The list below may not represent all current members or their ever-changing roles/ research interests. We do our best to keep the directory up-to-date; please email bcneihr@uvic.ca or admin_bcneihr@uvic.ca if you notice any discrepancies.
Name | BC NEIHR Role | Institutional Affiliation | Community Affiliation | Research Area Keywords |
Aaron Burgess Webpage |
ICCO | Kyah Wiget Education Society | Allied | language; culture; traditions; on the land; experiential |
Abu Nadeem Webpage |
ICCO | Cayoose Creek Indian Band | Allied | Indigenous research; social determinants; environmental discrimination and contamination; chemical structure elucidation; rganic spectroscopy and analytical methodology |
Aiyana Twigg | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | N/A | Linguistics; Language revitalization; Decolonization; Orthography standardization; Curriculum Development |
Alana Cook | Indigenous Academic | University of British Columbia | Golden Ears Métis Society (Métis Nation British Columbia) | Martial Arts; Land-based; Indigenous health; Culture; Holistic |
Alanaise Ferguson | Indigenous Academic/Professional | UBC Okanagan | Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, Manitoba | Indigenous health; healing; mental health; violence prevention; trauma informed practice |
Alex Kent Webpage |
Allied | Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences | Allied | Cultural Safety; Anti-Racism; Systems Transformation; Implementation Science; Qualitative Inquiry |
Alexander Tahkwakin Duncan | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Fisheries Assessment Program | Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation | Indigenous peoples; fisheries governance; Great Lakes; two-eyed seeing |
Alia Januwalla | Allied | BC SUPPORT Unit Fraser Centre, Fraser Health Authority | Allied | N/A |
Alison Palmer Webpage |
Allied | CAREX Canada; Simon Fraser University | Allied | Public Health; Population Health; Environmental Studies |
Amber Wadhams Webpage |
ICCO | UNBC – Namgis Health Centre | Namgis First Nations | Food Security; Carbon Footprint; Greenhouse gasses; Community |
Andrea DesRoches | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Saskatchewan | Fish Lake Métis | mental health; child development; psychology; mindfulness |
Andrea Mellor | Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | arts-based methodologies; narrative research; coming of age; youth rites of passage; sexual health |
Angela Marston | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Emily Carr University; Aboriginal Program Coordinator | Stz’uminus | Indigenous; Psychology; Health; Racism; Wellness |
Angie Gagnon Webpage |
ICCO | Witset First Nation Band | Witset | Healing with food; food sovereignty |
Anita Manshadi | Allied | Centre for Collaborative Action on Indigenous Health Governance; SFU, Faculty of Health Sciences | Allied | wellness indicators; ecological health; cultural safety and humility; primary and community care |
Annette Browne Webpage |
Allied | University of British Columbia | Allied | health equity; health inequity; Indigenous peoples’ health; racism; discrimination |
Ashley Simpson | Indigenous Academic/Professional | First Nations Health Authority | Hagwilget | Indigenous research methodologies; Maternal, Child, and Family Health; Indigenous wellness |
Atlanta-Marinna Grant | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Huron-Wendat First Nation | Food waste; Climate Change; Food access; Community engagement; Traditional Knowledge |
Austin Basso | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Gitga’at First Nation | Indigenous-led, community driven; youth empowerment |
Ava Butler | Allied | Island Health; University of British Columbia | N/A | Emergency Medicine; Cultural safety; Patient centred care; Indigenous Health; Rural Health |
Barbara Hulme | BC NEIHR Governing Council; ICCO | University of Victoria; Métis Nation British Columbia; Métis Veterans of British Columbia | Métis Nation of Greater Victoria | Indigenous Culture; tradition; connection to youth; history; community |
Barkha Chandarana | Allied | Royal Roads University | Allied | Indigenous community; Accounts and Finance; Research; Education; New Investigator |
Bianca Michell | ICCO | Carrier Sekani Family Services | Tl’azt’en Nation | cultural; inclusive; sustainable; accurate; respectful |
Blaire Buffalo | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Day Star First Nation | Indigenous resurgence and revitalization; Land-based education and healing; Indigenous research methodologies; Story-sharing |
Brad Wuetherick | Indigenous Academic/Professional | UBC Okanagan | Métis | Indigenous Mentorship; Indigenous Pathways into Research; Undergraduate Research; Equity and Student Success |
Braden Te Hiwi Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | UBC Okanagan | Māori, Ngāti Raukawa | Indigenous knowledge and methodologies; Community-Based Research |
Brian Christie Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | University of Victoria | Treaty 7 Territory | developmental neuroscience; prenatal substance; exposure; brain development; learning and memory processes;basic science |
Briana Greer | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Prince Rupert & District Métis Society | climate change; Indigenous wellbeing; Métis environmental perspectives; intersectionality; Métis wellbeing |
Brittany Morgan | Indigenous Trainee | Ministry of Health – Indigenous Health and Reconciliation | Toquaht nation | Indigenous; health; data governance |
Brittany Skov | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Mississaugas of the Credit | Wholistic mental health and wellbeing; community based participatory research; executive functioning and physical activity; land-based relationships |
Caitlin Dyck | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | K’omoks First Nation | Indigenous Studies; Indigenous Governance; Indigenous Research; Indigenous Cultural Revilatization; Indigenous History |
Calvin Dubray Webpage |
ICCO | Esk’etemc First Nation | Williams Lake | Two-eyed seeing way to health; Indigenous practices to health and wellness; Neurofeedback; Trauma-Focused Counseling |
Cameron Chevrier | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Communauté Métis Autochone de Maniwak | Non-cisgender; Indigeneity; identity; queer; Arctic |
Candice Ruck | Allied | N/A | Allied | Public Health; Infectious Diseases; Vaccination; Maternal health; Infant health |
Cara Basil Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan | Bonaparte | First Nations; community-based; palliative care; chronic illness; Indigenous health |
Cara Peacock | Indigenous Trainee | University of Calgary | Nipissing First Nation | Indigenous politics and feminism; decolonization; settler-colonialism |
Caroline Running Wolf | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of British Columbia | Crow | land-based/place-based knowledge; language reclamation; technology (AR/VR/XR/AI) |
Carolyn Sampson | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Cowichan Tribes | Indian Day School; intergenerational trauma; Indigenous; Indigenous reality, experience and legacy |
Casey Hewes | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan/FNHA | Enoch Cree | Indigenous Health; Primary Care |
Catherine Worthington Webpage |
Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | Community-based research; health services access; STBBI; HIV; health equity |
Cathy Straume | ICCO | Red Earth Medicine: Indigenous Ways of Knowing | Greenwood, BC | Truth and Reconciliation; Food Security; Drug and Alcohol Use; Poverty; Discrimination |
