UofT News:
'I had to pave the path for myself': Iakoiehwáhtha Patton on being named a Rhodes Scholar
Now that being named a Rhodes Scholar has become reality, she will approach this life-changing opportunity like every other academic challenge ― creating her own road.
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“I know that I'm the first in a lot of the things that I'm doing, though it was unintentionally. But I know the weight and responsibility that I have as an Indigenous woman. It's not about just me anymore.”
Vic News:
Vic Student Receives Rhodes Scholarship.
“I didn’t have Indigenous academic role models so I really had to pave my own path. If I can help to create structures and pathways for other Indigenous women in academia, that would make me feel very happy,” she explained.