About Leslie J. Sabiston

Bio: Leslie Sabiston (Red River Métis) is from Selkirk, Manitoba and works at the intersections of political, legal, and medical anthropologies alongside Indigenous Studies. Trained in socio-cultural anthropology (PhD, Columbia 2021), his research investigates how medical, legal, and social welfare systems coordinate colonial encounters with Indigenous peoples in contemporary Canada. Through ethnographic engagement across courtrooms, clinical settings, policy offices, and community programs, he traces the logistical and epistemological infrastructures that define Indigenous difference and shape Indigenous politics. He currently teaches Anthropology and Indigenous Studies at McGill University.