Daniel Heath Justice OC is an American-born Canadian academic and citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

He began his career at the University of Toronto, where he taught English and worked in association with the Aboriginal Studies Program.

In 2010, he was awarded the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize[9] at the University of Toronto.

James Cox of the University of Texas at Austin stated that "Daniel has devoted his life and work to advocating for the civil and human rights of the silences and dispossessed peoples of our world.

"[10] The University of Toronto added that Justice's "positive and lasting impact is felt directly at the U of T through his one-on-one work with native students, his ability to bring previously inexperienced young people to thinking about social justice and creative activism against oppression and his encouragement of both graduate and undergraduate students to take on community service as part of classes.