Voices from the Field

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Health Humanities and Unsettling Colonial Medicine Introduction In this audio recording of the NCCIH Webinar “Health Humanities and Unsettling Colonial Medicine” (held March 28, 2018), Donna Atkinson (Manager, NCCAH), introduces attendees to the NCCIH, NCCPH and to the webinar presenters Dr. Sarah de Leeuw and Dr. Terri Aldred. Watch on YouTube: https://...

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Reconciliation and Public Health Q&A with Dr. Marcia Anderson In this audio recording of the NCCIH Webinar “Reconciliation and Public Health” (held January 19, 2018), Roberta Stout (Research Associate, NCCIH) discusses questions submitted by the webinar attendees with the presenter Dr. Marcia Anderson. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kayz1R09yN8 For a...

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Reconciliation and Public Health Presentation with Dr. Marcia Anderson In this audio recording of the NCCIH Webinar “Reconciliation and Public Health” (held January 19, 2018), Dr. Marcia Anderson suggests that when we consider the health gaps that First Nations, Métis and Inuit people experience compared to the Settler population of Canada, we can then u...

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Reconciliation and Public Health Introduction In this audio recording of the NCCIH Webinar “Reconciliation and Public Health” (held January 19, 2018), Roberta Stout (Research Associate, NCCIH) introduces attendees to the NCCIH, NCCPH and to the webinar presenter Dr. Marcia Anderson. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RBZLVXhnTgo For additional informatio...

Le français suit l'anglais. mite achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women's Expressions of Heart Health Episode 02 - "My Heartbeat" by Eliza Beardy Eliza Beardy is Oji Cree from Wasagamack First Nation, Manitoba, a fly-in community 600 kilometers north of Winnipeg. She currently lives in Winnipeg and cares for family members with heart health issues. Eliza’s video features images of her parents...

Le français suit l'anglais. mite achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women's Expressions of Heart Health Episode 03 - "NIIN INTEPACHIMOWIN - My heart story" by Virginia Mckay Virginia McKay is Saultaux and lives in Berens River First Nation, Manitoba, which is a fly-in community 270 kilometers from Winnipeg. She and a family member have heart health issues. Virginia shares two short stories. The...

Le français suit l'anglais. Voices from the Field - Episode 05 - From the Lab to the Reserve: The Transformative Power of Community-Engaged Scholarship with Dr. Lalita Bharadwaj This episode is based on a keynote presentation delivered by Dr. Lalita Bharadwaj at the fourth annual “Create H2O” First Nations Water Research Conference, organized by the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights...

Le français suit l'anglais. mite achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women's Expressions of Heart Health Episode 04 - "MITE MEKIWIN - Gift of the Heart" by Esther Sanderson Esther Sanderson is Cree from Opaskwayak Cree Nation (the Pas, Manitoba). The Pas is 630 kilometers north of Winnipeg. Her video describes her personal journey of the spirit and mind during her heart transplant surgery. She a...

Le français suit l'anglais. Voices from the Field - Episode 04 - mite achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health study with Lorena Fontaine, Annette Schultz and Lisa Forbes This podcast was recorded with the mite achimowin (Heart Talk) project team, including co-investigators Lorena Fontaine (University of Winnipeg) and Dr. Annette Schultz (University of Manitoba) and...

Le français suit l'anglais. Voices from the Field - Episode 06 - Water: Our First Relative, Our First Responsibility with Dr. Priscilla Settee This episode is based on a keynote presentation delivered by Dr. Priscilla Settee at the fourth annual “Create H2O” First Nations Water Research Conference, organized by the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research (June 1-2, 2017). Grounde...

Le français suit l'anglais. mite achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women's Expressions of Heart Health Episode 01 - "E THEE NEW ISKWEW OTE – Cree Women’s Heart" by Christina Baker and Mabel Horton Christina Baker and Mabel Horton both live in Winnipeg. Christina is Cree from Split Lake (Tataskweyak Cree Nation) which is 900 kilometers north of Winnipeg. She and her family members have heart he...

Le français suit l'anglais. Voices from the Field - Episode 03 - Indigenous Physicians Lisa Richardson and Jason Pennington win the 2017 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award In this episode you will hear from Indigenous Drs. Lisa Richardson and Jason Pennington who have been awarded the 2017 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Drs...

