Vicki Haynes

BA Hons (SFU) BA (SFU), MA (UVic)

I am a Gitxsan artist, activist, and educator with Scottish and Doukhabour ancestry. I prefer a facilitation based approach to education and have been developing my arts-based facilitation practice for over ten years. In addition to my work with KPU, I also work for Kilala Lelum, Saa-Ust, and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society as a Cultural Wellness Coordinator of the Dream Canoe Program and teach Community Development with Native Education College.

Courses taught

INDG 1100-Introduction to Indigenous Studies
INDG 2100-Indigenous Sexuality & Gender

Areas of Interest

Community Development, Culture Change Movements, Ethics, Indigenous Sovereignty, Body Sovereignty, Gender and Sexuality, Land Based Learning, Embodiment as Research Methodology

Scholarly Work

Haynes, V. (2011). BC’s Representational Silviculture and the Negative Affect of the Pine Beetle Animal Story. The Brock Review. 12. 21. 10.26522/br.v12i1.330.