is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, SSHRC TII Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Youth Wellbeing and Education, and Assistant Professor in the Werklund School of Education and the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. Her research prioritizes Indigenous community-led partnerships that support the holistic wellbeing of youth. is a visual artist, poet, and creation-centred scholar. She is associate professor of art education, Faculty of Education, at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Her theoretical and practice-based research explores creation-centred living literacies through aesthetic translations of voice, breath, body, and spirit. Darlene is co-editor of Artizein: Arts & Teaching Journal. See: www.darlenestgeorges.com