Le français suit l'anglais. Voices from the Field - Episode 01 - Nehiyawak Land and Language Camp: Revitalizing Indigenous languages for health and well-being with Belinda (kakiyosew) Daniels This episode looks at the Nehiyawak Land and Language Camp, a week-long land-based Cree immersion program in Saskatchewan. This camp was developed by Cree scholar and second-language learner, Belinda Daniels....

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Trauma Informed Health Practices Q&A with Drs. Makokis and Greenwood In this audio recording of the NCCIH Webinar “What’s new is really old: Trauma informed health practices through an understanding of historic trauma” (held April 21, 2017), Roberta Stout (Research Associate, NCCIH) discusses questions submitted by the webinar attendees with the presente...

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Trauma Informed Health Practices Presentation with Drs. Makokis and Greenwood Trauma informed health practices are the latest buzz words in the health field. The new is really the old. Teachings of the Elders and the practicing of these teachings have been the saving graces for many Indigenous Nations, amidst the adversity of historic trauma and the resu...

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Webinar Trauma Informed Health Practices Introduction In this audio recording of the NCCIH Webinar “What’s new is really old: Trauma informed health practices through an understanding of historic trauma” (held April 21, 2017), Roberta Stout (Research Associate, NCCIH) introduces attendees to the NCCIH, NCCPH and to the webinar presenters Drs. Patricia Ma...

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Two Spirit! Let’s Hear It! Presentation with Dr. Sarah Hunt In this webinar, Dr. Sarah Hunt will provide an introduction to the health of Two-Spirit people. First, the diversity of meanings ascribed to Two-Spirit will be discussed, as a term used to describe an array of Indigenous identities and expressions of gender and sexuality. Within a social determ...

Le français suit l'anglais. NCCIH Webinar - Two Spirit! Let’s Hear It! Introduction In this audio recording of the NCCIH Webinar “Two Spirit! Let’s Hear It! - An Introduction to Two-Spirit Health” (held April 12, 2017), Roberta Stout (Research Associate, NCCAH) introduces attendees to the NCCIH, NCCPH and to the webinar presenter Dr. Sarah Hunt. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7TgMEUmHX3Y For a...

Le français suit l'anglais. Beyond the Social Panel from the NCCAH National Forum "Transforming our Realities" held Dec. 2-3, 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario with Brenda Macdougall, Shirley Tagalik, Charlotte Loppie, and Sarah de Leeuw This video presents the perspectives of three Indigenous knowledge holders and panelists at the Beyond the Social panel at the NCCAH National Forum, Transforming our realit...

Le français suit l'anglais. Chapter 19: Practising "the Good Way of Life" from the Hospital Bed to Mother Earth Patricia Makokis and her son, Dr. James Makokis, share their family stories of her hysterectomy and his experience in becoming a doctor trained in Western medicine to help others understand an alternative way of practising holistic wellness. Through the sharing of these stories, they hig...

Le français suit l'anglais. Chapter 18: Knowing Who You Are: Family History and Aboriginal Determinants of Health Brenda Macdougall, Chair of Métis research at the University of Ottawa, emphasizes the importance of sharing narratives about the power of kinship relationships for repairing the circle of family and restoring Métis identity, which is critical in the rebuilding of healthy citizens and...

Le français suit l'anglais. Chapter 15: Reshaping the Politics of Health: A Personal Perspective Warner Adam, a member of the Lake Babine First Nation and Chief Executive Officer of the Carrier Sekani Family Services, talks about how his experiences of living next to a white settlement provided him with the opportunity to walk in both white and Indigenous worlds. This shaped who he is today and hi...

Le français suit l'anglais. Chapter 13: Ascribed Health and Wellness, Achieved Health and Wellness: Shifting the Paradigm Contributor Madeleine Dion Stout describes a process of transformation in the health of Indigenous people in Canada as they move from a system of health that is ascribed, or imposed towards a state of optimal, achieved health based on Indigenous ways of knowing and being. This...

Le français suit l'anglais. Chapter 7: Being at the Interface: Early Childhood as a Determinant of Health In her interview, Dr. Greenwood, the Academic Lead of the NCCAH, reflects upon the intergenerational teachings and stories that are the supports, strengths, and values that drive Indigenous peoples forward in negotiating current realities. In one example, she shares how her grandfather was abl...

Le français suit l'anglais. Chapter 3: Inuit Knowledge Systems, Elders, and Determinants of Health: Harmony, Balance, and the role of Holistic Thinking As part of her interview, Shirley Tagalik discusses Inuit concepts for living a good life. According to Inuit Elders, relationship and interconnectedness with one’s environment and to other people are the most important elements for achieving succe...