Publications
Journal Articles
Hazra, M., Ranasinghe, T., Apt’sqi’gnn, Brown, M., Mirza, S., Shirt, C., & Stewart, E. (2025). Hemp as a Sustainable Solution for Climate Crisis Action and the Opportunities and Implications for Indigenous Communities: A Review of Literature. Journal of Global Indigeneity, 9(1). DOI: 10.54760/001c.146193
Gabriel, M. D., Gonsalves, M., Liu, T., & Noordermeer, J. (2025). Bridges and barriers: Exploring healthcare access and services for Indigenous Peoples. Wellesley Institute. ISBN: 978-1-998595-09-9
Gabriel, M. D., Giulianelli, A., & Noordermeer, J. (2025). Supporting Agency, Facing Equity: An environmental scan of Indigenous cultural safety training for primary care providers. Executive summary.
Gabriel, M. D., Gonsalves, M., & Liu, T. (2025). Bridges and Barriers: Exploring Healthcare Access and Services for Indigenous Peoples. Wellesley Institute. ISBN: 978-1-998595-08-2
Dewidar O., Shamseer L., Melendez-Torres G J., Akl E A., Ramke J., Wang X. Oloyede O., Young T., Nicholls ST., Marshall Z., Kennedy M., Hardy B., et al. (2025) Improving the reporting on health equity in observational research (STROBE-Equity): extension checklist and elaboration. MJ 2025; 390:e083882 doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-083882
Jenkinson, J.I.R. & Wigle, J. & Richard, L. & Tibebu, T. & Orkin, A.M. & Thulien, N.S. & Kiran, T. & Gogosis, E. & Crichlow, F. & Dyer, A.P. & Gabriel, M.D. & Hwang, S.W. (2025). Structural violence as a driver of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and low vaccine uptake among people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada: A qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 365(C). DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117588
Sfalsini, H., Jacome, M., Costanzo‑Alvarez, V., Jeffrey, M., Rivas-Pozo, E., Lovell, B., Galatro, D., Bazylak, J., & Amon C.H. (2025) Coupling cross-validated geoscientific evidence and indigenous knowledge to understand contaminant dynamics affecting a land-based community in Northern Ontario. Environ Geochem Health 47, 353. DOI: 10.1007/s10653-025-02670-y
Stewart, E., Mirza, S., & Brown, M. (2025). The Climate Crisis and Indigenous Youths Mental Health: The Pilot Project. Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal, 8(1), 36-47. DOI:10.56508/mhgcj.v8i1.254
Dewidar O., McHale G., Al Zubaidi A., Bondok M., Abdelrazeq L., Huang J., Jearvis A., Aliyeva K., Alghamyan A., Jahel F., Greer-Smith R., Tufte J., Barker LC., Elmestekawy N., Sharp M.K., Horsley T., Juandro Prats C., Jull J., Wolfenden L., Cuervo LG., Hardy B., et al. (2024) Motivations for investigating health inequities in observational epidemiology: a content analysis of 320 studies. J. Clin Epidemiol. 168, 111283 DOI:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111283
Jeffrey, M. (2024) Caring for the Nest: Weaving Indigenous Knowledges and Engineering Techniques to Explore Environmental Impacts on a Cancer Cluster. SAGE Research Methods Diversifying and Decolonizing Research Cases. DOI: 10.4135/9781529691146
Daniela Galatro; Alessia Di Nardo; Varun Pai; Rosario Trigo‐Ferre; Melanie Jeffrey; Maria Jacome; Vincenzo Costanzo‐Alvarez; Jason Bazylak; Cristina H. Amon. (2024) Considerations for using tree‐based machine learning to assess causation between demographic and environmental risk factors and health outcomes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI:10.1007/s11356-024-35304-4
Fournier, C., Stewart, S., Adams, J., Shirt, C., Mahabir, E., & Pinkoski, C. (2024). Decolonizing Academic Research: An Evaluation of an Indigenous Collaborative Funding Initiative. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 13(3). DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2024.15.2.16622
Hunt C., MacKenzie H., Dosaj A., Zych J., Tartaglia C., Bayley M., Wilcock R., Zabjek K., Burke M., Kristman V., Hardy B., Fischer LK., Baker A. (2024) CONNECTing Concussion Care with research across Ontario. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Online:1-13. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2023.326
Smylie J., Rotondi MA., Filipenko S., Cox WTL., Smylie D., Ward C., Klopfer K., Lofters AK., O’Neill B., Graham M., Weber L., Damji AN., Devine PD., Collins B., and Hardy B. (2024) Randomised controlled trial demonstrates novel tools to assess patient outcomes of Indigenous cultural safety training. BMC Medicine. 22,3 DOI:10.1186/s12916-023-03193-y.
