Associate Professor
North Borden Building, Room 220
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Cross-Appointments
Department of Political Science
Areas of Interest
- Indigenous politics
- Contemporary Indigenous intellectual culture
- Contemporary political theory
- The philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Biography
He is the author of This is not a peace pipe: towards a critical Indigenous philosophy (University of Toronto Press, 2006). Professor Turner publishes on Aboriginal rights in Canada and contemporary Indigenous intellectual culture. Recent articles focus on the role of Indigenous spirituality in contemporary Indigenous politics. He is a citizen of the Temagami First Nation in northern Ontario from his father’s side of the family and a citizen of the United Kingdom on his mother’s side of the family.
Education
Ph.D. Philosophy, McGill University
BA. (Hons.), Concordia University
Publications
- This Is Not a Peace Pipe: Towards a Critical Indigenous Philosophy (University of Toronto Press : 2006)