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since May 6, 2004

Bonita Lawrence

Bonita Lawrence, (Mi'kmaw) teaches Native studies and sociology at York
University. Her research focuses on mixed-race, urban and non-status Native
identity. Bonita is the author of "Real Indians and Others: Mixed Blood Urban
Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood." She has co-edited (with Kim
Anderson) "Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival" and
"Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations" -- a special issue of the journal
Atlantis.

Publications by Bonita Lawrence

* Kim Anderson and Bonita Lawrence (eds.). Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival. (Toronto: Sumach Press, 2003), 268 pp
* Lawrence, Bonita. "Gender, Race, And The Regulation Of Native Identity In Canada And The United States: An Overview," Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 18(2), Spring 2003, 3-31
* Bonita Lawrence, "Pushing Back the Limits of the Indian Act: Non-Status Native Communities and Sovereignty," Learning and the World We Want conference, Victoria, BC, November 21-24, 2003
* Bonita Lawrence, "Citizenship and Inclusivity - going beyond the Indian Act," Annual General Meeting of National Aboriginal Women's Association, Calgary, Alberta, November 14, 2003

Research Interests:
Social Sciences
Sociology
Diaspora and Migration
Race; Gender and Colonization
Federally Unrecognized Native Communities
Non-Status and Metis Identity
Aboriginal People and the Criminal Justice System