Dewidar O, Al-Zubaidi A, Bondok M, Abdelrazeq L, Huang J, Jearvis A, Barker LV, Elmestekawy N., Goghomu E., Rader T., Tufte J., Greer-Smith R., Waddington HS., Nicholls SG., Little J., Hardy B. et al. Reporting of equity in observational epidemiology: A methodological review. J Glob Health. 2024;14:04046. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.14.04046
Richard, L., Carter, B., Nisenbaum, R., Brown, M., Gabriel, M., Stewart, S., Hwang, SW. (2024). Disparities in healthcare costs of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada in the post COVID-19 pandemic era: a matched cohort study. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11501-2
Fournier, C., Mirza, S., Naidoo, K., Green, S., Shirt, C., Cameron, S., Stewart, S., & Gaetz, S. (2024). Endaayaang: the importance of “Indigenizing” housing first for youth. 20(4) 588-600. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, DOI:10.1177/11771801241263605
Ponton, S. J., Gabriel, M., Lu, J., Stewart, S., Strebel, R., & Mirza, S. (2024). The mental health of Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 9(2), 94-103. DOI: 10.35502/jcswb.379
Costanzo-Alvarez, V., Jacome, M., Jeffrey, M., Sfalsini, H., Aldana, M., Galatro, M., Lovell, M., Bazylak, J., Amon, C. (2024) Integrating Geoelectrical and Water Chemistry Studies to Explore Environmental Challenges with an Indigenous Community in Northern Canada. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13762-024-05663-z
Brown, M., Mirza, S., Lu, J., & Stewart, S. L. (2024). Walking Forward Together—The Next Step: Indigenous Youth Mental Health and the Climate Crisis. Psych, 6(1), 210-220. DOI: 10.3390/psych6010013
Galatro, D., Jacome, M., Jeffrey, M., Costanzo-Alvarez, V., Bazylak, J., Amon, C. H. (2024) A Non-hierarchical Syncretic Framework to Assess Environmental Contaminants by Interdisciplinary Integration of Geoscience Methods and Culturally-Centred Indigenous Knowledge Exchange Approaches. Societal Impacts 3 (2024), 100035, ISSN 2949-6977, DOI: 10.1016/j.socimp.2023.100035
Fournier, C., Stewart, S., Adams, J., Shirt, C., & Mahabir, E. (2023). Systemic Disruptions: Decolonizing indigenous research ethics using Indigenous knowledges. Research Ethics, 19(3) 325-340. DOI:10.1177/17470161231169205
Hardy B., Filipenko S., Smylie D., Ziegler C., Smylie J. (2023) Systematic review of Indigenous cultural safety training interventions for health care professionals. BMJ Open 13:e073320. Doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073330
Brown-Walkus J., Smylie J., Borkhoff CM., Hardy B., Salmon C., Duncan F., Lawrence HP. (2023) Defining quality of preventive oral health services in a northern First Nations community: a concept mapping study. Rural and Remote Health. 23: 7910. DOI:10.22605/RRH7910
Gabriel, M. D. (2023). My Mother Wild: Land and Healing for Indigenous Youth’s Wellness and Life Transitions. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 18(2). DOI: 10.32799/ijih.v18i2.39572
Galatro, D., Trigo-Ferre, R., Nakashook-Zettler, A., Costanzo-Alvarez, V., Jeffrey, M., Jacome, M., … & Amon, C. H. (2023) Framework for Evaluating Potential Causes of Health Risk Factors Using Average Treatment Effect and Uplift Modelling. Algorithms, 16(3), 166. 14pp. DOI:10.3390/a16030166
Mirza, S. (2023). Mental Health & Educational Attainment: Perspectives from Indigenous Homeless Youth. International Journal on Indigenous Health. DOI: 10.32799/ijih.v18i2.39571
Wang X., Dewidar O., Rizvi A., Huang J., Payaam D., Doyle R., Ghogomu E., Rader T., Nicholls SG., Antequera A., Krentel A., Shea B., Hardy B., et al. (2023) A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidelines on reporting health equity in observational studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 60, 126-140 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.009.
