Rob Nestor

Sessional Lecturer IV-A

MA (University of Regina); BA Hons (Saskatchewan Indian Federated College/University of Regina)

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Research Interests

Indigenous/Settler Relations
Indigenous Justice
Justice and Diversity
Youth Justice
Social Movements

Rob Nestor is an academic and researcher who specializes in Indigenous-newcomer relations. His research examines the legislative and treaty relationships that exist between Indigenous people and Canada. He also concentrates on issues of justice and law as they relate to Indigenous peoples. Nestor has produced a number of works for publication and numerous reports for Indigenous treaty right claims.

Nestor has taught at numerous institutions across Canada including Royal Roads University, the University of Regina, First Nations University of Canada, the Gabriel Dumont Institute and the University of Sudbury. At these institutions he developed and taught a number of online and face-to-face courses that cover legal and justice issues and recently "The Sociology of Hockey in Canada." Until August 2010, Nestor was a librarian at the First Nations University of Canada, a position he held for nearly 20 years. He now provides research and consulting services to both First Nations and government departments in the area of First Nations land claims and treaty rights. He was also involved in the development and delivery of Aboriginal cross-cultural training to Saskatchewan provincial government departments, city police forces and the RCMP. He also worked as an instructional designer for the faculty of nursing at the University of Regina.