Dr. Paul Whitinui (he/him) is an Indigenous Māori scholar from the Confederation of Tribes in the Far North of Aotearoa New Zealand (Ngā Puhi, Te Aupōuri, and Ngāti Kurī) on his father’s side, and Irish, French, English, and Welsh on his mother’s side, and is currently the Special Advisor to the Vice President Indigenous and a Professor in the School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. As an interdisciplinary Māori and Indigenous scholar his work is informed by Kaupapa Māori and Indigenous theory which draws on the lived and emancipatory experiences of iwi Māori, and other colonized Indigenous Peoples, to critically interrogate the dominant colonial state interests in areas pertaining to sport, health, physical activity, education/schooling, and wellbeing. More recently, Dr Whitinui’s research focuses on the development of Indigenous impact assessment tools to improve and strengthen the provision of Indigenous cultural safety training programs in post-secondary settings, and to continue supporting the development of culturally safe and inclusive practices.