My research is a praxis of philosophical reconciliation. Although I ground my research in an Indigenous (Michif) worldview, I recognize potential in building bridges––though not necessarily collapsing differences between––philosophical traditions. I have expertise in Indigenous philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, and nineteenth-century philosophy (especially Marx), an intersectional nexus of frameworks I use to analyze settler-colonialism, “racial capitalism,” and social relations to land. At UBC, I am developing my dissertation––Journey to a Critical Theory of Discovery––into the book. I recently published an award-winning essay on Marxism, pre-capitalism, and Indigenous dispossession in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 2024, I earned my PhD from Pennsylvania State University, where I was the Mellon Just Transformations Pre-Doctoral Fellow under the supervision of Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta. I am a citizen of the Métis Nation of British Columbia and serve my local Chartered Community as a Board Secretary. For more, please visit my website: www.waynewapeemukwa.com