Dr. Dallas Hunt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at UBC. He is a Cree and a member of Wapsewsipi (Swan River First Nation) in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta, Canada, and has had creative and critical work published in the Malahat Review, Arc Poetry, Canadian Literature, and the American Indian Culture and Research Journal. His first children’s book, Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock, was published through Highwater Press in 2018, and was nominated for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. His teaching and research interests include Indigenous literatures, Indigenous theory & politics, Canadian Literature, speculative fiction, settler colonial studies, and environmental justice.
What are your current research interests?
Indigenous studies and Indigenous literature.
How does your work intersect with Language Sciences?
A lot of the critical and creative writing I do is in a variety of languages, but especially Cree. I'm from Swan River (Cree) First Nation, and so this is home to me. To live and learn in the language.
What is a project you've worked on or completed within the last few years that you're particularly proud of?
I wrote two books, one with my colleague Gina Starblanket entitled Storying Violence, and a book of poetry titled CREELAND.
What inspires your line of research?
My community and family especially. I'm also passionate about Indigenous literature and believe there is a lot it can teach us about the world.
If you had to choose a different career path, what would you be interested in pursuing?
I'd like to be a Professional Tennis Player.