Dr. Deborah McGregor

Biography

Deborah McGregor, Anishinaabe, Whitefish River First Nation, is a Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Indigenous Planetary Well-being at the University of Calgary. Dr. McGregor’s research has focused on Indigenous knowledge systems in diverse contexts including environmental and water governance, environmental and climate justice, health and Anishinaabe legal traditions.  She remains actively involved in a variety of First Nation initiatives, continuing to serve as an advisor and engaging in community-based research and initiatives. McGregor is a contributing author for an Indigenous stand-alone assessment on climate resilience (see For Our Future: Indigenous Resilience Report) and she serves as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and for Canada’s Health in a Changing Climate.  She currently serves on the National Assessment Advisory Committee, the Expert Adaptation Panel for the Canadian Climate Institute and the Assembly of First Nations’ Advisory Committee on Climate Change Action.