Protected: WIIH Spring Ceremony
May 3 - Set up May 4 - AM Ceremony opening - Sweatlodge - 1 round - PM WIIH (Family) Sweatlodge and Letting Go Ceremony May 5 - 7 - Participants on the Land May 7 - Ceremony Closing Sweatlodge - 1 round
Drum Circle with Spirit Wind
Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health Invites you for traditional Drum Circles led by Spirit Wind. They are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, 5 – 7 pm, during the warmer months at Askaakamigokwewigamig (Mother Earth Learning Lodge, 20 Willcocks St., Courtyard, University of Toronto). All are...
ON NEIHR Webinar Series – Laws of Creation and how healing is based on our laws
ON NEIHR Webinar Series - With presenter Elder Wendy Phillips Elder Wendy Phillips is of the Bald Eagle Clan; She is Ojibwa and a proud member of Wasauksing First Nation in the heart of the Muskokas. She is a keeper of the 8th Fire Prophecies, Keeper of the Ancient Thunderbird...
Inuksiutit – That Which Makes Us Whole: Sharing Intergenerational Inuit Food Sovereignty Initiatives from Nunavut
WIIH Webinar Speaker Series 2024/25 Date: Thursday May 9, 2024, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Speaker(s): Dr. Jessica Penney, PHD Title: Inuksiutit - That Which Makes Us Whole: Sharing Intergenerational Inuit Food Sovereignty Initiatives from Nunavut Abstract: Food security and food sovereignty are significant social, cultural, and public health issues in Inuit...
ON-NEIHR Webinar – Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention through Community, Culture, and Education: A knowledge exchange with Māori Psychologists
Join us for an upcoming ON-NEIHR Zoom Webinar Wednesday April 17, 2024, 12 – 1 pm. An In person meet and greet and light lunch will also be held (11 am - 12 pm) before the webinar presentation, at the Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health office (155 College. Suite 400)...
ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2024/2025 – CPR RACISM: A Guide for Health Care Providers to Address Racism in Health Care
with Dr. Holly Graham PhD, R.D. Psychologist, RN, BA, BScN, MN, Associate Professor Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan. Abstract: With the growing public awareness of Indigenous-specific racism and with the highly public deaths of Brian Sinclair and more recently the death of Joyce Echaquan in Canada, there has been an outcry...
How Can Canadians Help Lead The Global Fight for Health Equity?
The 2024 Boehm Public Lecture presents... In 2020, while wealthy countries stood first in line for COVID-19 vaccines, a pioneering group of South African lawyers sued their own government for a look inside the secret deals Pretoria had signed with vaccine manufacturers and producers. Their victory exposed several one-sided terms,...
Protected: WIIH – Community Advisory Council Meeting
Agenda and meeting material will be provided closer to the meeting date. Miigwetch Topic: Community Advisory Council Meeting WIIH Time: Apr 2, 2024 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) In Person: 155 College St. Suite 400 ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85939275462?pwd=TVkvblRlNDM5SVMxQUcveXlqYjVBZz09 Meeting ID: 859 3927 5462 Passcode: 282034
Decolonizing Evidence-based Medicine – ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2024/2025
Speaker: Dr. Jaris Swidrovich Elder: Clayton Shirt Moderator: Dr. Suzanne Stewart Abstract: A decolonial and Indigenous lens will be applied to Evidence-based Medicine (EBM). In one hour, Dr. Swidrovich will: 1) Summarize Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) through decolonial and Indigenous lenses; 2) Name and critically evaluate EBM regarding the knowledge...
Drop-in Ceremony, Medicine Teachings and Sacred Fire with Dr. Gokoomis Jacqueline Lavallée
Nanaboozhoo Everyone! Join us for Ceremony and Sacred Fire at the Mother Earth Learning Lodge! Weekly on Wednesday Nights, from January 10 and continuing through April 24, 2024, Dr. Gokoomis (Grandmother) Jacqueline Lavallée and Dr. Hopi Martin will be hosting weekly Drop In Ceremony at Askaakamigokwewigamig (Mother Earth Learning Lodge,...