Kelsey Leonard
Biographic Data
| ID | 3742826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelsey Leonard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelsey |
| FAMILY NAME | Leonard |
| SIGNATURE | LEONARD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7531-128X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fire Back: Rematriating Indigenous Cultural Fire and Sovereignty
We are living in an era of Indigenous rematriation where Indigenous Peoples’ ontologies, epistemologies, diverse cultures, languages, curation, and arts all around the globe are working to restore balance and return the sacred toward our self-determination and political sovereignty. As a collective led mostly by Indigenous women representing a broad span of what is currently known as the United States and Canada, we each are working with and alon…
Watered down justice: Experiences of the offshore wind transition in Northeast coastal communities in the United States
Decolonizing botanical gardens
Purpose The purpose of this article is to untangle the influence of Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologies on botanical gardens, particularly in the context of commemorating 25 years since its publication. By examining the intersections between decolonial theory and botanical practices, this article seeks to elucidate the ways in which Smith’s work has informed and inspired efforts to decolonize botanical research, conservation and educ…
Reply to Oswald et al: Scale in studies of pre-colonial forests
Pluralizing energy justice: Incorporating feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous, and postcolonial perspectives
Justice represents not only a moral obligation but can enhance the legitimacy and acceptance of a rapid push toward global decarbonization. Innovations in technology, even those geared toward sustainability, can both reinforce and introduce new inequalities and disparities across populations, while also perpetuating environmental degradation. The concept of energy justice has emerged as a conceptual, methodological, and empirical tool to both hig…
Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America
Indigenous Peoples have an inherent responsibility and right to “exercising” sovereignty—the practice of sport and physical activity in performance of our cultural, political, and spiritual citizenship. By exercising this inherent right and responsibility, sport has the power for communities to reenvision their futures. Sport and physical activity are highly regarded and practiced in multiple contexts within Indigenous communities. Utilizing Indi…
Siwá Feminism: Shinnecock Ocean Relationality
This article presents Siwá knowledge, exploring the resilient Shores where Land and Water meet. Like whalers' logbooks, it charts the historical and present Siwá feminist approaches to Ocean relationality, marking ripples of influence across time. I explore the meaning of Siwá Feminism, through the nation-building actions of Shinnecock women to restore the Water, Sea, Ocean, and Shore through birth, stewardship, and ceremony. Examining the afterm…
Indigenous Feminism and This Bridge Called My Back: Storytelling with Chrystos, Max Wolf Valerio, and Jo Carrillo
There is a storied history of Native and Indigenous feminisms on Turtle Island (North America). We are fortunate that many of those stories birthed from an ancestral tradition of storytelling and survivance were captured in the canonical feminist anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings of Radical Women of Color. In celebration and commemoration of 40 years since This Bridge was first published we visit with three of the books original Nati…
Wampum Adaptation framework: Eastern coastal Tribal Nations and sea level rise impacts on water security
Sea level rise (SLR) poses significant threats to northeast and mid-Atlantic Tribal Nations' climate and water justice. Existing SLR adaptation frameworks do not include Indigenous knowledge. Furthermore, SLR adaptation policy prioritizes economic and property rights and is misaligned with Indigenous coastal protection priorities. If Tribal Nations are to respond effectively to SLR then adaptation frameworks must be designed and developed by Indi…
Research Methodology and Community Participation: A Decade of Indigenous Social Science Research in Canada
Those engaged in community‐based participatory research often comment on tensions between social scientific and community values, yet little systematic evidence exists about the relationship between social science research methodologies and community participation. We analyze nearly 500 peer‐reviewed articles published between 2005 and 2015 on Indigenous issues in Canada, where policies encourage participatory research methods with disempowered g…
Medicine lines and Covid-19: Indigenous geographies of imagined bordering
In response to COVID-19, this commentary explores the disproportionate impacts that the pandemic is having on Indigenous nations of Turtle Island (North America) and the rendering of Indigenous borders as sites of compassionate community care. I argue that settler colonialism during COVID-19 is enacted through travel and second-home escapism of urban elites
Institutional logics and indigenous research sovereignty in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand
The institutional logics of Western academic research often conflict with the epistemologies and goals of Indigenous peoples. Research sovereignty is a right but still an aspiration for many Indigenous peoples. National funding agencies and Western universities have sought to resolve these conflicts through various institutional and organizational settlements. We combined a systematic literature search with critical content analysis and synthesis…
Pluralizing energy justice: Incorporating feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous, and postcolonial perspectives
Justice represents not only a moral obligation but can enhance the legitimacy and acceptance of a rapid push toward global decarbonization. Innovations in technology, even those geared toward sustainability, can both reinforce and introduce new inequalities and disparities across populations, while also perpetuating environmental degradation. The concept of energy justice has emerged as a conceptual, methodological, and empirical tool to both hig…
Medicine lines and Covid-19: Indigenous geographies of imagined bordering
In response to COVID-19, this commentary explores the disproportionate impacts that the pandemic is having on Indigenous nations of Turtle Island (North America) and the rendering of Indigenous borders as sites of compassionate community care. I argue that settler colonialism during COVID-19 is enacted through travel and second-home escapism of urban elites