Charise Conkin | Allied | Stolo Service Agency – Health | Allied | Allied health; alternative health; two eyed health; urban; primary care |
Charlene George | ICCO | Slenselenii Collective | tSuk | Respectful relationship within ancestral & cultural safety imperative |
Charles Campbell Webpage |
Allied | Florida State University | Allied | knowledge systems, community-based research, resource extraction; Indigenous economics; governance structures |
Charlotte Ross | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Montreal Lake Cree Nation | Indigenous language revitalization; Indigenous languages & health; mental health; adult Cree silent speakers; language & culture |
Charsanaa Johnny Webpage |
ICCO | Health Planner | Snuneymuxw First Nation | Community; youth; knowledge transfer; identity |
Chelsey Perry | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University, VCH Aboriginal Health, Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity (CGSHE) | Nisga’a First Nation | Indigenous; sexual; mental health |
Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Sachigo Lake First Nation | Urban; harm reduction; complex trauma; substance use; HIV |
Cheri Brown | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Nisga’a Village of Laxglats’ap | Post-secondary education attainment; wellness; well-being |
Cheryl Alissa Recollet | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Wiikwemkoong | Mnobimaadziwin (good life); NDaakiminaan (Lands); Treaty; Decision Making; Ceremony. |
Cheryl Dodman Webpage |
ICCO | Kelowna Métis Association | Kelowna Métis Association | spiritual; cultural; intersections; colonization; knowledge |
Cheryl Inkster | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Métis | Métis; wellness; health; culture; adolesence |
Cheryl Tress | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Northern Health | Lake Babine Nation | N/A |
Christina Chakanyuka | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Fort Smith / NWT Métis Nation | Indigenous Health Nursing; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenist Nurse Education; Indigenous Rights to Self-Determination; Anti-racism |
Christine Anonuevo Webpage |
Allied | University of Northern British Columbia | Allied | Racialized populations, self-determination, anti-colonial, anti-racism, praxis |
Cindy Trytten Webpage |
Allied | Island Health | Allied | Culturally safe health care; collaboration |
Colleen Lucier Webpage |
ICCO | Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services | Two Rivers Metis Society | Transforming systems; decolonizing systems; reclaiming traditional ways to care for and keep children safe and well; rebuilding the strength and influence of one’s kinship circle |
Corrina Sparrow Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Musqueam /Qualicum | Two Spirit/Indigequeer; Land based methodology; Decolonizing |
Cory Baumgardner | Allied | SK NEIHR | Allied | Indigenous Health; communications; research networks; wellness; governance |
Courtney Defriend | Indigenous Trainee; ICCO | Royal Roads University; First Nations Health Authority | Stz’uminus | urban; Indigenous; equity; health; belonging |
Dana Cagen | Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | research about Indigenous health and wellness; future Indigenous health policies; Indigenous health trends; and general ways to help the Indigenous community in regards to health |
Danette Jubinville | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences | Pasqua First Nation | Indigenous maternal health; midwifery; birth work; reproductive justice |
Daniel Sims | BC NEIHR Principal Investigator; Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Tsay Keh Dene | Tsek’ehne Studies; Indigenous Studies; Indigenous Governance; Environmental History; Health History |
Daniele Behn Smith Webpage |
Indigenous Professional | Office of the Provincial Health Officer | Fort Nelson First Nation | Indigenous determinants of health; Indigenous epistemologies; two-eyed seeing; Indigenous population health reporting |
Danielle Alphonse Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Cowichan Nation | Early childhood; indigenous; community based; family centered; qualitative |
Danielle Harkey | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Métis | Indigenous Health; Mental Health; First Nations Traditional Knowledge; Suicide prevention; Alzeheimer’s and dementia |
Danielle Lavallee Webpage |
Allied | Vice President, Research, Michael Smith Health Research BC | Allied | person-centred; qualitative; mixed-methods research; research effectiveness |
Dante Carter | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Onion Lake Cree Nation | Economics; community development; Indigenous matriarchy; healing; life promotion |
Darienne Russell | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia, Helping Spirit Lodge Society | N/A | Health and wellbeing; psychology; forensics; decolonizing and Indigenizing education; social justice |
Darryl Gray | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Ts’mysen, Band Lax Kw’alaams | Residential School; Indigenous Police; Indigenous Methodologies; Indigenous health & development; Mental Health |
Dawn Marsden | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation | Indigenous |
Dawn Morrsion Webpage |
ICCO | Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty | Neskonlith Secwepemc | Indigenous Food Sovereignty; Healing and Wellness; Climate Change; Capitalism; Colonially |
Dawn Smith | ICCO | Ticmup Society | Ehattesaht of the Nuu-chah-nulth | Indigenous self-determination; environmentalism and sustainability; feminism; land-based learnings and futurities |
Dee Taylor Webpage |
Allied | Interior Health; Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) | Allied | Aging; learning health systems; community & rural health |
Denica Bleau | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan; Splatsin Health Services | Red River Métis | Indigenous, Community Programming; Incarceration; Community Based Research; Participatory Action |
Deondre Smiles Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Leech Lake Band of Ojibew | Indigenous geographies; political ecology; human-environment interactions science/technology studies; tribal cultural resource preservation |
Desseray Stepski | ICCO | Royal Roads University | Métis | broad-minded; compassionate; courageous; integrable; respectable |
Diana Baskier | ICCO | Four Directions Indigenous Society | Saddle Lake Cree Nation | Indigenous; Cultural; Indigenous Epistemolgy; mental health; spirtual health; Trauma |
Diana Day Webpage |
ICCO | Pacific Association of First Nations Women | Oneida Nation | Racism; Discrimination; Health; Justice; Education |
Diane Sawchuck | Allied | Island Health, University of Victoria School of Nursing, UBC Faculty of Medicine | Allied | Indigenous community health; Indigenous data |
Doron Pollachek Webpage |
ICCO (Health & Wellness Manager) | Southern Dakelh Nation Alliance | Allied | (Indigenous) Community-led/based research; Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR); Healthy Communities |
Duane Jackson | Indigenous Trainee | Royal Roads | Gitanmaax | Childhood Adolescents; Thriving; Indigenous Honouring |
Eduardo Jovel Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | University of British Columbia | IPOC* – Pipil Mayan | Indigenous plant knowledge; chemistry; botany; Indigenous land-based education, gender, Indigenous food sovereignty |
Ekw’i7tl Indigenous Doula Collective | ICCO | Ekw’i7tl Indigenous Doula Collective | First Nations; Métis; Inuit | Indigenous doulas; Indigenous midwifery; birth; maternal health; reproductive health |
