Dr. Atfield will present a series of community-based workshops held at Six Nations that bring information held in museums and archives back into community practice to promote regeneration and cultural connections with past and future generations.
Michelle Buchholz has built her practice up to incorporate her own Wet’suwet’en ways of knowing and being and refers to graphic recording as witnessing. She has joined hundreds of gatherings to witness her client’s stories, truths, successes and hardships, most of which being with Indigenous communities. She will share her witnessing methodology and how visuals […]
The “genomic diversity problem” in the field of medical genetics and precision health research reflects an enduring colonial logic tied to liberal identity/difference politics, which prioritize inclusion and representation over substantive engagement with Indigenous sovereignties on their own terms. This paper critiques diversity initiatives in genomics, arguing that they perpetuate colonial structures by framing Indigeneity […]
In recognition of March being Kidney Health Month in Canada and World Kidney Day happening on March 13, the Can-SOLVE CKD Network will explore the ethical and collaborative approaches to Indigenizing kidney research, focusing on relationality and kindness. We will discuss the importance of relationality, building trust, and fostering community engagement. In addition we will […]
Email, social media, and other online platforms keep us constantly plugged in to the outside world. In this circle participants will reflect on simple ways to disconnect from the digital world so they can reconnect with themselves. We will also explore accessible ways to cultivate a deeper connection to the land regardless of where one […]
The Indigenous Patient-Centred Measurement Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) is comprised of Indigenous leaders in their respective fields who support the British Columbia Office of Patient-Centred Measurement to integrate Indigenous approaches into healthcare measurement. This session will describe the creation, relevance and outcomes of the IAC’s Indigenous Cultural Safety Survey Module designed to measure five domains […]
