Indigenous Health Research Symposium

Kwe', kuei, aingai, hello,

The Office of Indigenous Health at Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine will host the 2025 Indigenous Health Research Symposium on March 27th. The symposium is a free event that brings together people from a variety of disciplines, sectors, and backgrounds to share developments in Indigenous health research and research outputs.

Join us in person in Lecture Theater B located directly across from the Health Sciences Library on the bottom floor of the Health Sciences Centre. The symposium will also be hosted virtually with Webex. To register for the link, please email ntaylor@mun.ca.

Symposium schedule

8:45 AM NST

Coffee and tea

Lecture Theatre B

9:00 AM NST

Introduction and welcome

 

 

 

 

 

Morning session

9:30 AM NST

Dr. Nicole Blackman, DNP, MN, RN

Understanding root causes of Indigenous health outcomes and how to move forward in a good way.

Morgen Bertheussen

Considering Health Wholistically: the process of operationalizing the IQI model of Inuit health

Caroline Lidstone-Jones

Strategies to Combat Anti-Indigenous Racism in Ontario's Health Systems

Kensington Renneberg

Denna Flett

Sydney Landrie

The Truth and Reconciliation Report Card Project 

Dr. Russell Dawe

Patshitinikutau Natukunisha Tshishennuat Uitshuau (a place for Elders to spend their last days in life): Innu perspectives on end-of-life care

12:00 PM NST

Light Lunch with Susan Onalik

Fostering collaborative relationships with Indigenous communities

 

 

 

 

Afternoon session

12:30 PM NST

Dr. Erica (Samms) Hurley

The journey of the Kamlamunikk (Heart)

Shaelynn Barry

Increasing Indigenous Participation in the Physician Workforce – Insights from Members of Qalipu First Nation

Dr. Sabina Mirza

Mr. Michael Brown

Dr. Ethsi (Suzanne) Stewart

Climate Crisis and Youth Mental Health: Identifying Local and National Impacts and Solutions

Emily Simmonds

Maxine Brown

The Coping Well Project: A model for integrating Indigenous data sovereignty in quality improvement initiatives.

Nicholas Bauer

Intersecting Trends: Indigenous Peoples Aging with HIV Experience Higher Rates of Clinical Frailty at Younger Ages

 

Onyx Walker

“Anxiety in School and Student Engagement - A Perspective from Whatì, NT Youth” [In progress, as part of the Master of Applied Health Services program]

3:00 PM NST

Closing

 

For more information, please email indigenoushealth@mun.ca.

Nakummek, wela lioq, tshinashkumitinau, thank you.

Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine is situated in St.John’s, NL on the ancestral homeland of the Beothuk.