Elizabeth Danis Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Métis Nation of BC | Indigenous biomedical practitioners; Indigenous-led medical clinic; Lu’ma Medical Centre; Indigenous governance; decolonizing health care |
Elizabeth Hunter | Indigenous Trainee | Centre for Collaborative Action on Indigenous Health Governance | Wesley First Nation | Sleep; Womens Health; Enviroment; Sustainbility; Traditional Knowledge |
Ellen Lenore Friesen | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria; VNFC | N/A | women; family; political; gendered; justice |
Ellis Rondquist | Indigenous Trainee | Thompson Rivers University | Métis Nation British Columbia | Gender; body-sovereignty; sexual-sovereignty; queer; health |
Emily Haigh Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Métis | Indigenous health & wellbeing; with emphasis on mental health; Indigenous and participatory research methodologies; strengths-based, community driven approaches; decolonizing psychological training |
Emma Edmunds Webpage |
ICCO | Carrier Sekani Family Services | Carrier Sekani Family Services | Child welfare; law; jurisdiction; wellness indicators; engagement |
Emmy Manson | ICCO | Snuneymuxw Hulit Lelum | Snuneymuxw First Nation | Mental Health; capacity building; traditional healing practices |
Erika Finestone | Allied | Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement, University of Victoria | Allied | Indigenous family wellbeing; Indigenous kinship; Indigenous resistance; Indigenous child welfare; settler colonialism |
Erynne Gilpin Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | University of Victoria | Saulteaux-Cree Métis | Indigenous birth; family governance; land-based wellness; climate justice |
Estelle Carmona | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Sechelt Nation | Indigenous law; kinship |
Eugenia Oudie | Indigenous Trainee | UNBC | Waywayseecappo First Nation | Decolonization; Health and Wellness; Epistemology; Story-telling and Healing |
Evan Adams | BC NEIHR Principal Investigator/Governing Council; Indigenous Academic/Professional | First Nations Health Authority | Tla’amin Nation | Indigenous public health data equity |
Evelyn Harney (George) Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | UBC, Nationals Aboriginal Council of Midwives | N/A | Indigenous health; midwifery; sexual health; reproductive health; perinatal health |
Eyvette Elliott | Indigenous Trainee | Cowichan Tribes | Cowichan Tribes | Well-being, community; engagement; Indigenous wellness (land, children/family); Indigenous women/feminism |
Fay Marie Thomas | ICCO | Snuneymuxw Wool Crafting | Snuneymuxw First Nation | Entrepreneurship; traditional crafts; cultural practices |
Ferrin “Yola” Willie | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Kwakwaka’wakw Nation (Kawk’wala speaking peoples) | Language+Movement4Wellness (Ancestral language reclamation and movement of noke’ (heart – body and mind) is healing) |
Fiona Devereaux | Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | Indigenous Specific Racism; whiteness; allyship/accomplices; Community of Practices |
Fort St. John Métis Society | ICCO | Fort St. John Métis Society | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis homeland; Métis Communities; Métis Cultural History; Métis Geneology; Métis Ancestral Links |
Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi Webpage |
ICCO | Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society- Land-Based Healing for the Indigenous Street Family | N/A | Land-based, cultural pathways to healing |
Frederick Langshaw | Allied | Simon Fraser University | Allied | Data sovereignty; research ethics; identity and wellness; health behaviours; geography and health |
Gabrielle Legault Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | UBC Okanagan | Métis Nation British Columbia; Kelowna Métis Association | Urban Indigenous wellbeing; youth wellbeing; holistic health; identity; community-building |
Gayle McCue | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Métis | Wellness; Advocacy; Safety; Empowerment; Truth |
Georgia Huggan | Allied | CCAIHG | Allied | heath equity; cultural safety; reproductive justice |
Gerald Bent | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern BC | Lytton Indian Band | Xitl’ix; Lytton Restorative Justice Prevention and Education Program; Storywork methodology; Narrative Inquiry; Traditional Indigenous Law; Restorative Justice; Lytton Indian Band; Nlaka’pamux Nation; Indigenous Knowledge, culture and traditional healing |
Gillian Corless Webpage |
Allied | Michael Smith Health Research BC/ First Nations Health Authority | Allied | Indigenous self-determintation in health research |
Gordon Brown Webpage |
Allied | First Nations Health Authority | Allied | Indigenous data; interactive health tools; data-driven decision-making; artificial intelligence; and machine learning |
Gwen Budskin | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern BC/ PG Native Friendship Centre | N/A | Indigenous; matriarchy; social justice; leadership; harm reduction |
Haley Montgomery | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | N/A | Indigenous data sovereignty; Community-based; two-eyed seeing; systemic inequality; resiliance |
Haley Strother | Indigenous Academic/Professional | UBC Okanagan | Gitxsan (Kispiox) | N/A |
Hannah Nelson | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | We Wai Kai Nation | community-based testing; cultural safety; laboratory medicine; respiratory illness; implementation science |
Hannah V. Gentes | Indigenous Trainee | Uvic/Coastal Restoration Society | N/A | Resilience; Restoration; Community; Culture; Health |
Heather Castleden Webpage |
Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | Indigenous Health; Healthy Environments; Indigenous Methodologies; Transformative Governance; Relational Accountability |
Hector Vazquez | Allied IPOC* | University of Victoria | IPOC* | Indigenous ways of knowing and being; Indigenous methodologies and methods; decolonizing and Indigenizing music education; educational policy; music education |
Helena Safron | Allied | Florida State University | Allied | Indigenous Studies; Geography; community knowledge |
Holly McVea | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Métis Nation of Alberta | Restoration; traditional medicine; community; TEK |
Holly Reid | Indigenous Trainee | Occupational Therapist | Métis Nation of BC | Indigenous; LGBTQ2S+; oppression; marginalization; social justice |
Holly Vivier | Indigenous Trainee | Educator | Métis | Social Emotional Learning; Traditional knowledge; Wellness; Mental Health |
Ian MacLeod | Allied Academic | University of Victoria | Allied | Social Work |
Irvin Speck | ICCO | The Smokehouse Foundation | Gwawa’enuxw | Community; Stewardship; Knowledge Sharing; Rebuilding Trust; Connecting with the land |
Isaac Tetreault | Indigenous Trainee | Concordia University | N/A | Environmentalism; Masculinity; Work Culture; Hegemony; Habitus |
Jalisa Charles | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | N/A | Relationships; land; community; engagement; culture |
Jack Horne | Indigenous Academic/Professional | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS/ Trent University | WSÁNEĆ -Tsawout | WSÁNEĆ Knowledge; Indigenous Knowledge; Embodied Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Studies |
Jacob Tourand | Indigenous Trainee | Royal Roads University | Métis | Indigenous recruitment and retention |
Jacqueline Quinless | Allied Academic | University of Victoria; Camosun College | Allied | Gender; decolonized research; data; food sovereignty; ecosystem based management |
Jaimy Fischer | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Métis Nation of BC | Mobility justice; equity; geographic information science; community engaged research; urban and built environment |
