Dr. Alex Wilson’s work can be gathered into a set of powerful and compelling interlinked ideas: Two-Spirit identity is relational, cultural, and land-based. Colonialism disrupted Indigenous gender and gender identity systems and connections to land; Land-based education is a pathway to cultural, spiritual, and social resurgence; and revitalizing two-spirit roles is essential to broader Indigenous wellbeing and sovereignty.

While qualitative inquiry has expanded what counts as knowledge and method, Dr. Alex Wilson asks us to reconsider who knowledge is for, where it comes from, and what responsibilities it carries. Her work reframes inquiry as a practice of “coming in”—a return to land, community, and relational accountability—thereby repositioning qualitative research as a site of Indigenous resurgence rather than merely critical reflection.

Join us on May 26^th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, (12 noon CDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT, 6:00 p.m. UK) for the third in our series of Qualitative Inquiry in this Moment with Dr. Alex Wilson, whose scholarship has greatly contributed to building and sharing knowledge about two-spirit identity, history and teachings, Indigenous research methodologies, and the prevention of violence in the lives of Indigenous peoples. Her current projects include Two- Spirit and Indigenous Feminisms research: Two-Spirit identity development and “Coming In” theory that impact pedagogy and educational policy; studies on two-spirit people and homelessness; and an International study on Indigenous land-based education. Dr. Wilson’s work sits at the intersection of two-spirit identity, Indigenous research methodologies, and land-based education. Her scholarship is widely influential because it does not treat these as separate topics; instead, she shows how gender, sexuality, land, and Indigenous sovereignty are deeply interconnected.

The session will open with Indigenous Cree Elder Joseph Naytowhow offering a prayer and welcome song to set things off in a good way. This online webinar will provide an opportunity to hear about Dr. Wilson’s work in this area and to ask questions. To register please CLICK HERE.

Dr. Alex Wilson is Neyonawak Inniniwak from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. She is a professor with the Department of Educational Foundations and the Academic Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. She completed her BA (Psychology) from California State University, Sacramento in 1994; her EdM (Human Development and Psychology: Psycho-social and Cultural Development) from Harvard University in 1995; and an EdD (Human Development and Psychology) from Harvard University in 2007. Dr. Wilson is one of many organizers with the Idle No More movement, integrating radical education movement work with grassroots interventions that prevent the destruction of land and water. She is particularly focused on educating about and protecting the Saskatchewan River Delta and supporting community based food sovereignty efforts. Having co-developed a Masters program in Land-Based Education at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Wilson is now in the process of creating an international Indigenous Land –based PhD program.