HAYDEN KING

 
Phone: 6053  
Office: JOR724  
E-mail: hayden.king politics.ryerson.ca  
     

Hayden King is Pottawatomi and Ojibwe from Beausoleil First Nation on Gchimnissing (Christian Island) in Huronia, Ontario.  He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University and is also affiliated to the Centre for Indigenous Governance.

Hayden King is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at McMaster University. He also holds an MA from Queen’s University (Political Science) and a BA from McMaster University (Political Science). In addition to work in the academy, Hayden has served as the Senior Policy Adviser to the Ontario Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Director of Research for the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, Scholar-in-Residence for the Conference Board of Canada, Governance Consultant to Beausoleil First Nation and an Instructor at the First Nations Technical Institute.

Hayden's teaching focus is on Canadian History, Indigenous Politics, International Relations and Political Economy. Hayden also developed a diverse research program that focuses on land and resource management in the Canadian north, (mis)representation of Indigenous peoples in mainstream media, the political economy of reconciliation in Canada, and an Anishinaabe theory of International Relations.

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