Jamie-Lee Keith Webpage |
ICCO | South Okanagan Similkameen Métis | South Okanagan Similkameen Métis | Intergeneration Trauma; Métis; Community; Health and Impact |
Jamuna Galay-Tamang Webpage |
ICCO | Thucheche Films & Media Inc. | Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan | Indigenous; justice; healing; youth; education |
Janene Erickson | BC NEIHR Governing Council; Indigenous Academic/Professional | BCCDC; UBC | Nak’azdli Whut’en | Indigenous specific racism; Cultural Safety & Humility; BC First Nations Perspective of Health & Wellness; Indigenous Public Health; system transformation |
Jasḵwaan Bedard | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Simon Fraser University | N/A | Indigenous language; Revitalization; wellness; education |
Jasmine Feather Dionne | BC NEIHR Governing Council; Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | McMurray Métis Local 1935 and Cree | MMIWG2S+ Crisis; Gender & Queer Theory in Indigenous Studies; Indigenous Politics and Governance |
Jay Lambert Webpage |
Indigenous Professional | First Nations Health Authority | Chilliwack Métis Association | Participatory Action Research; First Nations Information Governance; Social Determinants of Health; First Nations Leadership |
Jean Sulzer | ICCO | Elk Valley Métis | Elk Valley Métis | N/A |
Jeannette Watts | Indigenous Academic/Professional; ICCO | Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and affiliate with TRU Indigenous Health Nursing Research Team | Xax’lip First Nation | Structural determinants of health; community-based research; gender and health; health service access |
Jeannie Morgan | Indigenous Academic | Simon Fraser University | Nisga’a Nation | Structural determinants of health; community-based research; gender and health; health service access |
Jeannie Parnell | Indigenous Professional | Northern First Nation Alliance | Stellaten First Nation | Land-based healing; Traditional Knowledge |
Jeannie Paul | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | #438 – Alexander First Nation | Indigenous Governance; Rematriation; Land Back; Sovereignty; Health |
Jeff Corntassel Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Cherokee Nation | Sustainable self-determination; Indigenous nationhood; Indigenous food sovereignty; climate justice; land-based resurgence |
Jenevieve Hyslop | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan | Xaxli’p (Fountain) | Mental health; Depression; Trauma; Well-being; Relationships |
Jenna Noppen Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | Sumas First Nation | Cowessess FN | Knowledge Sharing; Cultural Safety & Humility; Trauma Informed supports; Health Emergency response and preparedness; transfer of knowledge systems. |
Jennaya Hayden | Indigenous Trainee | Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society | Métis Nation British Columbia | Belonging; community; resilience; trauma-informed; two-eyed perspective |
Jennifer Cochrane | Indigenous Trainee | UNBC | Curve Lake First Nation | Clinical innovations; Indigenous data soverignty; data governance; laboratory diagnostics; rural/remote clinical service access |
Jennifer Watts | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Vancouver Island Health | Sto:lo and Nuu-chah-nulth | cognitive health; human behaviour; coaching; developmental health; populations |
Jenny Millar Webpage |
ICCO (Band Administrator) | K’omoks First Nation | N/A | Indigenous; Health Plan |
Jess Barton Webpage |
Allied Academic/Professional | UVic/ Co-founder of Iyé Creative | Allied | Indigenous student supports; Indigenous mentorship networks |
Jessica Barudin Webpage |
ICCO | Concordia University; First Nations Health Authority | Namgis First Nation | Yoga; community wellness; trauma-informed; Indigenous language revitalization; native womanism |
Jessica Chu | Allied | Michael Smith Health Research BC | Allied | Health education; Access; minority health practices; ethical research; language |
Jessica Groat | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | MNA Region 4 | Community resilience; Food security; Food sovereignty & traditional food systems; Land protection & restoration; Environmental justice |
Jessica Key Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia, Vancouver | Musgamaug Dzawada’enuxw | Mental health; cultural safety; virtual; land-based; youth |
Jessica Michell | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Witset Band | Indigenous language; Indigenous epidemiologies; land-based learning; experiential learning and cultural teachings |
Jessica Starlund Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Gitwangak – Gitxsan | Land; Community; Cultural Events; Language; Methodologies |
Jessie King | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Gitxaala (Kitkatla) | Health; Philosophy; Matriarchy; Perinatal; Cultural Safety/Humility |
Jessy Dame | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Métis Nation | Sexual self-worth; identity; health; queer; 2S |
Jimena Garcia | BC NEIHR IHRF; Allied IPOC* | Royal Roads University | IPOC* | Research; revitalization; practice of ancient Indigenous medicine |
Joanne Connauton | Indigenous Trainee | Royal Roads University | Wahnapitae First Nation | Indigenous land stewardship; Indigenous land rights; Indigenous geographies; environmental justice |
Joanne Speakman | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Deline, NT | Trauma-informed care; health promotion; microbiology |
Joel Rivera | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Métis | Health; community; genetics; cardiomyopathy; neuroscience |
Johanna Sam | Indigenous Professional/ Academic | University of British Columbia | Tsilhqot’in Nation | Adolescence; Indigenous Knowledges; Technology; Online aggression; Social and emotional learning |
John JB Williams | ICCO | Victoria Nature School | Tsawout Nation | Herbs; food and nutrition; traditional medicine; ecology; traditional harvesting |
John Su Webpage |
ICCO | First Nations Wellness Outreach Society | Allied | Innovative; front line; personal; collaborative; cultural |
Jonathan Boron Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | Simon Fraser University | Haudenosaunee from Six Nations of the Grand River | Community planning; Indigenous governance; Indigenous-state relations; sustainable self-determination |
Jonathan Michel | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia; Thompson Rivers University | Adams Lake Indian Band | Education; Athletics; Community; Success; Leadership |
Jordan Johnson | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia-Vancouver | N/A | Imaging; Biomedical Technologies; Ocular Oncology; Eye and Visual System Diseases; Diagnostic Techniques |
Jordan Ned | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan | Westbank First Nations | Residential Schools |
Jorden Hendry | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Tsimshian, Lax Kw’alaams | trauma-informed; land-based; community-based; healing; stength-based |
Julia Bickford Webpage |
Allied | Northern Health | Allied | Equity; rural; virtual care; cultural safety; health systems |
Julianne Barry | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan | M`Chigeeng First Nation | obesity; diabetes; health promotion; Indigenous methodologies; Community-based participatory research |
Justin Brooks | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Royal Roads University | SITANSISK (St Mary’s) First Nation | Youth; Health; Education; Employment; Life skills |
Justin Turner Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Métis Nation of BC | Public Health; Indigenous Studies; Environmental Science |
