Iloradanon is the current Chair of the Indigenous Peoples of Psychology for the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). She notes she is more white presenting and experiences racism when white folks would make racist comments against her people. She said there is systemic and structural racism in institutions. She voices the importance of modelling humility and building meaningful relationships in order to thrive within colonial structures.
Dr. Iloradanon Efimoff is Haida and European settler from the northwest coast of British Columbia. After completing her BA (Hons.) in Applied Psychology at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC, she worked as a research assistant with the DUDES Club, an Indigenous men’s health organization in Vancouver. Dr. Efimoff later completed her SSHRC-funded MA in Applied Social Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan, focusing on perceptions and attitudes towards White-presenting Indigenous people. She completed her Vanier-funded PhD in Social and Personality Psychology at the University of Manitoba. Through her mixed-methods dissertation, Dr. Efimoff created and experimentally tested an educational approach to help combat anti-Indigenous racism in Canada. She finished her Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity (RISE) Center and Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. At RISE, she focused on the identity experiences of multiracial Indigenous people, a growing and understudied group in Canada. Dr. Efimoff’s current research focus is the impact of education on reducing anti-Indigenous racism. Her other research interests include reconciliation, Indigenization (particularly in the context of psychology and postsecondary institutions), and Indigenous well-being.
