Expertise:

Violence against women, Violence against Indigenous people, child welfare, Counselling and well-being, Metis identity

Language(s) spoken:

Swedish

Professional associations:

PhD

Dr. Catherine Kineweskwêw Richardson (Métis Nation) is a passionate and ground-breaking scholar, therapist, and artist whose work bridges healing, justice, creative media, and ethical technology. Her Cree name, Kineweskwêw, meaning Golden Eagle Woman, reflects her ability to see widely, connect diverse worlds, and lift collective vision.

She is known for her deeply interdisciplinary approach, weaving together philosophy, counselling, Indigenous ethics, the arts, and emerging technologies. Her research and practice challenge colonial and patriarchal systems while creating new pathways for knowledge grounded in dignity, relationality, and creativity.

As the Concordia University Research Chair in Indigenous Healing Knowledges and Co-Director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS), Dr. Richardson leads transformative research that restores connection and balance in both human and ecological communities. Her work brings together academics, artists, technologists, and Elders to co-create new ways of thinking and living that honour ethical relations and global solidarity.

She is a founding member of Auralinai, an international organization based in Montreal with partnerships across South America and Scandinavia. Auralinai supports women, minority groups, and Indigenous peoples in accessing, creating, and leading within technology and the arts. Through community labs, leadership programs, and global storytelling, Auralinai fosters responsible innovation and the protection of cultural knowledge.

Dr. Richardson’s current projects extend across the Americas and internationally, drawing from Indigenous traditions from North to South and building networks of research and learning that connect ancestral wisdom with contemporary creativity. She works collaboratively to shape an ethical technology world wide, one that honours cultural integrity and redefines innovation through relational responsibility.

Dr. Richardson is also Co-Founder of the Centre for Response-Based Practice, a movement that reframes counselling and social services through the principles of dignity, resistance, and accurate representation. Across her work, she challenges outdated systems and imagines new futures where ethical technology, art, and human spirit coexist

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