Kacheena Naytowhow | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Simon Fraser University | Cowessess First Nation | Indigenous Health and Wellness; Traditional Food Sovereignty; Physical Health; Diabetes Control |
Kailea Loften Webpage |
ICCO | Tū’desē’cho Wholistic Indigenous Leadership Development (TWILD) | Tū’desē’cho Wholistic Indigenous Leadership Development (TWILD) | Food sovereignty; Rural; Indigenous; Community; Infrastructure |
Kailyn Johnson | ICCO | Victoria Native Friendship Centre | N/A | Two-Spirit; youth; Indigenous health; community |
Kali Douglas | Allied/BC NEIHR Administrative Assistant | University of Victoria; BC NEIHR | Allied | Health; education; governance; food sovereignty; self-determination |
Kalli Marsel | Indigenous Trainee | University of Toronto; University of British Columbia | Métis Nation of BC | Health; Indigenous Mental Health; Concurrent disorders; Addictions; Traditional Ecological Knowledge |
Karen Fediuk Webpage |
Allied | Firelight Group | Allied | Food systems; Climate Change; Well-being |
Kasey M. Stirling | Indigenous Trainee | The University of British Columbia, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries | Lower Nicola Indian Band | ethical space; aquatic ecology; genomics |
Kate Dunn | Indigenous Trainee | Royal Roads University | Mississauga | Hepatitis; wellness; healing; prevention; traditional-medicine |
Kate Jongbloed | Allied Academic | University of British Columbia | Allied | impact of colonial institutions (esp. child apprehension) on health and wellness; Indigenous-specific determinants of health and wellness; cultural safety & humility; substance use; HIV/AIDS |
Kate Keetch Webpage |
Allied Academic | Fraser Health | Allied | Health Research, Health Promotion |
Katen Kelly Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Lac La Ronge Indian Band | Access to culturally appropriate Alzeimher’s and dementia healthcare for Indigenous people |
Kathleen Lounsbury | Indigenous Trainee | Trinity Western University | N/A | Maternal-child Health; Indigenous; Nursing; Storytelling; Participatory Action Research |
Katie Bauder Webpage |
Allied | First Nations Health Authority | Allied | Indigenous knowledge translation; data governance; land-based health; research administration; community-based research |
Katie Hughes | ICCO (Vice President, Public Health Response) | First Nations Health Authority | Allied | Public Health |
Keenan Andrew Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Ahousaht First Nation | Indigenous health; Land-based; Indigenous masculinity; Intergenerational healing; Gender relations |
Kelly Davison | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Métis | Data Representation; Terminology standards; EHRS; Virtual Care; Health Equity |
Kelly Johnsen | Indigenous Academic/Professional | North Island College and Affiliate with TRU Indigenous Health Nursing Research Team | Toquaht Nation | Cultural Safety; Indigenous Knowledge; Health Inequities; Nursing Research; Indigenous Education |
Kenda Chang-Swanson | Allied | University of Victoria and Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council | Allied | Community-based research; Indigenous health; health equity; qualitative research methods |
Kendra Stiwich | Allied | Vancouver Island Univeristy | Allied | Identity; Community; Post-Secondary; Experiential Learning; Sense of Belonging |
Kimberly Fairman | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Institute for Circumpolar Health Research | Inuit; Taloyoak, NU | Indigenous methods; Community led research; food and food security; Indigenous language; Indigenous culture |
Kimberly Huyser Webpage |
IPOC* Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of British Columbia | Navajo Nation | Indigenous health & well-being; quantitative methods; community engagement; public health; pandemic preparedness |
Kirsten Cotter | ICCO | University of Northern British Columbia | Keeseekoose Nation | Indigenous; Elders; Decolonized; health care |
Krista Stelkia Webpage |
BC NEIHR Principal Investigator; Indigenous Academic | Simon Fraser University | Osoyoos Indian Band | Indigenous health; structural racism; structural determinants of health; anti-Indigenous racism; land-based health and wellbeing |
Kristin Kozar | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of British Columbia | Hwlitsum First Nation | Structural racism; chronic disease; health inequity; Indigenous determinants of health; health and wellness indicators |
Kristine McLeod | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | MNGV; Métis Nation British Columbia | Identity; healing; story |
Kwiakah First Nation Webpage |
ICCO | Kwiakah First Nation | Kwiakah First Nation | Language; Heritage; Culture; Tradition; Wellness |
Laine Grace | Indigenous Trainee | N/A | Métis Nation British Columbia | Neurodevelopment; Indigenous Health; Prenatal exposures effect of development care |
Lakoda Thomas | ICCO | Kreeative Projects Foundation | Pelican Lake First Nation, SK | Ceremony; plant medicines; wellness; land-based; cultural |
Larry Mroz Webpage |
Allied | BC SUPPORT Unit, Michael Smith Health Research BC | Allied | Patient-Oriented Research; Indigenous Health Research Methods |
Laura McNab-Coombs | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Traditional-medicine; western-medicine; anti-Indigenous-racism; disease prevention/management |
Laura Salmon Webpage |
ICCO (Director) | First Nations Health Programs | N/A | Policy; North; Yukon First Nations; Up-stream; Acute Care |
Leana Garraway Webpage |
Allied | University of Northern BC & BC SUPPORT Unit | Allied | Health and Well being; Patient-Oriented; rural; remote; northern |
Leanne Kelly | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Métis | Indigenous methodology; anti-racism |
Leslie Bonshor | Indigenous Professional | Vancouver Coastal Health | Tzeachten First Nation (Stolo) | Indigenous Women; cultural safety; youth suicide; Indigenous methodology |
Linda Jack | ICCO | Literacy Central Vancouver Island and Eagle Feather Literacy | Cowichan First Nation | Early Learning needs of Indigenous Elders who attended Residential or Day Schools |
Lindsay Botterill | BC NEIHR Research Administrative Coordinator | BC NEIHR | Allied | Gender-Based Violence; Intersectional feminism; Policy analysis; MMIWG2S+; Community-based research; (w)holistic health |
Liquaa Wazni | Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | Indigenous Health; Epistemic justice; Art-based methodology; Participatory research; Mental health |
Lisa Bourque Bearskin Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | University of Victoria: CIHR BC Chair Indigenous Health in Nursing | Beaver Lake Cree Nation | Indigenous Health Research; Indigenous Health Nursing |
Logan Burd | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis health; youth mental health; community-based healing; strength-based; life promotion |
Lucy Bell – Sdahl K’awaas | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Simon Fraser University | Old Massett, Haida Gwaii | Museology; healing; reconciliation; spirituality; decolonization |
Lyana Patrick Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | Simon Fraser University; Assistant Professor | Stellat’en First Nation | Justice; addictions and mental health; community health & well-being; Indigenous community planning |
Lyanne Gaspard | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | N/A | Indigenous; resilience; spiritual; wellbeing; self determination |
Lydia Toorenburgh Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Metis Nation of BC and Greater Victoria | Two-spirit and indigiqueer; Métis; audio visual; research methods; community-engagement |
