Colloquium with Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos, University of Toronto

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Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto

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BIO
Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos is a Registered Psychologist and Assistant Professor in Indigenous Health and Social Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He also serves as the current faculty chair of the Indigenous Education Network, an educational forum which for over 30 years, has convened public scholarship, organized progressive social action and promoted positive change for Indigenous communities across Canada and internationally. In 2019, Dr. Ansloos was awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Dr. Ansloos’ research focuses on Indigenous health, social policy, and in particular suicide and suicide prevention. He also examines community-based and systems-level change processes needed to advance social and health equity within Canada, with a particular focus on Indigenous rights. Dr. Ansloos also researches the role of emergent technologies at the intersection of community mobilization and social change.

Dr. Ansloos is a fellow of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, which promotes intercultural dialogue and transnational cooperation in the areas of education, youth, migration, and media. He is also a fellow of the Broadbent Institute, Canada’s leading progressive political institute championing change through the promotion of democracy, equality, and sustainability and education. Dr. Ansloos serves on a number of non-profit and community boards, and is a policy advisor with various branches of federal, provincial, and territorial governments, as well as First Nations governments.

Dr. Ansloos is Nehiyaw (Cree) and English, and is a member of Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochekwi-Sipi; Treaty 5). He grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty 1), and currently resides in Toronto (Tkaranto).