Marni Amirault

Marni Amirault is of Acadian and English/Irish descent. She has a Master of Arts in cultural anthropology from the University of Alberta. Her academic background focused on issues surrounding the representation of Indigenous peoples in Canadian media: stereotypes, self-representation and media control, for example. She has worked with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities on community-based research projects since 2001. Moving home to Nova Scotia after her master’s introduced her to issues around sexual health and HIV and AIDS. She began her work with the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) in 2009. She is currently a Community-based Research Manager (Knowledge Translation) for the AHA Centre—a project of CAAN. In this role, she supports HIV community-based research (CBR) efforts between Indigenous and academic communities across Canada.  She lives by the ocean in Mi’kmaq Territory (Nova Scotia, Canada).