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Life teachings Ceremony with Dr. Deb Danard

June 24/2025 — 5:00 to 7:00am

Join us at Askaakamigokwewigamig (Mother Earth Teaching Lodge- 20 Willcocks Courtyard) for weekly ceremony with Dr. Debby Wilson Danard. This event is for Indigenous Students, Staff and Faculty.

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Equinox Ceremony with Dr. Deb Danard

June 20/2025 — 11:00 to 2:00am

Join us at Askaakamigokwewigamig (Mother Earth Teaching Lodge- 20 Willcocks Courtyard) for weekly ceremony with Dr. Debby Wilson Danard. This event is for Indigenous Students, Staff and Faculty.

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Full Moon Ceremony with Dr. Debby Danard

June 11/2025 — 5:00pm to 7:00am

Join us at Askaakamigokwewigamig (Mother Earth Teaching Lodge- 20 Willcocks Courtyard) for weekly ceremony with Dr. Debby Wilson Danard. This event is for Indigenous Students, Staff and Faculty.

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Achieving Greater Cultural Safety in Mental Health Services through Research and Traditional Knowledge

June 25/2025 — 4:00 to 5:00pm

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,...

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Drum Circle with Spirit Wind

May 21 - August 20/2025 — 5:00 to 7:00pm

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...

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Indigenizing Health Symposium 2025 – Special Lecture – Dr. Joseph Gone, Harvard University

May 23/2025 — 9:30am to 12:00pm

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...

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Boehm Public Lecture with CBC Ideas: Indigenous Health in Indigenous Hands

May 26/2025 — 5:30 to 7:00pm

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...

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Mike Auksi – ON NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2024/​2025

April 29/2025 — 1:00 to 2:00pm

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...

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10 Year Celebration Open House

March 06/2025 — 2:00 to 4:00pm

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...

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Drum Circle with Spirit Wind

March 04 - April 15/2025 — 5:00 to 7:00pm

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,...

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