Britain and Nigeria, including experiences of pain and pain management in sickle cell disorders, young people’s sexual health, and barriers to accessing essential drugs.
Research Interest
Social cultural and medical anthropology, anthropology and history, settler colonialism, indigenous health and healing, child welfare
