Dr. Leora Gansworth is Anishinabe-kwe, a community-engaged scholar and Anishinabe geographer.  Her professional work draws from Anishinabe legal traditions including relationships and responsibilities to water. She has been involved in collaborations with First Nations in Canada and Tribal Nations in the United States for a number of years, dedicated to supporting the priorities of Peoples and Nations. Her primary collaborative work involves research, writing, and planning for restorative futures.  

The personal work of Dr. Gansworth as a writer and artist grows from being Anishinabe, involving the practices of cultural knowledge & language learning. Dr. Gansworth also has training and background in certain fine arts including poetry. She maintains  ancestral practices which include working with healing medicines, needlework, dance, and sacred regalia design.