Madeline Nealis Webpage |
Allied | Island Health, BC SUPPORT UNIT | Allied | Patient Oriented Research and Public Health |
Madison Roll | Indigenous Academic | University of Northern British Columbia | Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation | Education; sustainability; environment; knowledge; innovation |
Madison Wells Webpage |
ICCO | University of Victoria and Communities, Alliances & Networks (CAAN) | Allied | Reproductive justice; sexual health; traditional knowledge and healing; STBBI |
Magdalena Newman Webpage |
Allied | Fraser Health and BC SUPPORT Unit | Allied | patient-oriented research; community engagement; justice, equity, diversity & inclusion; knowledge mobilization |
Makenzie McCallum | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | N/A | Brain Health; concussions; awareness; public health; athletes |
Mandeep Kaur Mucina | Allied Academic | University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care | Allied | Supporting Indigenous students in health related research; child welfare impact on Indigenous youth and racialized youth in care; race as a social determinant of health; intersectionality |
Margaretta James Webpage |
ICCO/ Indigenous Trainee | St John’s College, UBC | Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation | Spirituality; Mindfulness; Wellness; Hishukishtsawalk; Family |
Margo Greenwood Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Cree | Indigenous Knowledge and Identity; early childhood; SDGs; child health; determinants of health; knowledge translation |
Marion Erickson Webpage |
ICCO | Dakelh Ts’ekoo Society | Nak’azdli | Indigenous Knowledge and Identity; early childhood; SDGs; child health; determinants of health; knowledge translation |
Martin Metz Webpage |
ICCO | Health Director | Klahoose First Nation | Community; Culture; Health; Wellness; Promotion |
Mary Dollard | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | N/A | N/A |
Matty Cervantes Navarrete | Allied IPOC* | University of Victoria | IPOC* | Arts-based; land-based; wellness; gerontechnology; intergenerational |
McKenna Knox | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Métis Nation of Alberta | Mental health; Dementia; Cognitive Decline; Indigenous; Ageing |
McKenzie Braley Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Saddle Lake Cree Nation | Neuropsychology; aging; anxiety; cognition; social cognition |
McLeod Lake Indian Band Webpage |
ICCO | McLeod Lake Indian Band | McLeod Lake Indian Band | Indigenous; traditional ways of health; Elders; traditional healing methods |
Megan Basso | Indigenous Academic/Professional | CityUniversity | Hartley Bay, Gitga’at | Land-based; healing; wellness; reclamation |
Megan Graham | Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | Decolonizing research; methodology; Indigenous-led; health; community-based |
Mélanie Sue Caron | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Gaspe Peninsula, Lower St-lawrence, Magdalen Island Metis Aboriginal Nation | (w)holistic well-being; resurgence; child welfare; policy; self-sovereignty |
Melissa Riding | Allied | PHSA – BC Cancer | Allied | Inclusivity; Cancer; Ethics; Engagement; Collaboration |
Melodie Casella | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria & UBC Alumnus | Shishalh Nation | MMIWG; reconciliation; justice; healing; wellness |
Melpatkwa Matthew | Indigenous Trainee | Chief Atahm School | Simpcw First Nation | health; geography; language revitalization; culture; environment |
Michelle Padley | Indigenous Trainee | UVic; TRU; Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Indigenous Health; Metis Knowledge Systems; Mental Health |
Minowaywayjiwan Sinclair | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | N/A | Decolonization; Social Work; Indigenous Wellbeing; Generative Refusal; Resurgence |
Miranda Huron | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Mattawa North Bay Algonquin | Policy; Language; Revitalization; Governance; Consultation |
Monika Bar | Allied | McMaster University | Allied | Philosophy of mental health; Indigenous philosophies; traditional ways of healing the mind |
Monique Auger | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Métis Nation Greater Victoria | Child welfare; Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health (access to care, cultural continuity, colonialism, etc.); Urban Indigenous peoples’ health |
Muneerah Kassam Webpage |
Allied | Michael Smith Health Research BC | Allied | N/A |
Nadine Caron Webpage |
BC NEIHR Principal Investigator; Indigenous Academic | University of British Columbia; Associate Professor, Co-Director UBC Centre for Excellence in Indignenous Health, FNHA Chair in Cancer and Wellness | Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation | Cancer; genomics; data Sovereignty; heath services; health disparities; COVID-19 |
Naomi (Skel7áw̓s) Narcisse | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | St’át’imc & Secwépemc | Indigenous Education; Wellness; Cultural safety; Matriarch; holistic |
Nathan Lachowsky Webpage |
Allied Academic | University of Victoria | Allied | Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA+ communities; sexual health; HIV/AIDS; participatory epidemiology; mixed methods research |
Nicole Meier Webpage |
Allied | Tla’amin Nation | Allied | Environmental Science; Indigenous Governance; Climate Change & TEK |
Nicole Nohr Dawydiuk | Indigenous Trainee | Vancouver Coastal Health; UBC | Spuzzum Nation | Indigenous health research; Community-based research; healthcare accessibility; Indigenous data governance |
Nikki Hunter | Indigenous Trainee | Thompson Rivers University | Bonaparte First Nation | Nursing |
Norma Sure Webpage |
ICCO | Williams Lake First Nation | Williams Lake First Nation | K-12 children; post secondary students; FN School on reserve; headstart/daycare; Language & Culture |
Norman Bennet Mitchell | ICCO | Snuwnuwus Pride | Snuwnuwus First Nation | Carving; culture; education; learning |
Olivia Maracle Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte | Indigenous; nursing; education; wellness; activism |
Owen Ballendine Webpage |
ICCO | Urban Native Youth Association | Métis | Indigenous health; 2SLGBTQ+ youth; policy; health promotion |
Pamela Borque | ICCO | Qushintul | Métis | Health related; body; mind; spirit |
Pardis Pedram | Allied | University of Calgary | Allied | Public health; health policy; education |
Pat Camp Webpage |
Allied Academic | University of British Columbia | Allied | Lung health; rehabilitation; epidemiology; community-based; planning |
Patricia Mahecha Webpage |
ICCO (Global Research Manager) | Communities, Alliances & Networks – CAAN | Allied | Barriers; LGBTQ2S; HIV/AIDS; Building Capacity; Indigenous women & girls |
Patrick Canning | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Nisga’a & Haida | Language; oral literature and food |
Paul Whitinui Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria | IPOC*– New Zealand Maori (Nga Puhi, Te Aupouri, Ngati Kuri) | Indigenous education; Indigenous sport, health and wellbeing; cultural safety in education; culturally inclusive and responsive pedagogy; Indigenous Treaty-based rights |
Penína (Sara-Lynn) Harding | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Esk’etemc | Critical land geographies; Indigenous experience of place; place making; affordable on reserve housing; land-use planning |
Peter Hutchinson | Indigenous Academic/Professional | UBCO, FHSD, U of S College of Medicine Cultural safety lab | Métis | Cultural safety; land-based learning |
