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 if you notice any discrepancies.
| Name | BC NEIHR Role | Institutional Affiliation | Community Affiliation | Research Area Keywords |
| Alanaise Goodwill | Indigenous Academic | Simon Fraser University; Assistant Professor and Psychologist | Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation | Mental Health |
| Alex Kent Webpage |
Allied Academic | 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 Academic | CAREX Canada; Simon Fraser University | Allied | Public Health; Population Health; Environmental Studies |
| Amanda Bedard | Indigenous Academic/professional | Simon Fraser University | First Nations; Métis | Indigenous language; Revitalization; wellness; education |
| Amber Wadhams Webpage |
ICCO | UNBC – Namgis Health Centre | Namgis First Nations | Food Security; Carbon Footprint; Greenhouse gasses; Community |
| Andrea Mellor | Allied Academic | 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 |
| Annette Browne Webpage |
Allied Academic | University of British Columbia; Professor | Allied | health equity; health inequity; Indigenous peoples’ health; racism; discrimination |
| 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 |
| 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 | Indigenous Trainee | Royal Roads University | IPOC* | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Caitlin Dyck | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | K’omoks First Nation | Indigenous Studies; Indigenous Governance; Indigenous Research; Indigenous Cultural Revilatization; Indigenous History |
| 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 Academic/Professional | University of British Columbia Okanagan | Bonaparte | Community-based; Indigenous Health; Palliative Care |
| Cara Peacock | Indigenous Trainee | University of Calgary | Nipissing First Nation | Indigenous politics and feminism; decolonization; settler-colonialism |
| Carolyn Sampson | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Cowichan Tribes | Indian Day School; intergenerational trauma; Indigenous; Indigenous reality, experience and legacy |
| Catherine Worthington Webpage |
Allied Academic | University of Victoria | Allied | Community-based research; health services access; STBBI; HIV; health equity |
| Charlotte Loppie Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | University of Victoria | Mi’kmaq | Sexual and reproductive health across the lifespan; sexual diversity; sex trade work; health inequities; racism and cultural safety |
| Charsanaa Johnny Webpage |
ICCO | Health Planner | Snuneymuxw First Nation | Community; youth; knowledge transfer; identity |
| Chelsey Perry-Ens | 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 |
| Cheryl Alissa Recollet | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Wiikwemkoong | Mnobimaadziwin (good life); NDaakiminaan (Lands); Treaty; Decision Making; Ceremony. |
| Cheryl Inkster | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Métis | Métis; wellness; health; culture; adolesence |
| 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 Academic / Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Allied | Racialized populations, self-determination, anti-colonial, anti-racism, praxis |
| Cindy Trytten Webpage |
Allied Academic; Knowledge User | Island Health | Allied | Culturally safe health care; collaboration |
| Corrina Sparrow Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Musqueam /Qualicum | Two Spirit/Indigequeer; Land based methodology; Decolonizing |
| 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 |
| Darienne Russell | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia, Helping Spirit Lodge Society | First Nations | 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 |
| Dee Taylor Webpage |
Allied | Interior Health; Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) | Allied | Aging; learning health systems; community & rural health |
| Denica Bleau | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Evan Adams | BC NEIHR Principal Investigator/Governing Council; Indigenous Academic | First Nations & Inuit Health, Indigenous Services Canada | Tla’amin Nation | Indigenous public health data equity |
| Eyvette Elliott | Indigenous Trainee | Cowichan Tribes | Cowichan Tribes | Well-being, community; engagement; Indigenous wellness (land, children/family); Indigenous women/feminism |
| Fiona Devereaux | Allied Academic | University of Victoria | Allied | Indigenous Specific Racism; whiteness; allyship/accomplices; Community of Practices |
| Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi Webpage |
ICCO | Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society- Land-Based Healing for the Indigenous Street Family | First Nations | Land-based, cultural pathways to healing |
| Gwen Budskin | Indigenous Trainee | University of Northern BC/ PG Native Friendship Centre | First Nations | Indigenous; matriarchy; social justice; leadership; harm reduction |
