Shkaakaamikwe gchi twaa miigwewin (Mother Earth’s Gifts): A national network for ending Indigenous illness and promoting Indigenous mental health and healing
Research Team
Principal Investigator: Suzanne Stewart, University of Toronto; Knowledge Users: Elder Clay Shirt, University of Toronto; Renee Linklater, The Centre for Addition and Mental Health, Toronto;
Co-applicants: Janet Smylie, St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation; Roderick McCormick, Thompson Rivers University;Jeffrey Ansloos, University of Toronto; Alanaise Ferguson, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Angela Mashford-Pringle, University of Toronto; Lynn Lavallee, formerly Ryerson University; Holly Graham, University of Saskatchewan; Jeffrey Schiffer, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto; Chantelle Richmond, University of Western Ontario; Maile M. Taualii, Kaiser Pemranente Centre for Health Research Hawaii; Brenda Restoule, First Peoples Wellness Circle (Nipissing First Nation); Michelle Dickson, University of Sydney (N.S.W., Australia); Christopher Mushquash, Lakehead University.
Collaborators: Pamela Hart, Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto; Mikaela Gabriel, University of Toronto; Michael Hart, University of Calgary; Elder Luana Shirt, University of Toronto; Elder Wendy Phillips, University of Toronto; Elder Pauline Shirt, University of Toronto; Paul Whitinui, University of Victoria.
Research Coordinator: Roy Strebel
Research Assistants: Shanti Aguilar-Cardenas
Objective & Rationale
Holistic Indigenous Mental Health and Wellness: Transforming Health Care Strengths and Solutions (HIMHW) is a network of academic and Indigenous partnerships designed to transform how the health care system responds to Indigenous mental illness for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. HIMHW will be situated in at least 10 sites in Ontario, and will create a national shift from the current system response to Indigenous mental illness, which focusses on Western biomedical-based crisis and limited-term interventions and supports, to a coordinated strategic system that is based in Indigenous knowledges prevention. Indigenous mental illness is currently addressed by the health care system using Western biomedical-based interventions and models that are culturally inappropriate and ineffective in terms of symptoms reduction and remediation of diagnosis. Existing research has identified the service and structural barriers to Indigenous mental health and wellness. HIMHW will provide Indigenous knowledge solutions, for practice and policy, that will help redress and remove barriers. The team will develop a cultural evidence-based Indigenous research network to improve mental wellness by generating data that shows that illness and crisis can be prevented with traditional knowledges, cultural safety, and Indigenous science, when applied to health systems.
Research Themes and Methodology
The HIMHW program of research and knowledge translation has been developed on evidence gained from national and local contexts, which present doable and pragmatic solutions to Indigenous mental health and wellness. Consultation with the research team, community partners, and policy makers was undertaken in 2019; the process and outputs of the network are organized through a co-created and collaborative Indigenous community-engaged research plan guided by six interwoven themes:
- Cultural safety
- Indigenous holistic prevention and early intervention
- Land based and planetary health solutions
- Healing from trauma and reducing addictions
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Indigenous Life Promotion and Complex Crisis Support
- Translating Indigenous knowledges data into practice and policy
Each research theme is a vessel for innovation developed by research projects organized around key subthemes to be determined and designed by community partners as the research plan develops in detail in Years 1 and 2. In each of the six research theme areas, which will be carried out in a converging manner (see Figure 1), the network will iteratively develop and test new theories, ideas, practices, interventions, and policies in order to immediately prevent current tragedies in youth suicide, depression, opioid crises, family violence, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and other mental health emergencies across Indigenous Canada. Methodologically, all research by the network will be grounded in an Indigenous conceptual epistemological framework as required by Smith (1999). For HIMHW, this is Two-Eyed Seeing (Martin, 2012), that brings together the strengths of Indigenous and Western ways of knowing to the research process, procedures, and outputs.
