Shelly Hachey, Research Assistant

Shelly Hachey aged out of the child welfare system as a crown ward; she represents the displaced children from the continued oppressive practice that government systems enforce. Her path has brought her full circle and she is dedicated to changing racist and oppressive systems of harm for Indigenous people. She is a bi-racial Ongwehowe woman whose family is from Six Nations of the Grand River and Hamilton, Ontario. Shelly holds a bachelor’s degree in social work, a master’s degree of Social Work and is currently completing a PhD within the Indigenous Field of Study program at Wilfred Laurier University, studying, and practicing wholistic healing and the resurgence of Indigenous knowledge.

Shelly is an RA for the Decolonizing Journeys project and is working with the team’s knowledge mobilization and conference planning.