Decolonizing botanical gardens
Purpose The purpose of this article is to untangle the influence of Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologies on botanical gardens, particularly in the context of commemorating 25 years since its publication. By examining the intersections between decolonial theory and botanical practices, this article seeks to elucidate the ways in which Smith’s work has informed and inspired efforts to decolonize botanical research, conservation and educ…
Watered down justice: Experiences of the offshore wind transition in Northeast coastal communities in the United States
Institutional logics and indigenous research sovereignty in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand
The institutional logics of Western academic research often conflict with the epistemologies and goals of Indigenous peoples. Research sovereignty is a right but still an aspiration for many Indigenous peoples. National funding agencies and Western universities have sought to resolve these conflicts through various institutional and organizational settlements. We combined a systematic literature search with critical content analysis and synthesis…
Research Methodology and Community Participation: A Decade of Indigenous Social Science Research in Canada
Those engaged in community‐based participatory research often comment on tensions between social scientific and community values, yet little systematic evidence exists about the relationship between social science research methodologies and community participation. We analyze nearly 500 peer‐reviewed articles published between 2005 and 2015 on Indigenous issues in Canada, where policies encourage participatory research methods with disempowered g…
Medicine lines and Covid-19: Indigenous geographies of imagined bordering
In response to COVID-19, this commentary explores the disproportionate impacts that the pandemic is having on Indigenous nations of Turtle Island (North America) and the rendering of Indigenous borders as sites of compassionate community care. I argue that settler colonialism during COVID-19 is enacted through travel and second-home escapism of urban elites
Institutional logics and indigenous research sovereignty in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand
The institutional logics of Western academic research often conflict with the epistemologies and goals of Indigenous peoples. Research sovereignty is a right but still an aspiration for many Indigenous peoples. National funding agencies and Western universities have sought to resolve these conflicts through various institutional and organizational settlements. We combined a systematic literature search with critical content analysis and synthesis…
Wampum Adaptation framework: Eastern coastal Tribal Nations and sea level rise impacts on water security
Sea level rise (SLR) poses significant threats to northeast and mid-Atlantic Tribal Nations' climate and water justice. Existing SLR adaptation frameworks do not include Indigenous knowledge. Furthermore, SLR adaptation policy prioritizes economic and property rights and is misaligned with Indigenous coastal protection priorities. If Tribal Nations are to respond effectively to SLR then adaptation frameworks must be designed and developed by Indi…
Siwá Feminism: Shinnecock Ocean Relationality
This article presents Siwá knowledge, exploring the resilient Shores where Land and Water meet. Like whalers' logbooks, it charts the historical and present Siwá feminist approaches to Ocean relationality, marking ripples of influence across time. I explore the meaning of Siwá Feminism, through the nation-building actions of Shinnecock women to restore the Water, Sea, Ocean, and Shore through birth, stewardship, and ceremony. Examining the afterm…
Indigenous Feminism and This Bridge Called My Back: Storytelling with Chrystos, Max Wolf Valerio, and Jo Carrillo
There is a storied history of Native and Indigenous feminisms on Turtle Island (North America). We are fortunate that many of those stories birthed from an ancestral tradition of storytelling and survivance were captured in the canonical feminist anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings of Radical Women of Color. In celebration and commemoration of 40 years since This Bridge was first published we visit with three of the books original Nati…
Reply to Oswald et al: Scale in studies of pre-colonial forests
Pluralizing energy justice: Incorporating feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous, and postcolonial perspectives
Justice represents not only a moral obligation but can enhance the legitimacy and acceptance of a rapid push toward global decarbonization. Innovations in technology, even those geared toward sustainability, can both reinforce and introduce new inequalities and disparities across populations, while also perpetuating environmental degradation. The concept of energy justice has emerged as a conceptual, methodological, and empirical tool to both hig…
Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America
Indigenous Peoples have an inherent responsibility and right to “exercising” sovereignty—the practice of sport and physical activity in performance of our cultural, political, and spiritual citizenship. By exercising this inherent right and responsibility, sport has the power for communities to reenvision their futures. Sport and physical activity are highly regarded and practiced in multiple contexts within Indigenous communities. Utilizing Indi…
Decolonizing botanical gardens
Purpose The purpose of this article is to untangle the influence of Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologies on botanical gardens, particularly in the context of commemorating 25 years since its publication. By examining the intersections between decolonial theory and botanical practices, this article seeks to elucidate the ways in which Smith’s work has informed and inspired efforts to decolonize botanical research, conservation and educ…
Watered down justice: Experiences of the offshore wind transition in Northeast coastal communities in the United States
Fire Back: Rematriating Indigenous Cultural Fire and Sovereignty
We are living in an era of Indigenous rematriation where Indigenous Peoples’ ontologies, epistemologies, diverse cultures, languages, curation, and arts all around the globe are working to restore balance and return the sacred toward our self-determination and political sovereignty. As a collective led mostly by Indigenous women representing a broad span of what is currently known as the United States and Canada, we each are working with and alon…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Indigenous (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works)