| Haley Montgomery | Indigenous Trainee | Simon Fraser University | First Nations | Indigenous data sovereignty; Community-based; two-eyed seeing; systemic inequality; resiliance |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Knnowledge |
| Jeff Corntassel Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | University of Victoria | Cherokee Nation | Sustainable self-determination; Indigenous nationhood; Indigenous food sovereignty; climate justice; land-based resurgence |
| Jennifer Cochrane | Indigenous Trainee | UNBC | Curve Lake First Nation | DRIPA; Indigenous health; environmental public health; Nation Sovereignty; Land/Water/Air health |
| 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 | K’omoks First Nation | 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 Key Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia, Vancouver | Musgamaug Dzawada’enuxw | Mental health; cultural safety; virtual; land-based; youth |
| 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 | Royal Roads University | Allied IPOC* | Research; revitalization; practice of ancient Indigenous medicine |
| Joanne Speakman | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Deline, NT | Trauma-informed care; health promotion; microbiology |
| 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 |
| Jonathan Boron Webpage |
BC NEIHR Governing Council Student Representative; Indigenous Trainee | 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 | First Nations; Métis | Imaging; Biomedical Technologies; Ocular Oncology; Eye and Visual System Diseases; Diagnostic Techniques |
| 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 | University of British Columbia-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 |
| Kali Douglas | Allied/BC NEIHR Administrative Assistant | University of Victoria | Allied | Health; education; 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 |
| Kathleen Lounsbury | Indigenous Trainee | Trinity Western University | First Nations; Métis | 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 |
| Dr. 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 |
| 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; MNBC | Identity; healing; story |
| Kwakiutl First Nation | ICCO | Kwakiutl First Nation | Kwakiutl First Nation | Indigenous |
| Kwiakah First Nation Webpage |
ICCO | Kwiakah First Nation | Kwiakah First Nation | Language; Heritage; Culture; Tradition; Wellness |
| Laine Grace | Indigenous Trainee | BC NEIHR | Métis Nation British Columbia | Neurodevelopment; Indigenous Health; Prenatal exposures effect of development care |
| Laura McNab-Coombs | BC NEIHR IHRF; 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 |
| 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 |
| Lisa Bourque Bearskin Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | Thompson Rivers University; Associate Professor/Indigenous Health Chair in Nursing | Beaver Lake Cree Nation | Indigenous Health Knowledge; Indigenous Nurses; cultural safety, racism and discrimination |
| 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 |
| Madison Roll | Indigenous Academic/Trainee | University of Northern British Columbia | Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation | Education; sustainability; environment; knowledge; innovation |
| Magdalena Newman Webpage |
Allied | Fraser Health and BC SUPPORT Unit | Allied | patient-oriented research; community engagement; justice, equity, diversity & inclusion; knowledge mobilization |
| 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 | Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation | Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation | N/A |
| Margo Greenwood Webpage |
Indigenous Academic | University of Northern British Columbia | Cree | Indigenous Knowledge and Identity; early childhood; SDGs; child health; determinants of health; knowledge translation |
| Marion Erickson Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | Thompson Rivers University | Nak’azdli | Indigenous; Midwifery; Doula; Skills; Training |
| Martin Metz Webpage |
ICCO | Health Director | Klahoose First Nation | Community; Culture; Health; Wellness; Promotion |
| Mathew Fleury | ICCO (Manager) | First Nations Health Authority | N/A | Public health; Population Health; Health Promotion; Health Sciences; Indigenous Studies; Indigenous Governance |
| Matty Cervantes Navarrete | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | IPOC* Mexico | Arts-based; land-based; wellness; gerontechnology; intergenerational |
| 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 Graham | Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | Decolonizing research; methodology; Indigenous-led; health; community-based |
| Melpatkwa Matthew | Indigenous Trainee | Chief Atahm School | Simpcw First Nation | health; geography; language revitalization; culture; environment |
