Our Faculty

Our graduate program is one in which the mentoring relationship between student and professor is vital. Our MDP in Indigenous Development faculty are drawn from diverse departments as well as from the world of development practice.

Many are of Indigenous origins and bring sensitivity, personal experience, and expertise to share with you. They are working with indigenous people and their development issues.

UWinnipeg President and Vice-Chancellor, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada, Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, will be one of your instructors.

All faculty members bring a strong commitment to the personal and professional growth of your future development as practitioners as well as the outstanding academic credentials needed to ensure an educational experience of the highest quality.


2012-2013 Teaching Faculty
















Tika Adhikari













Jaime Cidro
, PhD

Alan Diduck, PhD

Gabriel Dragan, PhD


Patricia Fitzpatrick
, PhD












Karen Froman


Hugh Grant
, PhD












Karen Keppler

Dave Kernaghan












Jim Robson, PhD


Jacqueline Romanow
, PhD

Jonathan Sears, PhD


Shailesh Shukla
, PhD

Stephanie Stobbe, PhD


Terri Willard













Dr. Joel Kettner (Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow)

Lloyd Axworthy, PhD



Dr. Wade Davis, Senior Fellow (2011-2012) - Lecture
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World