Ruth Koleszar-Green

Ruth Green (Mohawk) is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at York University in Toronto. She is the special advisor to the president of York University on Indigenous initiatives.

Early life and education Green is a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River. By the Mohawk matrilineal kinship system, she was born into her mother's Turtle clan of the Mohawk people, and through them is part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

She earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Ryerson University, a Master of Social Work from Ryerson University, and a PhD from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto. Onkwehonwe means "Original People" in Mohawk. In her thesis, Green: "explores how Guest participants have engaged with Onkwehonwe worldviews as they enroll within post-secondary courses about Onkwehonwe topics, taught by Onkwehonwe instructors/professors from Onkwehonwe perspectives." She contributed to the development and publication of York University's Indigenous Framework.

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