Theme Group Updates and ON-NEIHR Meeting Minutes
ON-NEIHR Meeting Minutes
ON NEIHR Theme Group/ Elders Meeting Minutes
Theme Group 1: Land-Based and Planetary Health Solutions
Theme Group 2: Healing from Trauma and Reducing Addictions
Theme Group 3: Indigenous Life Promotion and Complex Crises Support
Theme Group 4: Translating Indigenous Knowledges into Policy
Student Training & Mentoring
Over the five years of the network, a total of 130 new and emerging scholars will be mentored by the team across each university site. There will be post-doctoral fellows (PDFs), an Indigenous central research coordinator, and inclusion of student thesis and dissertation as part of the training/ mentorship plan; it is anticipated that 5 PDFs (1 per year); 15 PhDs (3 per year), 30 Masters; MPH, MSc-Epi & MSW, MAs (10 per year), 40 undergrad students (10 per year), and 40 CRAs (10 per year as summer students) will be involved in the network’s research plan across all of the universities and its associated research activities— divided equally across the academic sites. By collaborating with co-leaders and community partners, we will seek equal representation of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Two- Spirit/Transgender identities, and a balance between individuals from reserve and urban contexts, as determined by Elders and Knowledge Keepers. The Masters and PhD student trainings involved will participate in Indigenous Mentorship Network of Ontario (Dr. Chantelle Richmond) activities in collaboration with the IMNO and across the team to create cohorts for training, mentorship, and knowledge translation activities for the network. Further, all academic student trainees, including CRAs and Traditional Knowledge Keepers Teachers will participate in various online training opportunities such as Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) offered at co- applicants’ universities, and a World Indigenous Health Course co-taught by the nominated PI, Dr. Stewart and other interested team members, and delivered online by the WBIIH and the University of Sydney (Dr. Michelle Dickson), and various land-based research-intensive courses offered across Ontario. Training and mentoring from Indigenous Elders and academic experts will take place at every local team workshop training meeting three times per year, but also separately occurring in a yearly gathering of advanced training (detailed below) for all network members. Training and travel grants will be provided to students and community partners through both the IMNO and HIMWM and are integral to the success of student mentoring and authentic collaborations with communities.
Reports
Through research at localized and national levels, and by working in partnerships across health systems and governments, our research plan will spurn and facilitate transformation in Canada’s response to Indigenous mental illness, thereby creating better economic and health outcomes in the short and long term including:
- Indigenous knowledges data and evidence-based programs and interventions that will transform how health services respond to Indigenous mental illness, measurable through a reduction in mental illness and an increase in mental health and wellness;
- Ensuring Indigenous languages, diverse Indigenous cultures and identities, and land-based and planetary health solutions are developed and adopted throughout systems of health care in programs, interventions, and policy;
- Decolonizing Canadian society so that it enables marginalized and oppressed Indigenous peoples, to be able to access mental health services that successfully remediate mental illness and stabilize them in permanent mental health and healing, and to become connected with community and society, thus able to achieve their full potential in life; &
- Situating Canada as a global leader in preventing and ending Indigenous mental illness.
The overarching goal is to end Indigenous mental illness and support health and wellness through deep and dynamic transformation to health care system programs, interventions, and policy with national and international reach and impacts.
Annual Reports
2023-Annual-Report_PDFArtsy-UpdatedJan22_AODAOntario Network for Environment in Indigenous Health Annual Report 2023
Ontario Network for Environment in Indigenous Health Annual Report 2022
Ontario Network for Environment in Indigenous Health Annual Report 2021
Event Reports
Spring Gathering 2021: Summary and Event Evaluation
ON NEIHR and IMN-ON Fall Gathering Report 2020
Research Reports
Covid-19 Pandemic Virtual Service Impact and Process Evaluation Report
NEIHR Monthly Webinar Information
What is the Speaker Series?
It is a monthly speaker series of one-hour online (virtual) live webinars with Ontario Network for Environment Indigenous Health Research (ON NEIHR) team members who are Indigenous Academics and Knowledge Keepers speaking on topics of Indigenous community mental health research, moderated by ON NEIHR Nominated Principal Investigator (NPI) Suzanne Stewart or Knowledge User Elder Clayton Shirt. The ON NEIHR webinar mental health speaker series are coordinated by Research Assistant Devon Bowyer, NPI Suzanne L Stewart, and Research Coordinator Roy Strebel.
Why does the Speaker Series occur?
In the spirit of relationship building between Indigenous community organizations, policy makers, student and faculty academics, and the wider Indigenous community, the ON NEIHR hosts this monthly webinar speaker series to ground its activity in Indigenous community driven research. The ON NEIHR research team honors the importance that Indigenous community organizations and partner relationships have on their work, and strives to centre academic activity in cultural and spiritual frameworks.
