Full Name
Jeffrey Schiffer
Speaker Bio
Dr. Jeffrey J. Schiffer, of Métis and German ancestry, was born and raised in unceded Coast Salish territoryin what is today Vancouver, BC. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology from UBC, and an M.A. and PhD in Anthropology and Education from Columbia University. Dr. Schiffer has conducted community-based research and program development with Indigenous communities in Canada and Central America. Over the past 15 years Dr. Schiffer has held positions at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society, the Justice Institute of British Columbia, and the City of Toronto. Throughout this time he has also taught alongside his mother, Shirley Turcotte, in the Aboriginal Focusing Oriented Therapy (AFOT) program, and Indigenous Tools for Living training. Dr. Schiffer is currently the Executive Director at Native Child and Family Services of Toronto.
Bio
Dr. Jeffrey J. Schiffer, of Métis and German ancestry, was born and raised in unceded Coast Salish territoryin what is today Vancouver, BC. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology from UBC, and an M.A. and PhD in Anthropology and Education from Columbia University. Dr. Schiffer has conducted community-based research and program development with Indigenous communities in Canada and Central America. Over the past 15 years Dr. Schiffer has held positions at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society, the Justice Institute of British Columbia, and the City of Toronto. Throughout this time he has also taught alongside his mother, Shirley Turcotte, in the Aboriginal Focusing Oriented Therapy (AFOT) program, and Indigenous Tools for Living training. Dr. Schiffer is currently the Executive Director at Native Child and Family Services of Toronto.
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