Dr. Ranjan Datta is Canada Research Chair in Community Disaster Research at Indigenous Studies, Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University, Canada. Previously he was holding prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina, Canada Ranjan's research interests include community disaster research, advocating for anti-racist climate change resilience, responsibilities for decolonization and reconciliation, Indigenous land-based sustainabilities, Indigenous-led energy and water, community-disaster research, environmental justice, and cross-cultural community-led sustainability. Dr. Datta has published a total of 45 peer-reviewed journal manuscripts, including 14 peer-reviewed book chapters, three books, four edited books and 38 peer-reviewed journal manuscripts throughout his career, and three edited books under contact. Dr. Datta’s previous research was funded by international and national research grants. Dr. Datta has been the principal applicant on a number of community-based research projects He has a strong community service activity experience beyond the academic community, including active participation in social and justice movements such as climate justice, Idle No More, First Nation's land-water rights, minority rights, and Two-Spirit and LGBTQ rights movements. His Academic Profiles can be viewed at ResearchGate, Academic.edu, Twitter, LinkedIn