Funnel S., Jull J., Mbuagbaw L., Welch V., Dewidar O., Wang X., Lesperance M., Ghogomu E., Rizvi A., Akl EA., Avey MT., Antequera A., Bhutta ZA., Chamberlain C., Craig P., Cuervo LG., Dicko A., Ellingwood H., Feng C., Francis D., Greer-Smith R., Hardy B. et al., (2023) Improving social justice in observational studies: protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline. International Journal for Equity in Health. 22:55 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-023-01854-1
Maddox R., Drummond A., Kennedy M., Martinez SA., Waa A., Henderson PN., Clark H., Upton P., Lee JP., Hardy B., Tautolo ES., Bradbrook S., Calma T., Whop LJ. (2023) Ethical publishing in ‘Indigenous’ contexts. Tob. Control. DOI:10.1136/tc-2022-057702
Dewidar O., Rader T., Waddington H., Nicholls S., Little J., Hardy B., et al. (2022) Reporting of health equity considerations in equity-relevant observational studies: Protocol for a systematic assessment. [v. 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2022, 11:615 DOI:10.12688/f1000research.122185.1
Gabriel, M. D., Mirza, S., & Stewart, S. L. (2022). Exploring Mental Health and Holistic Healing through the Life Stories of Indigenous Youth Who Have Experienced Homelessness. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19(20), 13402; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013402
Rizvi A, Lawson DO, Young T, Dewidar O, Nicholls SG, Akl. EA, Little J, Magwood O, Shamseer L, Ghogomu E, Jull JE, Rader T, Bhutta ZA, Chamberlain C, Ellingwood H, Greer-Smith R, Hardy B, et al., (2022) Guidance relevant to the reporting of health equity in observational research: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open: 12:e056875. DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056875
Gabriel, M. D. (2022). Our Home Is Native Land: Teachings, Perspectives, & Experiences of Indigenous Houselessness. Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 14(S1.), p. 89-105. Decolonizing Inequities: Indigenous self-sustenance in a social economy, special issue. doi:10.29173/cjnser574
Stewart, S. L., Gabriel, M. D., & Strebel, R. Ontario Network for Environment in Indigenous Health Research Annual Report, Year 2.
Love R., Hardy B., Heffernan C., Heyd A., Cardinal-Grant M., Sparling L., Healy B., Smylie J., and Long R. (2022) Developing data governance agreements with Indigenous communities in Canada: Towards equitable tuberculosis programming, research and reconciliation. Health and Human Rights. Jun;24(1):21-33 PMID: 35747272; PMCID: PMC9212824.
