Frybread Power: The Significance of Indigenous Empowerment, Pride & Resilience for Health

Please join us for this full-day event on Monday, September 21, 2026, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Jack Poole Hall on the UBC Vancouver campus. The event will be offered both in person and via livestream.

This Indigenous Speakers Series session features Dr. Evan Tlesla Adams and Mr. Joe Gallagher, members of the Tla’amin Nation. Dr. Adams is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Public Health at the First Nations Health Authority and host of the docuseries The Conversation. Mr. Gallagher is the Vice President, Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety at the Provincial Health Services Authority.

Learn about their journeys in storytelling, medicine, and health-system transformation, and how these experiences have shaped their vision for thriving Indigenous futures.

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This event is moderated by Derek K Thompson – Čaabať Bookwilla | Suhiltun, Director of Indigenous Engagement at the Faculty of Medicine, and is organized by the Faculty of Medicine’s Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI).