Dr. Clifford Atleo, Jr.

Niis Na’yaa/Kam’ayaam/Chachim’multhnii is Ts’msyen from Kitselas and Kitsumkalum and Nuu-chah-nulth from Ahousaht. Cliff plays a key convening role for Indigenous initiatives at UBC Vancouver, helping to advance Indigenous engagement and reconciliation efforts. He stewards Indigenous initiatives, advises senior leadership, and strengthens relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples across British Columbia and beyond. His scholarship focuses on how Indigenous communities navigate, adopt, and resist neoliberal capitalism while working to fulfill their responsibilities and sustain their unique cultural identities, worldviews, and ways of living.