Dr. Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild) is nêhiyawipwâtinâhk and a registered member of the Piapot First Nation (Treaty No. 4).

Tibetha currently serves as the Indigenous Project Lead for the Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium. Dr. Kemble recently completed her PhD in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education where the focus of her dissertation centred on understanding and articulating the impacts and effects of colonial material deprivation in First Nations early childhood.

Dr. Kemble is an accomplished Indigenous leader who has held several senior leadership roles across a variety of sectors including higher education and the federal and provincial public service. Dr. Kemble is deeply committed to serving her community and currently serves as a Director on the Boards of the John Humphreys Centre for Peace and Human Rights, ACTUA, and Kickstand. 

The focus of her work, both personally and professionally, remains focused on addressing systemic barriers and redressing the legacies of colonialism across the health and education systems that are distinct to Indigenous peoples and communities in what is now Canada. 

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