Archive of ON-NEIHR Monthly Webinars
Rewatch our Monthly Webinars Here:
April 17, 2024 Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos and Dr. Suzanne Stewart, in conversation with Waikaremoana Waitoki and Luke Rowe https://youtu.be/UXz99FR8NEk
March 2024 Webinar with Dr. Jaris Swidrovich – https://youtu.be/sLuO0pvmWdo
January 2024 Webinar with – Elder Pauline Shirt – The Bear Teachings
November 2023 Webinar with – Luana Harper-Shirt and Julia Harper – Oskâpêwisak / Traditional Helpers
July 2023 Webinar with Kimberly Fairman and Dr. Sophie Roher – Elders Gathering: A Path to Healing
June 2023 Webinar with Keith McCrady – What it means to be 2-Spirit and my experiences in Community
May 2023 Webinar with Clayton Shirt – Renewal of the 7 Grandfather Teachings
April 2023 Webinar with Laureen Blu Waters
March 2023 Webinar with The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)
February 2023 Webinar with Dr. Chelsea Gabel and Dr. Bobby Henry
January 2023 Webinar with Dr. Janet Smylie
November 2022 Webinar with Dr. Mikaela Gabriel and Sarah Ponton
October 2022 Webinar with Pamela Hart and Dr. Suzanne Stewart
September 2022 Webinar with Knowledge Keeper Luana Shirt
July 2022 Webinar with Dr. Renee Linklater
June 2022 Webinar with Dr. Henry Harder and Dr. Jessie King
Dr. Suzanne Stewart – Research Ethics Workshop February 1, 2024
Dr. Suzanne Stewart – Indigenous Dissemination & Knowledge Translation Workshop 2022
Dr. Suzanne Stewart – Indigenous Qualitative Data Collection Workshop 2022
May 2022 Webinar with Dr. Christopher Mushquash
Dr. Suzanne Stewart – Indigenous Data Analysis Workshop 2022
April 2022 Webinar with Katie Big-Canoe and Dr. Chantelle Richmond
February 2022 Webinar with Elder Wendy Phillips
Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle – What We Heard – Indigenous Peoples and Covid-19 Report Launch – 2021
January 2022 Webinar with Dr. Sabina Mirza
December 2021 Webinar with Dr. Brenda Restoule
November 2021 Webinar with Steve Teekens
October 2021 Webinar with Dr. Jeffrey Schiffer
September 2021 Webinar with Dr. Mikaela Gabriel
July 2021 Webinar with Dr. Maile Tauali’i
May 2021 Webinar with Dr. Rod McCormick
March 2021 Webinar with Dr. Holly Graham
April 2021 Webinar with Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos
February 2021 Webinar with Dr. Michael Hart
January 2021 Webinar with Dr. Lynn Lavallee
December 2020 Webinar with Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle
Ontario NEIHR November 2020 Webinar – Dr. Stewart
October 2020 Webinar with Dr. Alanaise Goodwill and Dr. Jeannie Morgan
September 2020 Webinar with Traditional Knowledge Keepers Clayton Shirt and Luana Shirt
Rewatch our Indigenizing Health Symposium
Day 1: https://youtu.be/o1KuF0obtNk
Day 2: https://youtu.be/COAIZa0C0WE
Quarterly Newsletters
ON-NEIHR Newsletter – Winter 2023-24
ON-NEIHR Newsletter – Fall 2023
ON NEIHR Newsletter – Spring 2023
ON NEIHR Newsletter – Winter 2022-23
ON NEIHR Newsletter – Fall 2022
ON NEIHR Newsletter – Summer 2022
Publications
For the Year 2 reporting period, the Shkaakaamikwe gchi twaa miigwewin teams have focused extensively on all aspects of research dimensions, from inception of projects; collaboration, building, and strengthening of community partnerships; conducting research in a variety of Indigenous-based methodologies, depending on the needs, values, and practices of their communities; and multiple avenues of dissemination. Co-investigators and collaborators were contacted to provide updates and lists of various publications, including community and academic settings. Collected publications include: community reports; non-peer reviewed articles/publications; academic and community presentations; knowledge translation reports; and evaluation reports provided to service providers or communities.
The provided publications list is not exhaustive for all members; some reporting members for the annual report noted that they had published separately from their work on their respective theme groups and were not included in their general updates. Others provided updates of all publications during this reporting period, and some included publications that, while separate from their Shkaakaamikwe gchi twaa miigwewin theme group, continued to contribute to the field their theme group supports.
Included below are the reported publications for the principal investigator, Dr. Suzanne Stewart; co-investigators, Dr. Christopher Mushquash, Dr. Michelle Dickson, and Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos; and collaborator, Dr. Mikaela D. Gabriel.
Dr. Suzanne L. Stewart, Nominated Principal Investigator
Peer Reviewed Publications
(2023). Fournier C., Stewart S. Adams J., Shirt C., and Mahabir E. Systemic disruptions: decolonizing Indigenous research ethics using Indigenous knowledges. Journal
(2022, submitted). Stewart, S., Ponton, S., Gabriel, M. D., Strebel, R., Lu, J. The Mental Health of Indigenous People During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Journal of Community and Safety Well-Being. Principal Author.
(2022, accepted). Ansloos, J., Day, S., Peltier, S., Graham, H., Ferguson, A., Gabriel, M., Stewart, S., Fellner, K., & DuPre, L. Indigenization in Clinical and Counselling Psychology Curriculum in Canada: A Framework for Enhancing Indigenous Education. Canadian Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000335. Co-Author.
(2022, accepted). Richard, L., Nisenbaum, R., Liu, M., McGeer, A., Mishra, S., Gingras, A-C., Gommerman, J. L., Sniderman, R., Pederson, C., Spandier, O., Jenkinson, J., Baral, S., Lancheros, C. M., Agarwhal, A., Jamal, A., Ostrowski, M., Dhalla, I., Stewart, S., Gabriel, M., Brown, M., Hester, J., & Hwang, S. W. COVENANT, the COVID-19 Cohort Study of People Experiencing Homelessness in Toronto, Canada: A study protocol. BMJ Open. Co-Author.
