Samantha D. Stevens

CV

Education

  • Carleton University
    • Canada
    • Doctorate in Philosophy: Canadian Studies/ Specialization in Political Economy (2020-present)
    • PhD candidate
  • Concordia University
    • Canada
    • Master of Arts: Digital Innovation in Journalism-Thesis option (2018-2020)
  • Concordia University
    • Canada
    • Graduate Journalism Diploma Program (2017-2018)
  • Athabasca University
    • Canada
    • Bachelor of Arts, English Major (2013-2017)

Extra courses

  • “Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education,” University of British Columbia, online certificate, Oct. 23-Dec. 4, 2018.
  • “COMS 500: Special Topics in Communications Studies: Critical/Interpretive Policy Studies,” McGill University, in-class, Winter 2019.

Teaching Experience

  • Contract Instructor
    • INDG 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Carleton University, Summer Semester 2024
    • CDNS 1001: Introduction to Canadian Studies, Carleton University, Summer 2024
    • CDNS 1001: Introduction to Canadian Studies, Carleton University, Fall 2023
    • INDG 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Carleton University, Fall 2023
    • INDG 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Carleton University, Summer Semester 2023
  • Teaching Assistant
    • CDNS 1001: Studying Canada, Carleton University, Winter Semester 2023, Teaching Assistant
    • INDG 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Carleton University, Fall Semester 2022, Teaching Assistant
    • INDG 1010: Introduction to Indigenous Peoplehood Studies, Carleton University, Winter Semester 2022, Teaching Assistant
    • INDG 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Carleton University, Fall Semester 2021, Teaching Assistant
    • INDG 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Carleton University, Winter Semester 2021, Teaching Assistant
    • CDNS 1001: Studying Canada, Carleton University, Fall Semester 2020, Teaching Assistant
    • JOUR 216: Law and Ethics in Journalism, Concordia University, Fall Semester 2019, Teaching Assistant
    • JOUR 443: The Digital Magazine, Concordia University, Winter Semester 2019, Teaching Assistant
    • JOUR 205: Principles of Journalistic Thoughts and Practice, Concordia University, Winter Semester 2019, Teaching Assistant
    • JOUR 216: Law and Ethics in Journalism, Concordia University, Fall Semester 2018, Teaching Assistant
  • Guest Lectures
    • CDNS 1001: Introduction to the Study of Canada, Winter Semester 2023, February 14, 2023, Guest Lecturer, Topic: “Land Back: Indigenous Resurgence and Reconciliation
    • CDNS 5501: Decolonizing Canada. Fall Semester 2022, September 20, 2022, Guest Lecturer, Topic: Using CuPortfolio to create excellent research: An examination of my portfolio “Powwows: Ceremony as Resurgence”
    • CDNS 4000: Capstone Seminar in Advanced Research, Winter Semester 2022, February 7, 2022, Guest Lecturer, Topic: Using CuPortfolio to create excellent research: An examination of my portfolio “Powwows: Ceremony as Resurgence”
    • INDG 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Fall Semester 2021 (asynchronous course), “Crown Sovereignty is a Myth: Resistance to Broken Treaties and the Resurgence of Indigenous Law.”
    • CDNS 4000: Capstone Seminar in Advanced Research, Fall Semester 2021, September 21, 2021, Guest Lecturer, Topic: Using CuPortfolio to create excellent research: An examination of my portfolio “Powwows: Ceremony as Resurgence”
    • CDNS 1011: Introduction to Indigenous/Settler Encounters, Winter Semester 2021, co-Guest Lecturer (video interview), Topic: Nipissing First Nations Land claim in 2013 and Living under Bill C31
    • JOUR 205: Principles of Journalistic Thoughts and Practice, Concordia University, February 18, 2019, Guest Lecturer, Topic: Indigenous coverage in newspapers: Representations and language in Canadian newspapers 1930-today
    • JOUR 500/601: Critical Approaches to Journalism, Concordia University, November 28, 2018, Guest Lecturer, Topic: Colonial Discourse and Journalism
    • JOUR 501: Research Methods for Journalists, Concordia University, June 27, 2018, Guest Lecturer, Topic: Interviewing Techniques

