Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla

Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla, Ph.D. (Kanaka Hawaiʻi/Filipino) is an Associate Professor in the department of Language and Literacy Education (Faculty of Education) and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies (Faculty of Arts) at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. She earned her PhD in Language, Reading, and Culture, MA in Native American Linguistics, and BA in Linguistics, all from the University of Arizona. Her scholarship has focused on Hawaiian language and Indigenous languages, emphasizing education, and community-centered revitalization, digital technology, well-being, traditional and cultural practices, and policy and planning. Her research and scholarship have been disseminated through publications, TedX, keynotes, invited presentations, master classes, guest lectures, workshops, school and community engagement, as well as various media platforms -- locally, nationally, and internationally.More recently, she co-developed and -led the Massive Open Online Course “Indigenous Languages: From Policy and Planning to Implementation and Assessment,”

which launched in 2024 and has had over 800 learners from nearly 90 countries worldwide. Before joining the University of British Columbia, she worked with the Indigenous Language Institute to deliver digital storytelling workshops in Native American communities across the continental US, served as the Program Coordinator of the American Indian Language Development Institute at the University of Arizona and taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo.

Contact: candace at nativeland.org