Chapters
(2021) Stewart, S., Gabriel, M., & Teekens, S. Indigenous Homelessness and Traditional Knowledges: Evidence Based Research and Practice. In S. Okpaku (Ed.) Essentials of Global Mental Health, Cambridge University Press. Principal Author.
(2021). Marshall, A. & Stewart, S. Indigenous and cultural minority school-to-work pathways in Canada in Young Adult Development at the School-to-Work Transition (Marshall and Symonds, Eds), Oxford University Press. Co-Principal Author.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications & Reports
(2023). Fournier C. and Stewart S. Decolonizing research ethics using Indigenous Knowledges. Homeless Hub Blog June 8, 2023 available at https://www.homelesshub.ca/blog/decolonizing-research-ethics-using-indigenous-knowledges.
(2021). Stewart, S., Fournier, C., & Adams, J., Indigenous Research Ethics Consultation Report. Division of Vice-President of Research & Innovation, University of Toronto. Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., Bowyer, D., & Gonzalez, A. & Team Ontario Network Environments for Indigenous Health & Indigenous Mentorship Network-Ontario Indigenizing Health Symposium 2020. University of Toronto. Principal Author.
(2021). Gabriel, M. D, Stewart, S. & Team Native Child and Family Services of Toronto COVID-19 Pandemic Service Evaluation Report. Co-Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., Gabriel, M. D, & Team Anishinaabe Health Toronto COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Clinic Evaluation Report. Co-Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. (2021). Native Child and Family Services of Toronto Youth Housing & Transition Research Report. Co-Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., Gonzalez, A, & Gabriel, M. D. & Team. Auduze We Count COVID-19: Vaccination Pow Wow Evaluation Summary Report. Co-Principal Author.
Under Review
(2023). Fournier C., Stewart S., Adams J. and Mahabir E. Decolonizing academic research using an Indigenous collaborative funding initiative. (submitted to International Indigenous Policy Journal June, 2023)
(2023). Fournier C., Stewart S., Adams J., Shirt C. & Mahabir E. Decolonizing academic research funding: findings from an Indigenous community lead collaborative funding initiative. Special Issue ACME, An International Journal for Critical Geographies (abstract accepted for special issue)
Newsletters
(May 2023). Stewart, S.L., Dar, I. & Brown, M.. Shkaakaamikwe gchi twaa miigwewin (Mother Earths Gifts), Spring Newsletter. The Ontario Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (ON-NEIHR) & Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health.
Reports
(2023, in prep). Brown, M., Lu, J., Mirza, S., & Stewart, S. Impacts of Climate Change on the Mental Health of Indigenous Youth. Report on The Pilot Project.
(2023, in prep). Strebel, R., & Mirza, S. University of Sydney, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health & The Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health: Knowledge Exchange Report.
(August 2023). Stewart, S.L., Mirza, S. & Strebel, R. Ontario Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research. Annual Year 3 Annual NEIHR Report.
(November 2023). Waakebiness Administration. Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health Annual Activities Report.
(November 2023). Mirza, S., Aguilar-Cardenas, S. & Russell, D. Climate Crisis and Mental Health. Kids Help Phone Weaving Threads Forum. Sheraton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
(October 2023). Brown, M. & Aguilar-Cardenas, S. Indigenous youth and mental health: Indigenous knowledges solutions for personal and community healing and the climate crisis. National Gathering of Graduate Students Finding Medicine in Connection and Community. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
(October 2023). Brown, M. & Aguilar-Cardenas, S. Indigenous youth and mental health: Indigenous knowledges solutions for personal and community healing and the climate crisis., ON-NEIHR Webinar Series.
(October 2023). Stewart, S., Gagnon, F., Philips, W., Gable, C., McCormick, R., Shirt, C., Fairman, K., Smylie, J., Paulette, F & Elder Mackenzie G. Indigenizing Health Symposium: Nations Gathering on the Land
(October 2023). Brown, M., Gabriel, M. The Ku-gaa-gii pimitizi-win Study: COVID-19 and Indigenous Vaccination Hesitancy, Experiences from the Streets. Indigenizing Health Symposium: Nations Gathering on the Land. Poster Presentation.
(October 2023). Aguilar-Cardenas, S., Brown, M. Mirza, S. Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Young Adults Mental Health. Indigenizing Health Symposium: Nations Gathering on the Land. Poster Presentation
(October 2023). Russell, D. Indicators of Safety and Well-being for Urban and Off-Reserve Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit Peoples. Indigenizing Health Symposium: Nations Gathering on the Land. Poster Presentation
Conference Presentations, Workshops & Research Symposia
(May 2023). Stewart, L., & Mirza, S. Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Youths Mental Health. Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA). Toronto, ON, Canada.
(June 2023). Stewart, L., & Mirza, S. Impacts of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Youths Mental Health. The Society for the Studies of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) San Diego, California, USA.
(March 2023). 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). Lismore, Australia.
