Bio

Maria Jose is a Postdoctoral Fellow at IRES working with Dr. Gunilla Oberg and Dr. Susan Chiblow on an interinstitutional research project for Indigenous and community-based approaches to chemical risk assessment. Dr. Athie Martinez is part of the Egesta lab group. Maria Jose’s PhD in Curriculum Studies at UBC focused on Indigenous and reconciliation educational practices. Her experience Indigenizing and decolonizing sciences education will support the next generation training of chemical risk assessment professionals centering Indigenous Knowledges Systems.