Ansloos, J., Day, S., Peltier, S., Graham, H., Ferguson, A., Gabriel, M., & Stewart, S. (2022). Indigenization in Clinical and Counselling Psychology Curriculum in Canada: A Framework for Enhancing Indigenous Education. Canadian Psychologist/Psychologie Canadienne. 63(4), 545–568 DOI: 10.1037/cap0000335
Maddox R., Bovill M., Waa A., Drummond A., Hardy B., Soto C., et al., (2021) Clearing the air: conflicts of interest and the tobacco industry’s impact on Indigenous peoples. Nicotine Tob Res. Ntab267. DOI:10.1093/ntr/ntab267
Maddox R., Ling P., Hardy B., and Daube M. Under the Influence. (2021) Tobacco Control 30(e1):e73-e75. DOI:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056391
Stewart, S., Gabriel, M., & Teekens, S. (2021) Indigenous Homelessness and Traditional Knowledges: Evidence Based Research and Practice. In S. Okpaku (Ed.) Essentials of Global Mental Health, Cambridge University Press. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-70134-9_151-1
Hardy B., Lesperance A., Foote I., NYSHN, Firestone M., and Smylie J. (2020) Meeting Indigenous youth where they are at: knowing and doing with 2SLGBTTQQIA and gender non-conforming Indigenous youth. BMC Public Health. DOI:10.1186/s12889-020-09863-3
Ahmad, U., Humphries, S., Rivers, C., Jeffrey, M., Fourney, D. (2020) Traumatic spinal cord injuries among aboriginal and non-aboriginal populations of Saskatchewan: A prospective outcomes study. Canadian Journal of Surgery 63(3): E:315-E-320. DOI: 10.1503/cjs.012819
Juutilainen, S., Jeffrey, M., & Stewart, S. (2019). Methodology Matters: Designing a Pilot Study Guided by Indigenous Epistemologies. Human Biology. 91(3):1 DOI: 10.13110/humanbiology.91.3.06
Editorials
Stewart, S. (2020). Editorial: Addressing Strengths and Disparities in Indigenous Health. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 15, 1, p.4 DOI: 10.32799/ijih.v15i1.34976
Stewart, S., & Mashford-Pringle, A. (2019). Editorial: Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 14, 2, p.4. DOI: 10.32799/ijih.v14i2.32958
Stewart, S., & Mashford-Pringle, A. (2019). Editorial: Physical Activity and Cultural Safety. International Journal of Indigenous Health, May 14, 1, p.4. DOI: 10.32799/ijih.v14i1.3272
Stewart, S., & Mashford-Pringle, A. (2018). Editorial: Death and Dying: Healing and supporting journeys. International Journal of Indigenous Health, December 13, 2, p.4. DOI: 10.18357/ijih.v13i2.32019
Stewart, S., & Mashford-Pringle, A. (2018) Editorial: A barrier-free health system for Indigenous Communities. International Journal of Indigenous Health, December 12, 2, DOI: 10.32799/ijih.v13i1.30318
Mashford-Pringle, A., & Stewart, S. L. (2019) Akiikaa (it is the land): exploring land-based experiences with university students in Ontario. Journal of Global Health Promotion, 3, 64-72. DOI: 10.1177/1757975919828722
Book Chapters
Naidoo, K., Fournier, C., Mirza, S., Rumboldt, J., Cameron, S., Green, S., Shirt, C., Stewart, S., Gaetz, S. Chapter 4: Endaayaang Indigenous Housing First for Youth: Exploring Service Provision and Planning During the Global Pandemic in Schiff, R., Wilkinson, A., Cullingham, S., & Buccieri, K. (Eds). (2024). Pandemic preparedness and homelessness: International lessons from COVID-19. Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press.
Marshall, A., & Stewart, S. L., A Cultural Perspective on School and Work Transitions for Indigenous Young Adults in Canada. in E. Anne Marshall, and Jennifer E. Symonds (eds), Young Adult Development at the School-to-Work Transition: International Pathways and Processes (New York, 2021; online edn, Oxford Academic, 22 July 2021), DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190941512.003.0016
Gabriel, M. D. (2023). Strangers in Our Homeland: The Impact of Racism AcrossHealthcare Policy and Delivery for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. In R. Monchalin (Ed.), Chapter 10. Public Health Feminisms, Canadian Scholars Press. Principal Author.
