Achieving Greater Cultural Safety in Mental Health Services through Research and Traditional Knowledge
Abstract: The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is a health and wellness partner to First Nations people and communities in BC. We have engaged in partnered research to help us create and improve health and mental health services so that they are person-centered, trauma-informed and culturally safe. In some instances,...
Drum Circle with Spirit Wind
Starting in May, on the first and third Wednesday of each month, Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health will host Drum Circles with Spirit Wind at Askaakamigokwewiigamig, the Mother Earth Learning Lodge, located in the New College courtyard at 20 Willcocks St. These drum circles are open to all! Please register...
Indigenizing Health Symposium 2025 – Special Lecture – Dr. Joseph Gone, Harvard University
The Ontario Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR), and the Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health (WIIH) at the University of Toronto present a continued instalment of the 2025 Annual Indigenizing Health Symposium with Keynote Speaker Dr. Joseph Gone from Harvard University. This special lecture is a hybrid event being hosted in person at Askaakamigokwewigamig Mother Earth Learning...
Boehm Public Lecture with CBC Ideas: Indigenous Health in Indigenous Hands
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...
Mike Auksi – ON NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2024/2025
Welcome to the Ontario NEIHR Monthly Webinar Series 2024/2025 Please join us on Tuesday April 29, 2025 with guest speaker Michael Mahkwa Auksi! Presentation title:The Time Traveller: Historical and Contemporary Understandings of Indigenous Education and Physical Health Determinants Abstract: This talk explores the auspicious origins and contemporary climate of Indigenous...
10 Year Celebration Open House
In June 2014 — Drs Michael and Amira Dan made the extremely generous gift of $10 million to establish an Institute to support the creation of an institute dedicated to the health of Indigenous people, based at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health Institute at the University of...
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, taking place at Askaakamigokwewigamig (Mother Earth Learning Lodge, 20 Willcocks St., Courtyard, University of Toronto) during the warmer months,...
Model of Care for Substance Use – Carol Hopkins
Welcome to the Ontario NEIHR Monthly Webinar Series 2024/2025 Please join us on March 4, 2025 with guest speaker Carol Hopkins! Presentation title: Model of Care for Substance Use Abstract: First Nation communities often lack resource capacity for community-based intervention to address the drug crisis. This lack of equitable...
Drop-in Ceremony Sacred Fire and Medicine Teachings with Dr. Gokoomis Jacqueline Lavallée
Join us for Ceremony and Sacred Fire at the Mother Earth Learning Lodge. On Wednesday nights, from October 2 and continuing through December 18, 2024, Dr. Gokoomis (Grandmother) Jacqueline Lavallée and Dr. Hopi Martin will host weekly Drop-in Ceremony at Askaakamigokwewigamig (Mother Earth Learning Lodge) from 6-8pm. (20 Willcocks St)....
Indigenizing Health Symposium 2025: Being Safe With Our Culture Again
The WIIH & Ontario NEIHR Indigenizing Health Symposium 2025: Being Safe With Our Culture Again, aims to share knowledges, and foster dialogue and collaboration about Indigenous health and cultural safety. This year’s symposium will be the third Ontario Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) and Ontario Indigenous Mentorship Network...