WBIIH Webinar Series with Dr. Michael Anderson and Mr. Leonard Benoit
Healing Medicine: (Re) Discovering Ceremony at the End 0f Life Ceremony is an integral form of medicine for many Indigenous people. In an effort to eradicate Indigenous peoples from Turtle Island, ceremonies were prohibited and criminalized by colonial governments. This impacted a vital aspect of Indigenous people’s identity and restricted...
ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2021
Spirit Injuries: Indigenous Perspectives of Mental Health with Dr. Lynn Lavallee. Some Indigenous Nations on Turtle Island understand that ill-health stems from spirit injury. Related to this teaching are ways in which ill-health can be addressed, specifically through ceremony or spiritual practices. Advocates in the area of mental health, from...
The Sixties Scoop: 40 Years of Activism and Lessons Learned
The 60's scoop represents a time where the colonial practice of Indigenous child removal was the primary social service provided by the state. Child Welfare, in its misguided and underlying racist efforts to address the conditions of Indigenous children, conditions created by the colonial process itself, fundamentally made most lives...
Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism Open House
Please join the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism at the University of Toronto for a 45-minute open house. We’ll explain how the Fellowship works and how this unique approach to journalism training can help you lead an evidence-based public discussion about the most important issues in your field --...
INDIGENIZING HEALTH SYMPOSIUM 2020: ONTARIO NEIHR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES VIRTUAL EXCHANGE
THE ONTARIO NEIHR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES VIRTUAL EXCHANGE BRINGS TOGETHER NEIHR TEAM MEMBERS AND IMN-ONTARIO STUDENTS TO PROVIDE RESEARCHER AND STUDENT TRAINING. OVER TWO DAYS, ON NEIHR MEMBERS AND IMN-ONTARIO STUDENTS WILL PRESENT ON SIX PANELS ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING THEMES: INDIGENOUS LAND-BASED AND PLANETARY HEALTH SOLUTIONS HEALING FROM TRAUMA AND REDUCING...
ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2020/21
Traditional Building Structures & Land-Based Education Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle is an Algonquin woman from Timiskaming First Nation. She is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Wakkebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She works with Indigenous communities in urban...
WBIIH Speaker Series: Indigenous Registered Dietitian Kelly Gordon
Food: Revitalization, Reclamation and Reconciliation Kelly Gordon, RD, B.Sc (Nutri. Sci.) Kelly has worked as a registered dietitian for over 15 years, focusing on community health. Kelly is Kanyen’keha (Mohawk) and a proud mother of two energetic children. A graduate from McGill University, she has strived to use her education,...
Pandemic experiences and impacts of Covid – 19 on the mental health of Indigenous communities.
Dr. Alanaise Goodwill and Dr. Jeannie Morgan will contextualize the current evidence on Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) service needs, delivery, and related guidelines, practices and issues within the COVID-19 pandemic. Her current research will help provide decision makers with high quality, timely, accessible, and relevant evidence in a...
NEIHR Ontario Webinar Series: Applying the 7 Grandfather Teachings While Coping with Covid – 19
Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health (WBIIH) Elder-in-Residence Clayton Shirt and Traditional Knowledge Keeper Luana Harper Shirt will use the 7 Grandfather Teachings to guide a discussion on Indigenous mental health, with a specific focus on the current pandemic. Both will use their lived experiences to speak to Indigenous methodologies, as...
Masters of Public Health Indigenous Health Virtual Open House
Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health Virtual Open House About this Event Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health (WBIIH) invites you to a Virtual Open House to discuss the Master of Public Health in Indigenous Health degree program. We will answer questions and highlight some of the work being done at WBIIH....