Stewart S. (2017). Supporting Indigenous youth experiencing homelessness in S. Kidd et al. (Eds.) Mental Health & Addictions Interventions for Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Practical Strategies for Front-line Providers, 89-100. Canadian Observatory on Homelessness: York University
Reeves, A., & Stewart, S., (2016). Historical perspectives on Indigenous healing in Stewart, S. & R. Moodley (Eds.) in Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology, 125-140. New York: Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781315681467
Stewart, S. & Marshall, A. (2016). Counselling Indigenous peoples in Canada in Stewart, S. & R. Moodley (Eds.) in Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology, 73-89. New York: Routledge. DOI:10.4324/9781315681467
Stewart, S. & Marshall, E.A. (2015). Counselling Indigenous populations in Canada. In A. Sinacore & Ginsberg, F. Canadian Counselling Psychology in the 21st Century. (pp. 69-89). Montreal, QC: McGill-Queens Press. (refereed, international)
Presentations
Presentation: Mirza, S., & Faulk, E. (2025) Indigenous Youth Mental Health & The Climate Crisis: Recent Findings and Next Steps. Collaborative Centre, Students Training Program; December, 2025; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Presentation: Gabriel, M., & Stewart S. (2025) Indigenizing Psychology for Systems Change: Reviewing the Need and Reclaiming Approaches for Indigenous Mental Health Training and Interventions. Paper presentation at The Canadian Psychology Association 86th Annual National Convention. St. John’s, NL.
Presenter: Gabriel, M. D. (January 2025) Apaja’si: Ceremony And Wellbeing For Indigenous Peoples In Western Academia. Hawai’i International Conference on Education, Hawai’i, USA.
Invited Keynote: Gabriel, M. D. Traditional Teachings, Future Frameworks: Applying Indigenous Teachings to Cultural Safety for Healthcare Intersections for Indigenous Women & 2-Spirit Peoples. Indigenizing Health Symposium 2025: Being Safe With Our Culture Again, Terra Cotta, Ontario.
Presentation: Stewart, S. & Caruso. G. (2025). Indigenous Evaluation of the Return of the Salmon: Art for Healing, Wellness, and Positive Change for Indigenous Youth in Canada. Paper presentation at Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, USA.
Webinar: Mirza, S., Brown, M., Ranasinghe, T., Faulk, E., Hazra, M., & Reid, M. Indigenous Youth Mental Health & The Climate Crisis: Recent Findings and Next Steps [Webinar]. November, 25 2025; ON NEIHR Webinar Series, Toronto, ON.
Webinar: Gabriel, M. Policy & Practice Prescriptions from the People: Healing & Health for Indigenous Peoples Accessing Primary Care Settings. Ontario NEIHR Webinar Series, October 2025.
Presentation: Stewart, S. & Shirt, C. (2025). Mental health Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Youth in Canada: Implications for Education and Beyond. Paper presentation at Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, USA.
Guest Lecture: Gabriel, M. D. (November 2025) Indigenous Health, the Public Health System, Policy, ….and Problems [updated]. CHL5300: Public Health Policy Guest Lecture. Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
Presentation: Mirza, S., Brown, M., & Stewart, E. Impacts of climate crisis on Indigenous young adults mental health [Conference Presentation]. March, 2025; Indigenous Health Research Symposium. Memorial University, Faculty of Medicine.
Presentation: Stewart, S.L., & Mirza, S. Impacts Of Climate Crisis On Indigenous Young Adults Mental Health. March, 2025; Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Presentation: Stewart, S., Mushquash, C., Henry, R., Conners, E. (2024) Indigenous Youth Mental Health. Panel presentation at 2024 National Summit on Indigenous Mental Wellness, October 16th and 17th, 2024, Calgary, Alberta.
Panel Presentation: Shirt, C., Gabriel, M., Mirza, S., Brown, M., Aguilar-Cardenas, S., Pinkoski, C., Ontario NEIHR. The Role of Spiritual Ceremony in Indigenous Mental Health Education & Research: Elder & Student Experiences. August, 2024; Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research Conference (NAMHR). Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Presentation: Hart, M. & Stewart, S. (2024). Every Child: Indigenous Mental Wellness and Land-based Program and Evaluation using Indigenous Knowledges. Paper presentation at Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, USA.
Presentation: Mirza, S., & Apt’sqi’gnn. Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Young Adult’s Mental Health. August 2024; Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research Conference (NAMHR). Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Invited Speaker: Tauali’i, M., & Gabriel, M. D. (2024) Lama Kukui: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Invited co-presenter. Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau.
