Email: jade.hill@uwaterloo.ca
Office: EC3 2012B
Pronouns: she/her
As Educational Developer, Indigenous Knowledges, Jade supports instructors seeking to decolonize academic programs, courses, and pedagogy and create meaningful space for Indigenous content and perspectives. Jade works collaboratively with faculty, staff, and academic units across campus to intentionally introduce Indigenous content and ways of knowing and doing into learning design, curriculum development, and assessment practices. She also provides guidance on culturally respectful protocols and community engaged approaches to teaching. Jade identifies as Indigenous (Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk), and her lived experience informs her commitment to relationality, ethical practice, and grounded approaches to her work.
Prior to joining the department, Jade served as an Indigenous Research Advisor and helped strengthen Indigenous research capacity at Waterloo through relationship building and consultations with faculty, staff, and students. She supported the development of foundational understandings of ethical and respectful research, highlighting reciprocity, responsibility, and intentionality in research processes. She also offered guidance on designing inclusive research practices grounded in cultural awareness and relational accountability.
Jade holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) from the University of Waterloo and has completed additional international studies in Environmental Management at the University of Queensland. Outside of work, Jade enjoys being outdoors in nature, listening to music, and engaging in a range of creative artistic practices.