Special Graduate Faculty is reserved for situations where an Elder or Knowledge Holder (or other non-Trent expert) serves on a single student committee. Special Graduate faculty are appointed by the Ph.D. Program Faculty Committee and serve for the duration of project.
This category is of vital importance to the program. Elders and Knowledge Holders are the experts on Indigenous Knowledges and this category recognizes that expertise and the fact that they are the producers of Indigenous knowledges and not the academy. Their leadership on the committee ensures that Indigenous Knowledges are used in appropriate ways.