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Jonathon is Nêhiyaw from the Sawridge First Nation, Treaty 8 Territory, and is Métis from Alberta. Jonathon grew up in the Friendship Centre movement with the Slake Lake Native Friendship Centre and Canadian Native Friendship Centre in Edmonton. Jonathon completed his doctoral studies at the University of Sydney School of Social and Political Sciences and the Conservatory of Music with his thesis titled “Indigenous Youth in Australia and Canada: A Modern Narrative of Settler/Colonial Relationships through Indigenous Rap Music.” Jonathon’s research is in the area of Indigenous research methodologies and research on Indigenous youth and hip-hop culture in Canada and Australia.  

Jonathon is Two-Spirit and has done work within the national Two-Spirit movement and is a specialist on Indigenous intersectional approaches to Indigenous research and urban Indigenous studies. Dr Potskin is trained in Community Based/Driven Research, Indigenous Social Justice Policy, Indigenous Governance, Ethnomusicology, Metis history, Dance, and Music. 

Education:

PHD SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES • SEPTEMBER 2020 •UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY  

Creation of an International Indigenous Research Methodology that respected the lands of Turtle Island and those on the lands called Australia. The main thesis was the examination of Indigenous Hip Hop and the transfer in Indigenous knowledges through rap music in Canada and Australia. The main themes from the research were Indigenous Decolonization through Indigenous feminism, Indigenous Resurgence and Reconciliation. 

MASTER OF ARTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY WITH HONOURS • JANUARY 2012 • AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 

thesis examined Decolonial Approaches from Indigenous academics and the decolonization of Anthropology. Main research looked at the development of Indigenous Research Methodologies to advance Indigenous worldviews in research and the academies around the globe. 

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SOCIOLOGY• MAY 2006 •CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY OF EDMONTON  

This degree was in Sociology, the focus was researching Sociological topics on Canadian Society, most papers written for my courses were focused on Indigenous and Canadian relationships with the topic of each class. My minor for this degree was in Canadian Studies/Indigenous Studies. 

Publications: 

Elder. C & Potskin, J, 2018, Indigeneity and Indigenous research, Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Research Methods, edited by Celia Lury, Rachel Fensham, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Sybille Lammes, Angela Last, Mike Michael, Emma Uprichard. 

Potskin, Jonathon, 2020, Indigenous Youth in Australia and Canada: A Modern Narrative of Settler/Colonial Relationships through Indigenous Rap Music .University of Sydney.

Ristock, J. Zoccole, A. Potskin, J. and Passante, L, 2017, Impacts of Colonization on Aboriginal Two Spirit/LGBTQ Canadians Experiences of Migration and Domestic Violence. Sexualities. 

Public Speaking Engagements: 

Dr. Potskin has done many different presentations on Indigenous Methodologies and Research, Indigenous Social Justice, Indigenous Two Eyed Seeing, Indigenous Intersectionality, Indigenous People and Music as a form of Social Justice and Community Voice.