Dorothea Harris’ family is from Snuneymuxw First Nation (Nanaimo, BC) and she is a grateful visitor on the Lekwungen, W̱SÁNEĆ and Sc’ianew territories in Victoria, BC.
Dorothea is the Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator at the University of Victoria (UVic). She is also a PhD student in Leadership Studies at UVic and holds a Bachelor of Social Work, Indigenous Specialization. Dorothea spent twenty years working in the field of social work, in the areas of mental health, addiction, homelessness and Indigenous education, while raising her five children.
Dorothea will be a plenary panelist in the 2020 Fall Education Conference .