Publications

  • Stevens, Samantha. “(Re)negotiating treaties: Navigating within and between settler–Anishinaabe legal landscapes.” Canada Watch, Spring 2023 (2023): 13-14. https://www.yorku.ca/research/robarts/wp-content/uploads/sites/466/2023/05/2-CW-Spring-2023.pdf.
  • Stevens, Samantha. “Canada at the Crossroads?” Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 43 (2023): 121. http://www.kanada-studien.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zks_2023_futures.pdf
  • Salas, Aphrodite, and Samantha Stevens. “Journalism Education and Call to Action 86: Exploring Conciliatory and Collaborative Methods of Research-Creation with Indigenous Communities.” Facts & Friction: Emerging Debates, Pedagogies and Practices in Contemporary Journalism/Faits et frictions: Débats, pédagogies et pratiques émergentes en journalisme contemporain 1, no. 1 (2021): 55-63. http://doi.org/10.22215/ff/v1.i1.04
  • Stevens, Samantha. “Canadian Rangers: Community, Autonomy, and Sovereignty.” Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies (JACANZS) 1, no.2 (2021): 8-40. https://doi.org/10.52230/LMIU1341
  • Stevens, Samantha. “Book Review: Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance through Alliance.” Canadian Journal of Law and Society/Revue Canadienne Droit et Société 36, no. 3 (2021): 544–45. doi:10.1017/cls.2021.22.
  • Stevens, Samantha. “Exporting the White Saviour: The Colonial Textual Influence on Canadian/Indigenous relationships.” 2019 Native American Symposium: Native Legacies in the 21st Century, November 1, 2019, Durant, OK, edited by Matthew J. Sparacio, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2020. https://www.se.edu/native-american/2019-native-american-symposium/.
  • Stevens, Samantha, “Towards Reconciliation: The White Saviour Trope in Canadian Newspaper coverage of Grassy Narrows First Nation between 1977 to 2019;” Master of Arts: Digital Innovation in Journalism, Thesis, Concordia University
  • Stevens, Samantha, “Book Review: The Medium is the Monster: Canadian Adaptations of Frankenstein and the Discourse of Technology,” Canadian Journal of Communication 44, no. 3 (2019): 474-475. https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2019v44n3a3617.
  • Stevens, Samantha, “British Media and the Rwandan Genocide,” Journal of Communication 68, no. 5 (2018): E59-E60, https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqy039.

Awards and Scholarships

  • Carleton University
    • Directors of the Institute of Political Economy Prize
      • Awarded: May 17, 2022
      • Value: $500
    • SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) Doctoral award
      • Awarded: April 26, 2022
      • Value: $105,000
    • School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies TA Excellence Award
      • Awarded: April 7, 2022
      • Value: $100
    • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
      • Awarded: May 31, 2021
      • Value: $15,000
    • School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies TA Excellence Award (Nomination)
      • Notified: April 22, 2021
    • Outstanding TA Award (Nomination)
      • Notified: March 19, 2021
    • Scholarship Departmental
      • Awarded: September 1, 2020
      • Value: $44,000
    • Domestic Entrance Doctoral
      • Awarded: September 1, 2020
      • Value: $3,000
  • Concordia University
    • Concordia University Conference and Exposition Award
      • Awarded: November 8, 2019
      • Value: $500
    • Sportsnet MA Scholarship in Journalism
      • Awarded: February 26, 2018
      • Value: $6,000
  • Athabasca University
    • AUSU Returning Student Award
      • Awarded: May 27, 2014
      • Value: $750

