Anthropology Work

Maura Hanrahan is an independent anthropologist, affiliated with the Division of Community Health,Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland. She holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics (1989), as well as degrees from Carleton University and Memorial University.

Through her company, HB Creativity, she works mainly for Aboriginal organizations. Her clients have included:

• Native Women's Association of Canada, Ottawa

• Acadia First Nation, Nova Scotia

• Kairos/Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives: Aboriginal Rights Coalition, Ottawa

• Mushuau Innu First Nation, Labrador

• Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation, Labrador

• Jens Haven Memorial School, Nain, Nunatsiavut

• The Labrador Métis Nation, Labrador

• Sip'kop Mi'kmaq Band, Newfoundland

• The St. John's Native Friendship Centre Association, Newfoundland

• The National Aboriginal Health Organization, Ottawa, Ontario

• Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat, Quebec

Maura has also worked with the Inuit of Labrador and the Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario; her home province's Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada (read her report here); the Aboriginal Health Blueprint Secretariat, Health Canada; the Government of Newfoundland's Department of Education; and the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, Toronto.

Besides writing many reports for these organizations, Maura's anthropological papers have been published in:

• The Canadian Journal of Native Studies

• The Canadian Journal of Public Health

• Alternatives: Canadian Environmental Ideas and Action

• Native Studies Review

• Newfoundland Studies

• Culture and Tradition

Send an email to maura.hanrahan@nl.rogers.com to subscribe to Maura's bimonthly e-newsletter, Indigenous Insight.