Putting Name to Face: Ann Marie Beal
Ann Marie Beal is a Two-Spirit Indigenous-Black L’nuwey—a mixed-blood African Nova Scotian and First Nation Mi’kmaq from Mi’kma’ki territory. She is a professor in the Community Psychology program at Wilfrid Laurier University.
As a Two-Spirit L’nuk, Ann Marie’s ongoing research focuses on Afro-Indigenous identity and relationships within the settler nation-state known as Canada. Her work emphasizes a reversal of the colonial gaze, critically assessing imperialism, colonialism, racism, patriarchy, and capitalism, and examining how these systems affect the intersectional identities and lives of Afro-Indigenous peoples and communities.
Central to her research program are education and curriculum development, alongside investigations into gendered violence and sex work, highlighting the complex realities faced by marginalized populations.
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