(March 2023). Shirt, C., Brown, M., & Mirza, S. Impacts Of Climate Crisis on Indigenous Young Adults Mental Health. Research Symposium, Wakil Building, University of Sydney.
(March 2023). Gabriel, M. & Brown, M. The Ku-gaa-gii pimitizi-win Study: COVID-19 and Indigenous Vaccination Hesitancy, Experiences from the Streets. Research Symposium, Wakil Building, University of Sydney.
(March 2023). Adams, J. The International Journal of Indigenous Health: An In-depth Workshop on Publication Process for Guest Editors. Research Symposium, Wakil Building, University of Sydney.
(2022). Gabriel, M. D., & Stewart, S. Employment and Education Pathways: Traditional Knowledges as Supports For Urban Indigenous Youth Life Transitions. Paper presentation. Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, USA.
(2022). Stewart, S. Indigenous Identity: What Is It and How Is It Understood Within Education and Current Self-Identification Debates? Paper presentation. Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, USA.
(2021). Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. Employment & Education Pathways: Traditional Knowledge & Cultural Supports for Urban Indigenous Youth. 10th SSEA Conference 2021. Virtual conference.
(2021). Stewart, S., Jeffrey, M., & Juutilainen, S. Building respectful research relationships with Indigenous communities. Alaska Indigenous Research Program Conference. Anchorage, USA.
(2021). Stewart, S., Gabriel, M. D., Teekens, S. Traditional Pathways in Urban Jungles: Community, Culture, and Elder Supports for Indigenous Homelessness & Life Transitions. Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Virtual conference paper presentation.
(2021). Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. Caring for Our Stories in a Good Way: Exploring Indigenous Homelessness & Life Transitions in Research. Assembly of First Nations National First Nations Homelessness Symposium, 2021. Virtual paper presentation.
Media Presence
(April 2021). Interviewee. Indigenous People in Toronto Have Much Higher Rates of Covid Hospitalization Than the General Population. The Toronto Star Newspaper. Toronto, ON.
(April 2021). Interviewee. Indigenous Mass Vaccination Clinic at WBIIH/University of Toronto. Washington Post Newspaper.
Invited Lectures and Presentations
(March 2021). Invited Speaker. Indigenous Health, Invited Speaker, Invited speaker for PHS 100 Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto. Presenter: Stewart, S.
(March 2021). Invited Speaker. Indigenous Mental Health Research, CHL 5020 Indigenous Practicum Preparation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto. Presenter: Stewart, S.
(April 2021). Invited Speaker. Understanding Indigenous academic realities in the context of reconciliation. Invited presentation. Perimeter Institute Colloquium 2021. Perimeter Institute /University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. Presenter: Stewart, S.
Dr. Christopher Mushquash, Co-Applicant
Published Academic Journals and Articles
(2022). Reynolds, A., Keough, M. T., Blacklock, A., Tootoosis, C., Whelan, J., Bomfim, E., Mushquash, C., Wendt, D., O’Connor, R., & Burack, J. (accepted). The impact of cultural identity, parental communication, and peer influence on substance use among Indigenous youth in Canada. Manuscript accepted to Transcultural Psychiatry on June 27, 2022.
(2022). Toombs, E., Lund, J., Radford, A., Drebit, M., Bobinski, T., & Mushquash, C. J. (accepted). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and health histories among Indigenous clients seeking treatment for substance use. Manuscript accepted to International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction on June 22, 2022.
(2022). Goetz, C., Maranzan, A., & Mushquash, C. J. (accepted). An integrative review of barriers and facilitators associated with mental health help-seeking among indigenous populations. Manuscript accepted to Psychiatric Services on May 27, 2022.
(in Press) Lund, J., Toombs, E., Mushquash, C., Pitura, V., Toneguzzi, K., Bobinski, T., Leon, S., Vitopoulos, N., Frederick, T., Kidd, S. Cultural adaptation considerations of a comprehensive housing outreach program for Indigenous youth exiting homelessness. Transcultural Psychiatry.
(In Press) Toombs, E., Mushquash, C., Leon, S., McKenzie, K. Thriving in three Northwestern Ontario communities. International Journal of Mental Health.
(In Press) Lund, J. I., Mushquash, C., Carty, H., Bobinski, T., Lichtenstein, S., Daley, M., & Kidd, S. (in press). Implementing Indigenous youth peer mentorship: Insights from the By-Youth-For-Youth project. International Journal of Indigenous Health.