Piper Scott-Fiddler | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Reproductive justice; Métis Health; Sexual Health; cultural safety; health service access |
Rachael Wells Webpage |
ICCO (Director, Quality and Innovation) | Carrier Sekani Family Services | Carrier Sekani Family Services | Primary and virtual care; mental wellnes;, culturally appropriate inicators of wellness; cancer screening and prevention |
Rachel Dickens Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council | Lax Kw’alaams | Traditional Foods, Land Based Physical Activity, Diabetes, Traditional Wellness, Food Sovereignty |
ReAnne Kennedy | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia – Okanagan | N/A | climate change; modern treaties; equity; Indigenous; equality |
Rebecca Gormley Webpage |
Allied | CHIWOS-PAW | Allied | HIV; Women; Community-based re-search; Indigenized re-search, Reproductive justice |
Renee Masching Webpage |
ICCO | Communities, Alliances & Networks – CAAN | N/A | HIV/AIDS; LGBTQ2S; Metrics; Barriers; Build Capacity |
Renée Monchalin | Indigenous Academic | University of Victoria | Anishnaabe; Métis | Cultural safety; reproductive health; health service access; identity |
Rheanna Robinson | Indigenous Academic | University of Northern British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia & St. Boniface, Manitoba | Disabillity, education, reconciliation, indigenous methodologies, community-based research |
Rhonda Carriere Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of BC, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health | Métis Nation British Columbia | Indigenous; ethics; environmental; social determinants |
Richard Tatomir Webpage |
Allied | Simon Fraser University | Allied | youth participatory action research/program evaluation; mental health; community safety; mixed methods (photovoice/interview/survey) |
Riley Bizzotto | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Community based research; drug use; opioid crisis; cultural safety and humility; foster care systems |
Rob Hancock | BC NEIHR Principal Investigator; Indigenous Academic | Indigenous Academic and Community Engagement, University of Victoria | Métis Nation of Greater Victoria | Research methods; post-secondary education;, Indigenous-state relations |
Robert Nye | ICCO | Situn, the people’s basket | Quw’utsun | Wellness; housing; gender studies; education; networking |
Roberta Price | BC NEIHR Governing Council; Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of British Columbia; Elder, School of Nursing/ Faculty Member with UBC School of Family Medicine, PostDoctoral Program | Coast Salish, Snuneymuxw First Nation and Cowichan First Nation | Health Equity; violence against women and girls; cultural Safety in Healthcare |
Roberta Stout Webpage |
Indigenous Professional | Assembly of First Nations | Kehewin First Nation | Determinants of health; knowledge translation; social justice; climate action; public health |
Robline Davey | Indigenous Trainee | Thompson Rivers University and Simon Fraser University | Two Rivers Métis Society, Métis Nation British Columbia | Online education; Indigenous education; Indigenous pedagogy |
Rod McCormick | Indigenous Academic | Thompson Rivers University; Professor and Research Chair | Kahnawake | Healing; Traditional; Mental health |
Rodney Stehr | Allied IPOC* | University of British Columbia | IPOC* Fiji (Nagigi) | COVID-19; public health; youth; 2SLGBTQ+; Indigenous/Pacific Islander research methods |
Roger (T’lahalam) John | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Tsalalhmec – St’at’imc Nation | Psychology |
Róisín Seifert | Allied | UBC Okanagan | Allied | Equine Therapy; Qualitative Methods; Human-Animal Relationships; Gender and Sexuality; Anti-oppression |
Rosemarie Loe McDermott | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Northern Dene | Land-based; family held knowledges; kinship; cultural heritage transmission; past-future generations |
Ross Duncan Webpage |
Allied | University of Northern British Columbia | Allied | Learning Health Systems; Patient Oriented Research; Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Health Services Research; Emergency Medicine |
Rylan McCallum | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Métis | First Nations; Familial Hypercholesterolemia; Treatment Strategies; Cholesterol; Cardiovascular Health |
Sadia Zaman | Allied Academic | University of Leeds, England | Allied | Indigenous health; diabetes; health system inequalities |
Sage Birley | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Fort St John Métis Society; Métis Nation of BC | Counseling/Psychology; Culturally Responsive Wellness; Culturally informed frameworks; Mental Health; Indigenous & Métis health and wellness |
Saige-Taylor Werstuik | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan | Westbank First Nation | Collaborative; Indigenized; Community-based; Traditional; Praxis |
Sam Filipenko Webpage |
Allied | UBC Indigenous Research Support Initiative | N/A | Engagement; ethics; data sovereignty; community-led priorities; university partnered research |
Samantha Martin-Ferris | Indigenous Trainee | The University of British Columbia | Gitksan | Indigenous; Youth and Adolescent; health and wellness research |
Sandra Harris Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | N/A | integrated holistic land-based healing |
Sandra Meehan | Allied | Specialised Older Adult Services, Northern Health Authority | N/A | N/A |
Sanjida Marium Hridi | Allied | University of Victoria | N/A | Indigenous research methodology; community engaged participatory research; mental health and child development related advocacy and health promotion |
Sarah de Leeuw Webpage |
Allied | Northern Medical Program, UNBC, Faculty of Medicine | Allied | Settler violence; northern remote geographies; anti-colonialism; critical humanities; medical education |
Sarah Littlechild | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Ermineskin Cree Nation | De-colonial harm reduction; Indigenous research methodologies; land-based healing; resistance/resurgence; health and wellness needs of urban Indigenous communities; identity; ancestral knowing and blood |
Sarah McDonald | Allied | University of Victoria | N/A | Social determinants of health; community-based research; wise Indigenous practices; Health and Community Systems Navigation; Facilitation of Health Literacy and Self-Care |
Sarah Nutter | Allied | University of Victoria | N/A | Weight stigma; body image; eating disorders; mental health; healthcare delivery |
Sarah Panofsky | ICCO; PhD Student | Office of the Wet’suwet’en; University of British Columbia | Allied | Jurisdiction; child welfare; land-based healing; cultural ways of knowing being and doing; Hereditary governance |
Sarah Wright Cardinal Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Cree Métis (treaty 8) | Spirit and land-based dimensions of Indigenous health; Indigenous Resurgence; Decolonizing praxis; Indigenous Child Welfare (historical and current); Storied and community-led research |
Scott Venners Webpage |
Allied Academic | Simon Fraser University | N/A | Survey research; epidemiology, study designs |
Shannon Field | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of British Columbia | Red River Métis | N/A |
Sharon Jarvis Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of British Columbia | Lac Ste. Anne Métis | Indigenous Education |
Sharon Marshall Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | Royal Roads University | N/A | Cultural safety; business development; mental health |
Sheila Blackstock | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Gitxsan | Indigenous; Nurse; Empowerment; Incivilty and self-determination |
