Mary-Claire Buell Editor

Barbara Moktthewenkwe Wall is an associate professor within the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences program and the Indigenous Studies PhD program at Trent University. She is a mixed-ancestry Potawatomi woman of the Deer Clan, and an enrolled member of the federally recognized Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Shawnee, Oklahoma. An Indigenous scholar with strong ancestral and spiritual ties to the Great Lakes Basin, Barbara lives and works in Treaty 20 and the Williams Treaty territory, the traditional lands of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe in Ontario, Canada. Her personal and professional journey has taken her across several regions, including northern New York State, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the San Francisco Bay Area. These diverse lands and waters continue to shape her scholarship, community engagement, and deep commitment to Indigenous language, culture, and land-based knowledge.

Mary-Claire Buell is an assistant professor, cross-appointed with the School of Environment and Department of Forensic Science at Trent University. Dr. Buell's research interests include investigating the source, fate, transport, and impacts of legacy and contemporary contaminants, examining the connections between contaminants and environmental justice, treaty rights, and food security. Her research is trans-disciplinary, bringing together environmental toxicology, chemistry, and community knowledges. Dr. Buell is a settler Canadian of Italian, German, and Irish ancestry, and was born and raised in Nogojiwanong / Peterborough, Ontario. She is also the founder of Collective Environmental; a consulting and independent research firm focused on collaborative approaches to investigating environmental issues impacting Indigenous communities. Dr. Buell holds a PhD and MSc from Trent University and a BSc from the University of Guelph.