Ximena Cuadra Montoya is a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Her research topic focuses on Indigenous issues in socio-environmental conflict contexts. In particular, she is interested in the questions and responses of indigenous movements to extractivism. She holds a master’s degree in political science from the University of Quebec in Montreal (2014). Her research thesis is entitled “Radical Pluralism and Decolonization in Indigenous Mobilizations Against the Extractive Industry: Analysis of Two Cases in Chile and Quebec”. She also holds a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Barcelona (2011) and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Concepción in Chile (2003).
