Chukwudumebi Onyiuke

Class of 2024

Chukwudumebi Onyiuke is a Nigerian physician who has lived in Canada since 2018. Her career interests are infectious diseases, laboratory medicine and Indigenous health. Her research with the Four Arrows Regional Health Authority prioritizes advocacy for the health needs of the four Anisininew Nations of Manitoba. She is fascinated by primeval concepts of wellness, outcomes of coexistence between different cultures and language groups, Solitaire, value-added products as a solution to pollution and wastage, and travelling. She is coming to learn more efficient ways of promoting health and policy initiatives that benefit Indigenous people.

Clippings

  • 2024
  • Healthy Debate

‘It’s time to do something’: Climate change endangering remote First Nations communities