Cody Groat
Cody Groat is a Canadian scholar and historian, who focuses on the federal commemoration of Indigenous history from 1919 to present. He is a Kanyen'kehaka citizen and band member of Six Nations of the Grand River. Early life 
Cody grew up in Ingersoll, Ontario. His grandparents were survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system, and his father a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. Education 
Groat holds a Master of Arts in World Heritage Studies from the University of Birmingham and is presently a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University. Career 
Early in his academic career, Groat published a compilation of more than 30 interviews with famous Canadians, including Paul Martin, Kim Campbell, Dan Aykroyd, and Farley Mowat. He is currently an assistant professor at University of Western Ontario in the Department of History and the Indigenous Studies program As a historian and academic, Cody Groat has been interviewed in relation to Truth and Reconciliation in Canada by news outlets such as The New York Times, CBC News, and Global News. He is a former President of the Board of Directors for the Indigenous Heritage Circle and is currently Chair of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO's Memory of the World National Committee. Politics
Groat is the New Democratic Party candidate for the 2023 Oxford federal by-election, having defeated former candidate Matthew Chambers for the nomination. Electoral history

Awards 

 2022: Canadian Historical Association's Indigenous History Best Article Prize
 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2019-2021)

Publications 

 “Holding Place: Resistance, Reframing and Relationally in the Representation of Indigenous History,” with Kim Anderson, Historic Perspectives Dossier on Commemoration for The Canadian Historical Review, 2021, Vol. 102 (03), pp. 465–484. “Commemoration and Reconciliation: The Mohawk Institute as a World Heritage Site,” British Journal of Canadian Studies, 2018, Vol. 31 (2), pp. 195–208. Canadian Stories: A Teenaged Adventure with Presidents, Drag Queens and Drug Lords (Rapido Books, 2016)
 “Indigenous Peoples and the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme,” Canadian Commission for UNESCO IdeaLabs Policy Paper, forthcoming. References 

21st-century Canadian historians
21st-century First Nations people
Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Canadian Mohawk people
First Nations academics
First Nations politicians
Historians from Ontario
Living people
New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
People from Ingersoll, Ontario
Six Nations of the Grand River
Year of birth missing (living people)