Michelle Kennedy is a member of Oneida of the Thames First Nation, raised in London, Ontario, Bear Clan. Michelle is a registered teacher with the Ontario College of Teachers, specializing in Junior-Intermediate Native Studies. In her MA degree, her research focused on Indigenous community leadership in the area of violence prevention of Indigenous women and girls. She is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University, where her doctoral work focuses on Anishinaabe art creation, curation, and curriculum development. 

REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Kennedy, M. (Guest). (2025, July) How history lives within us: Assistant professor Michelle Kennedy from McGill University talks history. History in the Now Conversations. https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/