Guest Lecture: Gabriel, M. D. (November 2024) Indigenous Health, the Public Health System, Policy, ….and Problems. CHL5300: Public Health Policy Guest Lecture. Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
Panel Presentation: Stelkia, K., Erb, T., Macqueen Smith, F., Henry, R., Fairman, K., Qashu, L., Delormier, T., Stewart, S.L., Gabriel, M.D., Mirza, S., Johnson, W., Amirault, M., Martin, D.,Val O’Brien, V. Supporting Indigenous self-determination and institutional readiness for change through the administration of a health research network environment in Canada Canadian Conference on Research Administration (CARA). May, 2024; Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Invited Lecturer: Gabriel, M. D. (March 2024) Indigenous History, Health & Culture: Demystifying Intersections Between Laws, Freedoms, Genocide & Wellbeing. Mental Health and the Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
Panel Presentation: Bisset, S., Wasonti:io Delormier, T., Erb, T., Henry, R., Qashu, L., Gabriel, M., Mirza, S., Murry, A., MacQueen Smith, F. Bringing Indigenous Knowledge into Evaluation: Telling a Story of Collective Impact through Individual and Collaborative Evaluations in the Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHRs). February 2024; Indigenous Evaluation Summit. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Co-Presentation: Fournier, C., Naidoo, K. & Mirza, S. Infusing Indigenous ceremony and culture into houselessness/homelessness programming in Canada: Using Endaayaang as a case study for preventing Indigenous youth homelessness. (Canadian Observatory on Homelessness). November, 2023; Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Poster Presentation: Aguilar-Cardenas, S., Brown, M. Mirza, S. Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Young Adults Mental Health. October, 2023; Indigenizing Health Symposium: Nations Gathering on the Land.
Presentation: Stewart, L., & Mirza, S. Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Youths Mental Health. June, 2023; The Society for the Studies of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) San Diego, California, USA.
Presentation: Stewart, S.L., & Mirza, S. Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Youths Mental Health. May, 2023; Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA). Toronto, ON, Canada.
Presentation: Shirt, C., Gabriel, M., & Mirza, S., Shkaakaamikwe gchi twaa miigwewin (Mother Earth’s Gifts): The Ontario Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research Knowledge exchange at University Centre for Rural Health (Fern Room). March, 2023; Lismore, Australia.
Presentation: Shirt, C., Brown, M., & Mirza, S. Impacts Of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Young Adults Mental Health. March, 2023; Research Symposium, Wakil Building, University of Sydney.
Presentation: Fournier, C. & Stewart S. (2023). Decolonising research? The ethics, politics and practicalities of collaborative research. Paper presentation at Royal Geographic Society-IBG Annual International Conference 2023, London, UK.
Presenter: Gabriel, M. D.,Mirza, S., & Stewart, S. (September 2023) Ethical Considerations & Reflections on Community- Based Research with Indigenous Youth Experiencing Homelessness. Healing Our Spirits Worldwide, British Columbia, Canada.
Invited Speaker: Stewart, S.,Gabriel, M. D., & Shirt, C. What is mental health? Indigenous wellness and healing during a pandemic. University of Hawai’i at Hilo.
Presentation: Stewart, S. L., Gabriel, M. D., & Hart, P. (2023 January). From the Heart: Supporting Indigenous Women Through Community Building, Service Delivery, and Education. Paper presentation at Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, USA.
Presentation: Mirza, S. Exploring Education and Mental Health through the Voices of Indigenous Youth Who have Experienced Homelessness. January, 2023; Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Invited Speaker: Gabriel, M. D., & Brown, M. The Ku-gaa-gii pimitiziwin Study: COVID-19 and Indigenous Vaccination Hesitancy, Experiences from the Streets. University of Sydney, Australia.
Co-Presentation: Gabriel, M. & Mirza, S. Ethical Considerations & Reflections on Community-Based Research with Indigenous Youth Experiencing Homelessness. October, 2022; Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Toronto, ON, Canada.
