Pamela Doris Palmater

Pamela Palmater(born 1970) is aMi'kmaqsocial justice activist, lawyer, and academic fromNew Brunswick,Canada. She was noted as a leading voice in the 2013Idle No More movement, and was cited heavily in the final report of theNational Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Palmater is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration atToronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). She is a frequent political and legal commentator, appearing on such network as,Aboriginal Peoples Television Network'sInFocus,CTV, andCBC. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts fromSaint Thomas Universityin 1994 with a double major in Native Studies and History. She then graduated from theUniversity of New Brunswickin 1997 with a Bachelor of Laws. In 1999, she graduated fromDalhousie Universitywith a Master in Laws in Aboriginal Law. In 2009, Palmater obtained a Doctorate in Aboriginal Law from Dalhousie University Law School with her thesis entitled,"Beyond Blood: Rethinking Aboriginal Identity and Belonging".[4] Palmater is active in theAssembly of First Nationsand is head of the Centre for Indigenous Governance at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration. She worked for the federal government for over ten years, and was a director at Indian and Northern Affairs managing portfolios responsible for First Nations treaties, land claims and self-government.[5][6]