Phil Borell (Ngāti Ranginui, Pirirākau)
LECTURER
Phil is a career academic as well as being a father, husband, rugby league trainer, gym owner and aspiring DIY aficionado.
Phil has been a lecturer at the University of Canterbury since 2008 and has designed and delivered courses in Te Tiriti o Waitangi; Colonisation and its impact; as well as Sport and Culture among other topics. His primary research focus is dedicated to the aspirations of Māori and Pasifika youth in their quest for professional sporting careers and disrupting and recreating narratives around Polynesian masculinities.
Through the use of pūrākau (oral traditions and storytelling) and talanoa (conversation) Phil is forever exploring new ways of articulating Polynesian voices in the institutions that once never wanted them heard.