Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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• https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigenous-health-in-indigenous-hands-tickets-1334298124609?aff=oddtdtcreator

In partnership with CBC Ideas, Kathy Loon will explore the innovative ways in which Indigenous health leaders are now working to embed Indigenous cultures in Canadian health care – both for the benefit of their patients and to heal a broader health care system in crisis.

Ms. Loon, from Slate Falls First Nation, is Vice President of Indigenous Services, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC), in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. She has gained national prominence for implementing a rich program of Anishinaabe practices in the Sioux Lookout region’s health care system –including Wiichi’iwewin (patient/client supports), Odabiidamagewin (governance and leadership), Andaaw’iwewin (traditional and ceremonial practices), Mashkiki (traditional medicines) and Miichim (traditional foods). She is fluent in Ojibway, is an avid hunter and loves to net fish.