On September 18, Alan Corbiere, associate professor in the Department of History, received the 2026 Indigenous Niagara Outstanding Achievement Awards (INOAA) in the category of Intellectual Advancement. Now in its seventh year, the awards honour those contributing to the Indigenous cultural, educational and artistic landscape across the Niagara region, determined each year through a peer-review process.
The awards ceremony was held in Niagara College’s Yerich Auditorium, and was hosted by Tim Johnson, president of the Niagara Academy for Indigenous Relations, and Jennifer Brant, board member of the Academy and associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Recipients represented a wide range of achievements across six categories including: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Intellectual Advancement, Language and Culture, Empathic Traditions and Two-Row Alliance. An additional category was created for this year, entitled the Special Service Distinction Award.
Corbiere is an Anishinaabe from M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island.  His research interests include Indigenous peoples, history, Anishinaabe language revitalization, treaty research and relationships.  
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