Conferences/Talks

  • “Settler Fragility and Resistance: Unpacking the Dynamics of Colonial Legacies and Anishinaabe Self Determination in Canada,” Fragility Conference, University of Zadar, Online, May 10, 2024
  • “Colonial Narratives and Anishinaabe Sovereignty: A Discursive Analysis of Settler Canadian Treaty Understandings,” School of Canadian Studies 2024 Graduate Research Symposium, In/And/Or “Canada,” Carleton University, April 25, 2024
  • “Decoding Bias: Teaching about Settler Colonial Discourses in AI Text Generation,” InspirED 2024: CU Teaching Innovation Symposium, Carleton University, April 24, 2024
  • “Spotlight On AI: “A Guided Activity to Explore Racist Discourses And Biases In Text-Generative AI,” Carleton University, Online, January 9, 2024
  • “International Network of Emerging Scholars in Canadian Studies / Réseau international de jeunes chercheurs en études canadiennes Roundtable [ONLINE],” Chair: Julia Siepak, Participants: Manuel Sousa Oliveira (University of Porto / CETAPS), Emma Croll-Baehre (McMaster University), Astrid Novat (Universit. de Bourgogne/Universit. de Montreal/P.le Canada Institut des Ameriques), Samantha Stevens (School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University), Elena Cort.s Farrujia (University of Barcelona), 9th Congress of Polish Canadianists: Eye/I on Canada: Exclusion and Inclusion, University of Białystok, Poland, September 21-23, 2022.
  • “(Re)negotiating treaties: navigating within and between Settler/Indigenous legal landscapes,” 2022 Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies Graduate Student Conference: “Walking the Walk? Fatigue and Hope in the Study of Canada,” Robarts Centre, York University, April 7-8, 2022.
  • “Self-governance in action: Navigating Crown/Indigenous legal tensions during the Robinson-Huron Treaty annuity lawsuit,” Association of Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Washington, DC, March 24-27, 2022 (Cancelled due to COVID restrictions)
  • “A healing journey through academia: The quest for joy,” English Graduate Student Society, Department of English Graduate Virtual Conference, Carleton University, Online, May 8-9, 2021
  • “Cui Bono and Social Capital: Understanding the White Saviour,” 1st SICS Research Symposium, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University, Online, April 9, 2021
  • “Cui Bono and Social Capital: Understanding the White Saviour,” Social Capital Research Group, Social Capital Research and Training Institute, Dunedin, New Zealand, Online, February 19, 2021, https://youtu.be/6KmCZr4hAO0
  • “40 years of promises: Examining the white saviour trope in newspaper coverage of Grassy Narrows First Nation,” Brown Bag Talk series, Concordia University, October 23, 2019
  • Poster presentation: “Understanding the past to imagine the future: Canadian “national imagination” and white saviour themes during 1920 Indian Act compulsory enfranchisement amendments,” Imagining Canada: ‘Discovering’ & Navigating ‘All Our Relations’ in an (Un)Common Country Conference, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Online, September 4 2020
  • “Exporting the white saviour: The colonial textual influence on Canadian/Indigenous relationships,” 13th Native American Symposium, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, November 1, 2019

Research Assistant

  • For Duncan McCue, Carleton University, January 2024-present.
  • “Documenting Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative Through Mobile Journalism: Employing Conciliatory Innovative Practices,” Aphrodite Salas, Concordia University, December 2019-January 2020.

Committees

  • Representative of Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Studies Network (ACNZSN) for International Network for Emerging Scholars in Canadian Studies (RIJEC/ INES-Canada), September 2022-January 2024
  • Indigenous Canadian Graduate Community (ICGC), Co-President, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University, September 2020-September 2022
  • Speaker Series Committee, Research Speaker Series Coordinator, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University, September 2020-April 2021
  • SICS Research Symposium Planning Committee, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University, February 2021-April 2021

Other relevant experience

  • Royal Canadian Navy
    • Sonar Operator
    • January 2003 – February 2015