(2022). Toombs, E., Lund, J., Mushquash, A. R., & Mushquash, C. J. redictors of land-based activity participation in a national representative sample of Indigenous individuals living off-reserve. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 8029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138029
(2022). Leung, T., Schmidt, F., & Mushquash, C. Personal trauma history and experience of secondary trauma stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001277
(2022). Lund, J. I., Boles, K., Radford, A., Toombs, E., and Mushquash C. A systematic review of childhood adversity and executive functions outcomes among adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, acac013. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acac013
(2022) Tanner, B., Plain, S., George, T., George, J., Mushquash, C. J., Bernards, S., Ninomiya, M. M., & Wells, S. Understanding social determinants of health using a four-domain model of health and wellness based on the Medicine Wheel: Findings from a community survey in one First Nation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), 2836. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052836
(2021). Pride, T., Lam, A., Swansburg, J., Seno, M., Lowe, M. B., Bomfim, E., Toombs, E., Marsan, S., LoRusso, J., Roy, J., Gurr, E., LaFontaine, J., Paul, J., Burack, J. A., Mushquash, C. J., Stewart, S. H., & Wendt, D. C. Trauma-informed approaches to substance use interventions with Indigenous Peoples: A scoping review. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2021.1992047
(2021). Jumah, N. A., Mushquash, C., Tyler, L., Turuba, R., Bishop, L., Tait, M., & Renaud, A. On the path to reclaiming Indigenous midwifery: The maternal infant support worker pilot program clinical article. Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 155(2), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13918
(2021). Toombs, E., Lund, J., Bobinski, T., Dixon, J., Drebit, M., Byzewski, J., Radford, A., Kushnier, L., Mushquash, C. J. Client and staff experiences assessing Adverse Childhood Experiences in a clinical setting: Results from the First Nations ACE study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105263
(2021). Radford, A., Toombs, E., Zugic, K., Boles, K., Lund, J.I., & Mushquash, C. Examining adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) within Indigenous populations: A systematic review. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00393-7
(2021). Malik, I., Toombs, E., Mushquash, A. R., McGrath, D. S., & Mushquash, C. J. Materialism and drinking motives: Examining the longitudinal associations in an undergraduate sample. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 26(2), 157-164. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN26.2.157
(2021). Toombs, E., Lund, J., & Mushquash, C. J. Preliminary Recommendations for Assessment of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Indigenous Populations. Journal of Health Service Psychology, 47(2), 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42843-021-00035-4
(2021). Toombs, E., Schmidt, F., Dalicandro, L., & Mushquash, C. J. A Scoping Review of Parenting Programs for Indigenous People in Canada: What approaches are being applied in Indigenous communities? Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 40(1), 81-104. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2021-007
Works in Preparation
(2022). Aker, A. M., Serghides, L., Cotnam, J., Jackson, R., Robinson, M., Gauvin, H., Mushquash, C. J., Gesink, D., Amirault, M., & Benoit, A. C. (submitted). The impact of a stress management intervention including cultural components on stress biomarker levels and mental health indicators among Indigenous women. Manuscript submitted to Journal of Behavioral Medicine on June 17, 2022.
(2022). Young, N., Anderson, M., Wabano, M. J., Trudeau, T., Jacko, D., Mallick, R., Momoli, F., Thavorn, K., Szatmari, P., Usuba, K., McGregor, L., Restoule, B., Roy-Charland, A., Barbic, S., Cudmore, A., Peltier, S., Mian, O., Mushquash, C. J., Linklater, L., Hawthorne, L., Boydell, K., Roy, M. (submitted). Community-based identification of health needs among First Nations children and youth: A cohort study. Manuscript submitted to CMAJ Open on May 25, 2022.
(2022). Young, N., Anderson, M., Wabano, M. J., Trudeau, T., Jacko, D., Mallick, R., Momoli, F., Thavorn, K., Szatmari, P., Usuba, K., McGregor, L., Restoule, B., Roy-Charland, A., Barbic, S., Cudmore, A., Peltier, S., Mian, O., Mushquash, C., Linklater, L., Hawthorne, L., & Boydell, K. (submitted). Community-based identification of health needs among First Nations children and youth: A cohort study. Manuscript submitted to Canadian Medical Association Journal Open on February 3, 2022.
(2022). Kushnier, L., Nadin, S., Hill, M. E., Taylor, M., Gokiert, R., Jun, S., & Mushquash, C. J. (submitted). Culturally responsive evaluation: A scoping review of the evaluation literature. Manuscript resubmitted post-revision to Evaluation on Feb. 11, 2022.
(2022). Drawson, A.S., Toombs, E., Blain, J., Bobinski, T., Dixon, J., Paavola, N, & Mushquash, C.J. (submitted). The Development of the First Nations Children Wellbeing Measure. Manuscript submitted to International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience on Jan. 29, 2022.
Book Chapters
(in press). Mushquash, C.J., Drawson, A.S., & Toombs, E. Indigenous mental health and addiction. In R. Schiff & H. Møller (Eds.) Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada.
(in press). Mushquash, C. J., Lund, J., Toombs, E., & Grol, C. Intergenerational Pathways to Incarceration for Indigenous People. In C. Cesaroni (Ed.) Canadian Prisons: Understanding the Canadian Correctional Landscape. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Oxford University Press
(2021). Mushquash, C. J., Toombs, E., Kowatch, K. R., Lund, J., Dalicandro, L., & Boles, K. Promoting resilience within public health approaches for Indigenous communities. In M. Ungar (Eds.) Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Changing Contexts. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Reports/Letters/Non-Peer Reviewed
(2022). Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR). Indigenous module project summary report. Thunder Bay: Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research.
