Project led by Dr. Tamara Bodnar

At the centre of Dr. Bodnar’s work is the active involvement of Indigenous individuals in the Calgary area who have lived experience with FASD and her collaborative relationships with Indigenous partners. This approach ensures that community experiences and goals are effectively communicated to healthcare providers to advocate for policy changes prioritizing Indigenous health.

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Project led by Dr. Michael Hart

Dr. Michael Hart’s project, in partnership with Dr. Moss Norman at the University of British Columbia, brings Cree youth together with community Elders to share intergenerational wisdom and to reflect on the role of traditional knowledge in the healing and wellness of individuals and their communities.

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Project led by Dr. Jennifer Markides

The Walking Alongside You(th) project is a collaboration between high schools and Indigenous community leaders across Northern Alberta with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC-IDG).

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Project led by Dr. Pamela Roach

Indigenous people face systemic and interpersonal racism as barriers to treatment within Canadian health systems. Dr. Roach’s research program integrates anti-racism and decolonial approaches to develop culturally congruent brain health services and information, and to improve health system safety for Indigenous people.

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Project led by Angie Tucker

Her community-based Master’s thesis, awana niyanaan/Who Are We?, is centered within Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement in Alberta to understand how attachments to Métis language and culture promote both self and group identity while challenging the more often stringent definitions of what constitutes ‘being’ Métis in legal, academic and social understandings.

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