Cash Ahenakew, is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Well-Being and an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is Cree and a member of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. His research is based in a commitment to the development of Indigenous theories and mixed methodologies, and addresses the complexities at the interface between Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge, education, pedagogy, medicine, ceremony and healing.