(2022). Mushquash, C. J., Hill, M. E., Nadin, S., Dampier, A., Dowhos, J., ewen, V., & Zacharias-Bezanson, R. Evaluation of Eabametoong First Nation, Matawa First Nations Management, and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Remote First Nations Family Medicine Residency Stream: Phase 2 evaluation report (Technical Report). Thunder Bay: Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research.
(2022). Toombs, E., Mushquash, C J., Mah, L., et al. Increased screen time for children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Science Briefs of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, 3(59). https://doi.org/10.47326/ocsat.2022.03.59.1.0
(2022). National Standard of Canada. CAN/HSO 5064:2021(E) Suicide prevention program. Health Standards Organization. (Technical Standard).
(2022). Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Ontario returns to school: An overview of the science. Science Briefs of the Ontario Covid-19 Science Advisory Table. https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/ontario-returns-to-school-an-overview-of-the-science/
(2021). Adams, E., Anderson, M., Atkinson, D., Behn Smith, D., Funnell, S., Greenwood, M., Koonoo, T., Lonsdale, R., MacRury, S., Sangoya, I., Meeka, K., Panimera, J., Aluaqiaq, J., McDonald, S., Morin Dal Col, C., Mushquash, C., Smylie, J., Waters, S., Vides, E. Visioning the future: First Nations, Inuit, & Metis population and public health. National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health. https://www.nccih.ca/595/NCCIH_in_the_News.nccih?id=483#:~:text=Privileging%20Indigenous%20knowledges%20as%20articulated,racism%20%E2%80%93%20one%20in%20which%20First
Dr. Michelle Dickson, Co-Applicant
The work below represents Dr. Dickson’s Australian work, not done with the NEIHR group, but aligning to the themes. For each of these Australian projects, summary reports are produced for each participating community.
(2022). Vecchio, E. A., Dickson, M., & Zhang, Y. Indigenous mental health and climate change: A systematic literature review. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 100121.
(2022). Sherriff, S., Kalucy, D., Tong, A., Naqvi, N., Nixon, J., Eades, S., Ingram, T., Slater, K., Dickson, M., Lee, A. and Muthayya, S., Murradambirra Dhangaang (make food secure): Aboriginal community and stakeholder perspectives on food insecurity in urban and regional Australia. BMC Public Health, 22(1), pp.1-17.
(2022). Chando, S., Dickson, M., Howell, M., Tong, A., Craig, J. C., Slater, K., … & Howard, K. Delivering health programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: carer and staff views on what’s important. Health Promotion Journal of Australia.
(2022). Kerr, M., Evangelidis, N., Abbott, P., Craig, J. C., Dickson, M., Scholes-Robertson, N., … & Tong, A. Indigenous peoples’ perspectives of living with chronic kidney disease: systematic review of qualitative studies. Kidney International.
(2022). Macniven R, Delbaere K, Lewis E, Radford K, Canuto K, Dickson M, Richards J, Gwynn J, Withall A. Community co‐selection of measures to evaluate the health and wellbeing impact of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community running groups. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2022 Mar 28.
(2021). Garvey, G., Anderson, K., Gall, A., Butler, T.L., Whop, L.J., Arley, B., Cunningham, J., Dickson, M., Cass, A., Ratcliffe, J. and Tong, A., The fabric of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing: a conceptual model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(15), p.7745.
(2021). Kong, A., Dickson, M., Ramjan, L., Sousa, M. S., Goulding, J., Chao, J., & George, A. A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perspectives of Australian Aboriginal women on oral health during pregnancy. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(15), 8061
(2021). Sinka, V*., Lopez‐Vargas, P., Tong, A., Dickson, M., Kerr, M., Sheerin, N., & Craig, J. C. Chronic disease prevention programs offered by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in New South Wales, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(1), 59-64.
(2021). Chando, S., Howell, M., Young, C., Craig, J. C., Eades, S. J., Dickson, M., & Howard, K. Outcomes reported in evaluations of programs designed to improve health in Indigenous people. Health Services Research, 56(6), 1114-1125.
(2021). Garvey G, Anderson K, Gall A, Butler TL, Cunningham J, Whop LJ, Dickson M, Ratcliffe J, Cass A, Tong A, Arley B. What Matters 2 Adults (WM2Adults): Understanding the Foundations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Jan;18(12):6193.
(2021). Chando, S., Tong, A., Howell, M., Dickson, M., Craig, J. C., DeLacy, J., … & Howard, K. (Stakeholder perspectives on the implementation and impact of Indigenous health interventions: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Health Expectations, 24(3), 731-743.
(2020). Dickson, M. Learning ethics from an echidna: Embedding Indigenous knowledges at the core of ethical research practice. Methodological Innovations, 13(3), 2059799120976929.
