Shelley Tulloch
Chair / Associate Professor
Anthropology
University of Winnipeg
Canada
Biography
Shelley Tulloch (Ph.D., Université Laval) is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department. She works closely with Inuit organizations and communities on research related to culturally-relevant education; Indigenous leadership; Indigenous boys’ and men’s experiences of learning and work; youth; bilingualism; language; and identity. Her current research is funded by ArcticNet Centre for Research Excellence (2016-2018) and is conducted in partnership with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, as well as other university and community partners. The project is identifying factors and promising practices contributing to learners’ persistence and success in schools across the Inuit homeland, with the goal of supporting evidence-based policy and practice for relevant, engaging, high quality education across the North.
Research Interest
Culturally-relevant education; Indigenous leadership; Indigenous boys’ and men’s experiences of learning and work; youth; bilingualism; language; and identity.