Shelley Ferguson | Indigenous Trainee | Thompson Rivers University | New Westminster Indian Band | Indigenous Well-Being; Indigenous Student Advisors; Post-Secondary Education; Indigenous Students; Residental School Graves |
Shelley MacGregor Webpage |
ICCO | Métis Nation Columbia River Society | Métis Nation Columbia River Society | Indigenous; traditional knowledge; land stewardship; environment; wellness |
Sheri Green Webpage |
ICCO | Wet’suwet’en Treaty Office Society | Witsuwit’en Nation | Jurisdiction; child welfare; land-based healing; cultural ways of knowing, being and doing; Hereditary governance |
Sherri Pooyak Webpage |
ICCO | Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network | N/A | HIV; Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous research methods; community-based |
Slavica Stevanovic Webpage |
Allied | Qatalyst Research Group | N/A | Indigenous justice, health and employment |
Spencer Greening | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Gitga’at First Nation | Indigenous Resource Management; Indigenous Law; Language Revitalization; Indigenous Governance; Indigenous Methodologies |
Stephanie Day | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Haudenosaunee from Oneida Nation of the Thames | Ceremony; institutional decolonization; mental wellness; reciprocity; traditional healing |
Stephanie Erickson Webpage |
ICCO | Strawberry Medicine Society | Dakelh Lusliyoo from Tl’azt’en | Birth; Governance; mental health; wellness; spirituality |
Stephanie Erickson | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Manitoba Métis Federation | Indigenous Literature; Indigenous Resurgence; Gender Studies; Creative Writing; and Reconciliation Studies |
Stephen Thomson | ICCO | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis; population health; data governance Indigenous cultural safety |
Sue Sterling-Bur | Indigenous Trainee | UBC Okanagan | Nadleh Whut’en | Indigenous Disability; Giftedness; Holistic; Spirituality; Wellness |
Sydney Blackston Webpage |
Allied | Georgetown University | Allied | Indigenous health; wildfires; equity; access |
Tabatha Berggren | BC NEIHR Governing Council; ICCO | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Data Governance; Disability in Indigenous populations; Epidemiology; Children’s health |
Tammy MacLean Webpage |
Allied | Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario | Allied | Indigenous-specific racism; health systems transformation; organizational culture; health policy; cultural safety; health professions education |
Tanis Dagert | Allied | Vancouver Island University; Community Concepts Consulting | N/A | Indigenous; Health Promotion; Community Development |
Tannis Reynolds Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Stellat’en First Nation | Health; Spirituality; EcoHealth; Socio-Cutural; Well-being |
Tanya Clarmont Webpage |
ICCO | Victoria Native Friendship Centre | Temagami First Nation | Indigenous, community, wellness, reconciliation, systems change |
Tanya Davoren Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis; Aboriginal rights; SDOH; chronic disease; health promotion |
Tara Erb | BC NEIHR Network Coordinator | University of Victoria | Moose Cree First Nation | Indigenous cultural safety; anti-racism; health and wellbeing; relationship-building; lived experience; affect theory |
Tara McMillan | Allied | Island Health | N/A | Health; community-based/patient-oriented research |
Tarene Thomas | Indigenous Trainee | UBC | N/A | Decolonial; Indigenous sexuality; Literature; Critical/Creative |
Taylor Atwater | BC NEIHR IHRF; Indigenous Trainee | Centre for Collaborative Action on Indigenous Health Governance (CCAIHG); Simon Fraser University | Sumas First Nation | Traditional Diet; Population Health; Land; Wellness; Reconciliation |
Terri Flemming Webpage |
Allied | Director, Research Ethics BC at Michael Smith Health Research BC | N/A | community; ethics; health; safety; COVID-19 |
Theone Paterson Webpage |
Allied | University of Victoria | N/A | mental health; cognitive health; healthy aging; COVID-19 impacts; dementia |
Theresa Morris Webpage |
ICCO | Binche Whut’en | Binche Whut’en | ameliorate health and wellness from extracted resources via self-determination |
Tonya Robitaille Webpage |
ICCO | Living Positive Resource Centre Okanagan | N/A | Harm reduction; LGBTQIA2S+; houselessness; traditional wellness; urban Indigenous issues |
Tracy Underwood | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Tsawout First Nation | Healing; Matriarch resistance; Land/water-based; Decolonization; Anti Indigenous racism |
Travis Holyk Webpage |
ICCO | Carrier Sekani Family Services | Carrier Sekani Family Services | suicide; prevention; community mental wellness; empowering interventions; life course approach |
Treena Decker | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Skidegate; Haida Nation | Wellness; identity; homecoming; adoption; culture |
Tsatia Adzich | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | Tri River Metis | Urban Indigenous Geography; Indigenous urbanisms; beadwork as method; storytelling; Indigenous methodologies |
Ty Bryant Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | We Wai Kai First Nation (Cape Mudge Band) | Indigenous-Asian relationalities; diaspora; identity |
Tyler McCreary Webpage |
Allied | Florida State University; UNBC | N/A | Settler colonialism; legal geographies; environmental health; livelihoods; community governance |
Tyrone Joe-Mayes | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Sechelt | Declononization; Reconciliation; Soccer; Indigenous; Canada |
Valarie Johnson | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Esk’etemc First Nation | curriculum; pedagogy; story; Indigenous knowledge; place |
Valerie N. Bob | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Island Health Indigenous Diabetes Research; SFU | Penelakut Tribe | Indigenous diabetes; traditional ecological knowledge |
Vanessa Mitchell | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Okanagan Indian Band | Cultural safety; Indigeneity; colonial spaces, anti-Indigenous racism; Indigenous wellness |
Vanessa Sloan Morgan Webpage |
Allied Academic | UBC Okanagan | N/A | Resource extraction; modern treaties; youth-led research; environmental geographies; anti-colonialism |
Velma Sutherland Webpage |
Allied | Sik-E-Dakh First Nation (Glen Vowell Band) – Band Administrator | Allied | N/A |
Victoria Dick | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council; CIHR Indigenous Chair Program UVIC | c̓išaa?atḥh (Tseshaht/Nuu-chah-nulth) | Indigenous Community Health and Wellness |
Vivian Chongwei Jiang | Allied | Simon Fraser University; University of British Columbia | N/A | Environmental health; mental health/wellbeing; cancer |
Wayne Wapeemukwa | Indigenous Trainee | Pennsylvania State University; University of British Columbia | The Métis Nation of British Columbia | Métis; Dispossession; Settler-Colonialism; Capitalism; Wahkootowin |
Wilfred Chanze Gamble Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation | Emergency managemnet integration with Indigenous Communities |
Willow Paul | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Métis; Gitxsan | Indigenous; abortion; healthcare access; cultural safety; reproductive justice |
Yvette M. Ringham-Cowan | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Island Health | First Nations | Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility |
Zoe Verlaan | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Victoria | Spuzzum First Nation | Relationships; Indigenous and solidarity activism; poetry; Indigenous feminisms |
*IPOC: Indigenous Person/Peoples from Outside of Canada