Webinar: Gabriel, M. D., & Ponton, S. The Ku-gaa-gii pimitizi-win Study: COVID-19 and Indigenous Vaccination Hesitancy, Experiences from the Streets. Ontario Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research Monthly Webinar Series.
Presentation: Stewart, L., Mirza, S., & Ponton, S. Indigenous Mental Health and Climate Crisis: Engaging Youth and Elders in Urban and Reserve Area. September, 2022; National Summit on Indigenous Mental Wellness. Toronto, ON, Canada.
Invited Speaker: Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. September 2022. What is Canadian Indigenous Health Care, and Why Is It Relevant To You? University of Sydney, Australia. PUBH5120: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Master of Public Health.
Presentation: Stewart, S., Schiffer, J., Shirt, C., Gabriel, M. D., Ponton, S. J., Strebel, R., Atanasoff, M., Hart, P., & Brown, M. (May 2022) Indigenizing Policy Change In Canada: Eliminating Harms Using Indigenous Knowledges for Equity and Sovereignty for the People. International Union for Health Promotion and Education, 24th Annual Conference, Virtual. Presenters:
Invited Speaker: Stewart, S. Gabriel, M. D., Mirza, S., & Wilson, J. (July 2022) What is Mental Health? Indigenous Wellness, Mental Health & Healing Workshop. Summer Mentorship Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Keynote Speech: Gabriel, M.D., Mirza, S. Policy Problems: Changing & Challenging Policy Barriers for Indigenous Youth Life Transitions. Indigenizing Health Symposium: Rethinking with Spirit. September 2022; Ontario Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research. Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CAN.
Invited Panelist: Sinclair R., & Gabriel, M. D. (June 2023) Academic Publishing. National Gathering of Graduate Students, Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research National Coordinating Centre.
Invited Lecturer: Mirza, S. Researchers & Research: Case Examples and Perspectives. Graduate Level Course: CHL5524: Indigenous Health Theory and Methods. September, 2021; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Invited Speaker:Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. (June 2021) Caring for Our Stories in a Good Way: Exploring Indigenous Homelessness & Life Transitions in Research. National First Nations Homelessness Symposium, Assembly of First Nations.
Presentation: Gabriel, M. D., & Stewart, S. (November 2021) Employment & Education Pathways: Traditional Knowledge & Cultural Supports for Urban Indigenous Youth. Well-being During Emerging Adulthood Challenges & Opportunities. Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, 10th Annual Conference, Virtual.
Invited Speaker: Stewart, S. L., Shirt, C.,Gabriel, M. D., Wilson, J., Ponton, S., & Koirala, D. (July 2021) What is Mental Health? Indigenous Wellness & Healing During a Pandemic. Summer Mentorship Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Invited Speaker: Gabriel, M. D. (December 2020) Translating Indigenous knowledges data into practice and policy. Co-panelist presentation. Indigenizing Health Symposium 2020. Ontario Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research & Indigenous Mentorship Network of Ontario.
Invited Speaker:Gabriel, M. D. (November 2017) Indigenous Homelessness & Traditional Knowledge: Stories of Elders & Outreach Support. The Next150: Resisting Colonialism and (Re)claiming Health on Turtle Island, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario.
Symposium Presentation: Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. (March 2016) Indigenous Homelessness & Mental Health: Stories of Elders & Outreach. Indigenous Research Student Symposium, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario.
Workshops
Invited Workshop/Talking Circle: Mirza, S., Aguilar-Cardenas, S., & Russell, D. Climate Crisis and Mental Health. November, 2023; Kids Help Phone Weaving Threads Forum. Sheraton Hotel, Toronto, ON.
Workshop Facilitator: Mirza, S. Student Mentorship Program The Summer Mentorship Program (SMP) gives Black and Indigenous high school students an opportunity to explore the Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. July (Annually), 2022-2024
Workshop Presenter/Lead: Gabriel, M. Three workshops: NAMHR Introduction to Indigenous Mental Health Research & Applications. Applied Indigenous Mental Health Research Methods (With Dr. J. Smylie). Exploring & Establishing Safety for Indigenous Women & 2-Spirit Peoples. Toronto, Ontario.