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Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar: “Association Between Early Life Exposure to Phthalates and Organophosphate Esters and the Development of Childhood Asthma and Wheeze”

April 09/2021 — 12:00 to 1:00pm

Presenter: Garthika Navaranjan Garthika Navaranjan recently defended her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), University of Toronto. She also holds a Master’s of Public Health in Epidemiology from DLSPH. She has worked as a Research Associate at the Occupational Cancer Research...

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WBIIH SPEAKER SERIES 2021-​Mohawk Elder & Author, Tom Porter

April 06/2021 — 3:00 to 5:00pm

The Way Of The Human Being Thomas R. Porter (Sakokwenionkwas-“The One Who Wins”) has been the founder, spokesperson and spiritual leader of the Mohawk Community of Kanatsiohareke (Ga na jo ha lay gay) located in the Mohawk Valley near Fonda, New York since 1993. He is a member of the...

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WBIIH SPEAKER SERIES 2021 with Dr. Suzanne Shoush

March 22/2021 — 12:00 to 1:00pm

Covid-19 Vaccination in Urban and Remote Indigenous Communities Dr. Suzanne Shoush is a Black/Indigenous Primary care physician currently practicing with St. Michael’s Hospital and the Inner City Health Associates (ICHA). She is the Lead Physician of Nameres, Ode’i min, and Call-Auntie Clinics: providing culture-based community primary care clinics for Indigenous...

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ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2021 with Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos

April 14/2021 — 12:00 to 1:00pm

Lessons of Indigenous Mental Health Promotion and Health Communications During the COVID-19 Pandemic Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos is a Registered Psychologist, Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide, and Assistant Professor of Indigenous Health and Social Policy in the Department of Applied Psychology and...

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ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2021 with Dr. Holly Graham

March 12/2021 — 1:00 to 2:00pm

Integrating Somatic-Based Therapies and the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) into Clinical Practice Dr. Holly Graham is a member of the Thunderchild First Nation. She has worked as a Registered Nurse (RN) in a variety of northern communities, in addition to various other health care environments since 1985....

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WBIIH Webinar Series with Dr. Michael Anderson and Mr. Leonard Benoit

January 26/2021 — 4:00 to 5:00pm

Healing Medicine: (Re) Discovering Ceremony at the End 0f Life Ceremony is an integral form of medicine for many Indigenous people. In an effort to eradicate Indigenous peoples from Turtle Island, ceremonies were prohibited and criminalized by colonial governments. This impacted a vital aspect of Indigenous people’s identity and restricted...

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ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2021

January 12/2021 — 4:00 to 5:00am

Spirit Injuries: Indigenous Perspectives of Mental Health with Dr. Lynn Lavallee. Some Indigenous Nations on Turtle Island understand that ill-health stems from spirit injury. Related to this teaching are ways in which ill-health can be addressed, specifically through ceremony or spiritual practices. Advocates in the area of mental health, from...

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The Sixties Scoop: 40 Years of Activism and Lessons Learned

February 10/2021 — 4:00 to 5:00pm

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...

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Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism Open House

January 14/2021 — 12:00 to 12:45pm

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 --...

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INDIGENIZING HEALTH SYMPOSIUM 2020: ONTARIO NEIHR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES VIRTUAL EXCHANGE

December 02 - 03/2020 — 3:00 to 5:00pm

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...

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