Dr. Hiliary Monteith completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Indigenous Studies at McMaster University supporting the Ohneganos research program and working at the intersections of Indigenous health and wellbeing, climate change, food sovereignty, and water security. She holds a PhD in Nutritional Sciences in partnership with Sandy Lake First Nation from the University of Toronto. She is currently collaborating with Sandy Lake First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River with a focus on early life factors impacting health and wellbeing, water security initiatives, and traditional ecological knowledge for climate action. Dr. Monteith supports the Global Center for Climate Change and Transboundary Waters as a Project Manager, collaborating with transdisciplinary researchers committed to resilient water futures and the leadership of Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. She is also a Registered Dietitian and aims to support the integration of knowledge to practice within community environments and policy. Dr. Monteith is a settler of Scottish, Irish, French, German, and English ancestry currently residing in Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe territory, which is part of the dish with one spoon agreement and the two-row wampum. Her family are settlers residing in Wabanaki territory in so called New Brunswick.
