Jo-Ann Archibald
Jo-Ann Archibald, also known as Q’um Q’um Xiiem , is an Indigenous studies scholar from the First Nation in British Columbia, Canada. Archibald completed her Bachelor of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1972, followed by her Master's degree and Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University. Archibald was a member of the Board of Directors at the First Nations House of Learning at UBC and was also its Director from 1993 to 2001. Archibald is a former Associate Dean for Indigenous Education in Educational studies at UBC and a supervisor for the Native Indigenous  Teacher Education Program (NITEP) from 1985 to 1992. Archibald was the Director for the International Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education after she established a formal relationship between the UBC and the University of Auckland. Archibald focuses a lot of her research on the importance of indigenous story work in the classroom. Achievements. Archibald received the Justice Achievement Award in 1995 from the National Association for Court Management for her development of First Nations justice curriculum. In 2000 she won the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education. The American Educational Research Association awarded her the Scholars of Color Distinguished  Career Contribution Award in 2013. Work. Archibald has frequently published work and has sat on many advisory boards for different books. These books include