Dr. Lindsay Lachance is an award-winning dramaturge and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she also earned her Ph.D. in 2018. Most recently, Dr. Lachance holds a Canada Research Chair position in Land-Based and Relational Dramaturgies. Her extensive career in dramaturgy spans over a decade, which includes her role as the first Artistic Associate of the Indigenous Theatre department at Canada’s National Arts Centre. In honour of her Algonquin Anishinaabe family, Lachance’s dramaturgical practices are influenced by her relationships with birch bark biting and the Gatineau River.