The Sixties Scoop: 40 Years of Activism and Lessons Learned
The 60's scoop represents a time where the colonial practice of Indigenous child removal was the primary social service provided by the state. Child Welfare, in its misguided and underlying racist efforts to address the conditions of Indigenous children, conditions created by the colonial process itself, fundamentally made most lives...
Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism Open House
Please join the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism at the University of Toronto for a 45-minute open house. We’ll explain how the Fellowship works and how this unique approach to journalism training can help you lead an evidence-based public discussion about the most important issues in your field --...
INDIGENIZING HEALTH SYMPOSIUM 2020: ONTARIO NEIHR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
THE ONTARIO NEIHR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES VIRTUAL EXCHANGE BRINGS TOGETHER NEIHR TEAM MEMBERS AND IMN-ONTARIO STUDENTS TO PROVIDE RESEARCHER AND STUDENT TRAINING. OVER TWO DAYS, ON NEIHR MEMBERS AND IMN-ONTARIO STUDENTS WILL PRESENT ON SIX PANELS ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING THEMES: INDIGENOUS LAND-BASED AND PLANETARY HEALTH SOLUTIONS HEALING FROM TRAUMA AND REDUCING...
ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2020/21
Traditional Building Structures & Land-Based Education Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle is an Algonquin woman from Timiskaming First Nation. She is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Wakkebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She works with Indigenous communities in urban...
WBIIH Speaker Series: Indigenous Registered Dietitian Kelly Gordon
Food: Revitalization, Reclamation and Reconciliation Kelly Gordon, RD, B.Sc (Nutri. Sci.) Kelly has worked as a registered dietitian for over 15 years, focusing on community health. Kelly is Kanyen’keha (Mohawk) and a proud mother of two energetic children. A graduate from McGill University, she has strived to use her education,...
Pandemic experiences and impacts of Covid – 19 on the mental health of Indigenous communities.
Dr. Alanaise Goodwill and Dr. Jeannie Morgan will contextualize the current evidence on Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) service needs, delivery, and related guidelines, practices and issues within the COVID-19 pandemic. Her current research will help provide decision makers with high quality, timely, accessible, and relevant evidence in a...
NEIHR Ontario Webinar Series: Applying the 7 Grandfather Teachings While Coping with Covid – 19
Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health (WBIIH) Elder-in-Residence Clayton Shirt and Traditional Knowledge Keeper Luana Harper Shirt will use the 7 Grandfather Teachings to guide a discussion on Indigenous mental health, with a specific focus on the current pandemic. Both will use their lived experiences to speak to Indigenous methodologies, as...
Masters of Public Health Indigenous Health Virtual Open House
Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health Virtual Open House About this Event Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health (WBIIH) invites you to a Virtual Open House to discuss the Master of Public Health in Indigenous Health degree program. We will answer questions and highlight some of the work being done at WBIIH....
Orange Shirt Day Honouring Ceremony
Join us virtually, via FB live September 30th 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM for a collective Orange Shirt Day Honouring Ceremony with Elder Clayton Shirt, Jimmy Dick on the Grandfather Drum and Jingle Dancers Rosary Spence, Bri Briskool Marie, Jenn Murrin & Robin Rice. We will be adhering to all...
COVID-19 Webinar: Vulnerable Urban Indigenous Populations
This webinar will explore vulnerable urban Indigenous populations About this Event Indigenous populations in Canada are among the most vulnerable to contracting and dying from COVID-19. Agencies supporting urban Indigenous homeless and street-involved peoples have very little resources from the government to support this community in response to pandemic needs....