(2020). Howard K, Anderson K, Cunningham J, Cass A, Ratcliffe J, Whop LJ, Dickson M, Viney R, Mulhern B, Tong A, Garvey G. What Matters 2 Adults: A study protocol to develop a new preference-based wellbeing measure with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (WM2Adults). BMC Public Health. 2020 Dec;20(1):1-8.
(2020). Dickson, M. “My work? Well, I live it and breathe it”: The seamless connect between the professional and personal/community self in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector. BMC health services research, 20(1), 1-16.
(2019). Butler, T*., Anderson, K*, Garvey, G., Cunningham, J., Ratcliffe, J., Tong, A., Whop, L., Cass, A., Dickson, M., Howard, K. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s domains of wellbeing: A comprehensive literature review. Social Science & Medicine, 233, 138-157.
Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos, Co-Applicant
(2022). Ansloos, J., Day, S.*, Peltier, S.*, Graham, H., Ferguson, A., Gabriel, M.*, & Stewart, S. Indigenization in Clinical and Counselling Psychology Curriculum in Canada: A Framework for Enhancing Indigenous Education. Canadian Psychologist/Psychologie Canadienne. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000335
Dr. Mikaela D. Gabriel, Collaborator, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Peer Reviewed Publications
Journal Articles
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. (2021, submitted). Our Home Is Native Land: Teachings, Perspectives, & Experiences of Indigenous Houselessness. Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research. Decolonizing Inequities: Indigenous self-sustenance in a social economy, special issue.
(2021). Stewart, S., Ponton, S., Gabriel, M. D., Strebel, R., Lu, J. (2021, submitted). The Mental Health of Indigenous People During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Co-Principal Author. In Progress. Qualitative Health Research
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. (2021, in prep). Blood Memory, Virtual Connection: Seeking Safe Research Practices with Indigenous Youth & Elders, Even in COVID-19. Principal Author. In Progress. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies.
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. (2021, in prep). Education and Ceremony: Intersections and Perceptions of Wellness & Wellbeing for Indigenous Students & Academics. In Progress. Principal Author. First Peoples Child & Family Review.
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. (2021, in prep). My Mother Wild: Land, Healing, and Colonization in Indigenous History and Communities. In Progress. Principal Author. First Peoples Child & Family Review.
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. (2021, in prep). Gina’masuti: Indigenous Learning in Western Education. In Progress. Principal Author. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies.
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. (2021, in prep). Wen Tana Gjitmei?/Who is That, Really?: Concepts & Culture in Indigenous Youth Identity Formation in Urban Centres. In Progress. Principal Author. Native Social Work Journal.
Book Chapters
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. (2021, accepted, in press). Strangers in Our Homeland: The Impact of Racism Across Healthcare Policy and Delivery for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. In R. Monchalin (Ed.), Public Health Feminisms, Canadian Scholars Press. Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., Gabriel, M. D, & Teekens, S. Indigenous Homelessness and Traditional Knowledges: Evidence Based Research and Practice. In S. Okpaku (Ed.) Essentials of Global Mental Health, Cambridge University Press. Co-Principal Author.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
(2022). Gabriel, M. D. Sacred Women, Laws Profane: The Missing Justice for Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls. Psynopsis, 44(1), Canadian Psychological Association. Principal Author.
(2021). Gabriel, M. D, Stewart, S. & Team. Native Child and Family Services of Toronto COVID-19 Pandemic Service Evaluation Report. Co-Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., Gabriel, M. D, & Team. Anishinaabe Health Toronto COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Clinic Evaluation Report. Co-Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. Native Child and Family Services of Toronto Youth Housing & Transition Research Report. Co-Principal Author.
(2021). Stewart, S., Gonzalez, A, & Gabriel, M. D. & Team. Auduze We Count COVID-19: Vaccination Pow Wow Evaluation Summary Report. Co-Principal Author.
Presentations
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. Gina’masuti: Reflections, research, and recommendations for Indigenous education in Canada. Ontario Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research Monthly Webinar Series.
(2021). Stewart, S., & Gabriel, M. D. Caring for Our Stories in a Good Way: Exploring Indigenous Homelessness & Life Transitions in Research. National First Nations Homelessness Symposium, Assembly of First Nations.
(2021). Stewart, S. L., Shirt, C., Gabriel, M. D., Wilson, J., Ponton, S., & Koirala, D. What is Mental Health? Indigenous Wellness & Healing During a Pandemic. Summer Mentorship Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Presenters:
(2021). Gabriel, M. D. Indigenous Culture, Knowledges, & Perspectives for Good Ways Forward: Understanding Indigenous History for Wise Practice, Intentional Community Connection, and Implications for Policy. Ontario Public Service, Government of Ontario.
(2021). Hwang, S., Boozary, A. B., & Gabriel, M. D. Just the Facts: Affordable Housing, Homelessness, and Healthcare. Toronto Science Policy Network, co-panelist.
Funding
Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)
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