ON-NEIHR Webinar Series 2021
Overcoming the Increasing Barriers to Ceremony with Dr. Maile Tauali‘i and moderated by Dr. Suzanne Stewart. Traditional practices require access to sacred places, materials and knowledge. No evaluation is needed to test the benefit of ceremony on health and wellness, as this is traditional knowledge, proven by thousands of years...
VIRTUAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL HEALING CIRCLE
Facilitated by: Elder Constance Simmonds, Elder-in-Residence Clayton Shirt, Elder Vern Morrissette
WBIIH SPEAKER SERIES 2021 with Dr. Bernice Downey
Abstract: The presence of an equity gap between the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada and their non-Indigenous counterparts has been well-established. Socio-cultural factors that affect Indigenous peoples’ health include culture loss, racism and stigmatization, loss of language and connection to the land, and feeling spiritually, emotionally, and mentally disconnected...
ON NEIHR & IMN: Day 2- Navigating this Time Holistic Wellness for Indigenous Scholars (Part Two)
As leaders of Ontario’s Indigenous Mentorship Network (IMN) and the Ontario Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR), it is our pleasure to invite you to join us as a Panelist for an Indigenous Knowledges Virtual Exchange entitled Navigating This Time: Holistic Wellness for Indigenous Scholars (Part 2), to be...
ON NEIHR & IMN: Day 1- Navigating this Time Holistic Wellness for Indigenous Scholars (Part One)
As leaders of Ontario’s Indigenous Mentorship Network (IMN) and the Ontario Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR), it is our pleasure to invite you to join us for an Indigenous Knowledges Virtual Exchange entitled Navigating This Time: Holistic Wellness for Indigenous Scholars (Part 1), to be held April 30th,...
Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar: “Association Between Early Life Exposure to Phthalates and Organophosphate Esters and the Development of Childhood Asthma and Wheeze”
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...
WBIIH SPEAKER SERIES 2021-Mohawk Elder & Author, Tom Porter
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...
WBIIH SPEAKER SERIES 2021 with Dr. Suzanne Shoush
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...
ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2021 with Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos
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...
ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2021 with Dr. Holly Graham
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....