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Cheryl Troupe is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research interests include Métis History, Indigenous History, Environmental Food History, Gender, and Indigenous Research Methodologies. Troupe’s work focuses on Métis road allowance communities and the Métis movement of displacement in prairie urban centres. She emphasizes the significance of female kinship relationships and the roles of Métis women in shaping their communities. Troupe has extensive experience in historical community-based research, curriculum development, and community engagement, having worked in the community for over twenty years. As the Director of the Department of History's Co-Lab, she engages in community-centered research and applies Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) methodologies to explore land, gender, and kinship stories. Troupe's current projects investigate Métis responses to state interventions in Saskatchewan and aim to raise Métis voices to reveal their narrative resilience and activism. She is committed to supervising graduate students interested in Indigenous environmental history and methodologies.
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