owa ▁has ▁also ▁done ▁research ▁on ▁M AP ' s ▁( M ent or - App rent ice ▁Program s ) ▁with ▁a ▁fellow ▁scholar , ▁Peter ▁Jacob s . ▁She ▁has ▁also ▁completed ▁various ▁research ▁projects ▁supporting ▁the ▁correlation ▁between ▁language ▁rev ital ization ▁and ▁well - be ing ▁in ▁Ind igen ous ▁communities . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁ ▁Born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Northern ▁S ask atch ew an , ▁On owa ▁is ▁of ▁Sw amp y ▁C ree ▁and ▁Scottish - Can ad ian ▁descent . ▁Mc I vor ▁attended ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Victoria ▁and ▁received ▁her ▁Masters ▁in ▁Child ▁and ▁Youth ▁Care ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁before ▁att ending ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia ▁where ▁she ▁completed ▁her ▁Ph D ▁in ▁American ▁Indian / Native ▁American ▁L anguages , ▁Liter atures ▁and ▁L ingu istics ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁Her ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁dis sert ation , ▁" î k ak wi y ▁n î hi y aw iy ân : ▁I ▁am ▁learning ▁[ to ▁be ] ▁C ree ", ▁expl ored ▁learning ▁an ▁ancest ral ▁language ▁as ▁an ▁adult . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁career ▁ ▁Mc I vor ▁began ▁her ▁academic ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁C urr icul um ▁Develop er ▁for ▁an ▁Ind igen ous ▁Language ▁Iss ues ▁course ▁at ▁the ▁Cam sum ▁College ▁in ▁Victoria , ▁BC . ▁She ▁then ▁became ▁a ▁Research er / Writer ▁for ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁the ▁Provin cial ▁Ad visor ▁for ▁Ab original