| Miranda Huron | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Mattawa North Bay Algonquin | Policy; Language; Revitalization; Governance; Consultation |
| 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 Narcisse / Skel7áw̓s | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Xaxli’p/St’at’imc | Strength; community; language; ancestral; land |
| Nathan Lachowsky Webpage |
Allied Academic | University of Victoria | Allied | Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA+ communities; sexual health; HIV/AIDS; participatory epidemiology; mixed methods research |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Peter Hutchinson | Indigenous Academic/Professional | UBCO, FHSD, U of S College of Medicine Cultural safety lab | Métis | Cultural safety; land based learning |
| 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 |
| 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 BC | Indigenous; ethics; environmental; social determinants |
| 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 |
| Roberta Price | BC NEIHR Governing Council; Indigenous Academic | 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 |
| 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 |
| Robline Davey | Indigenous Trainee | Thompson Rivers University and Simon Fraser University | Two Rivers Métis Society, Métis Nation BC | Online education; Indigenous education; Indigenous pedagogy |
| Rod McCormick | Indigenous Academic | Thompson Rivers University; Professor and Research Chair | Kahnawake | Healing; Traditional; Mental health |
| Rosemarie Loe McDermott | Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Northern Dene | Ian- based; family held knowledges; kinship; cultural heritage transmission; past -future generations |
| 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 |
| Sanjida Marium Hridi | Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | 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 |
| Sara-Lynn (Penina) Harding Webpage |
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 |
| 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 | Allied | Social determinants of health; community-based research; wise Indigenous practices; Health and Community Systems Navigation; Facilitation of Health Literacy and Self-Care |
| Scott Venners Webpage |
Allied Academic | Simon Fraser University | Allied | Survey research; epidemiology, study designs |
| 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 |
| Sherri Pooyak Webpage |
ICCO (Community Based Research Manager) | Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network | N/A | HIV; Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous research methods; community-based |
| Slavica Stevanovic Webpage |
Allied | Qatalyst Research Group | Allied | 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 |
| Stephen Thomson | BC NEIHR Governing Council; ICCO | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis Nation British Columbia | Métis; population health; data governance Indigenous cultural safety |
| Tanis Dagert | Allied | Community Concepts Consulting, Vancouver Community College Provincial Instructors Diploma Program | Cowichan First Nation | Indigenous; Health Promotion; Community Development |
| Tannis Reynolds Webpage |
Indigenous Academic/Professional | University of Northern British Columbia | Stellat’en First Nationa | 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 (MNBC) | Métis Nation BC | 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 | Allied | Health; community-based/patient-oriented research |
| Terri Flemming Webpage |
Allied | Director, Research Ethics BC at Michael Smith Health Research BC | Allied | community; ethics; health; safety; COVID-19 |
| Theone Paterson Webpage |
Allied | University of Victoria | Allied | 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 |
| Tracy Underwood | Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | WSÁNEC’ | Healing; Wholistic Dimensions of Indigenous Health,;Decolonize; Land connection; Storied Research |
| 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 |
| Tyrone Joe-Mayes | Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Sechelt | Declononization; Reconciliation; Soccer; Indigenous; Canada |
| Valarie Johnson Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | Esk’et-Alkali Lake | Secwepemc Culture; Esk’et History; Secwepemc Language; Curriculum; Spiritual Health |
| 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 | University of British Columbia Okanagan | Allied | 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 |
| Vivian Chongwei Jiang | Allied | Simon Fraser University; University of British Columbia | Allied | 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 |
| Wilson Mendes Webpage |
Indigenous Trainee | University of British Columbia | IPOC*; Terena/Guarani (Brazil/MS) | Indigenous land-based pedagogies; Indigenous food sovereignty; Urban Indigenous youth identity; health and wellness |
| Yvette M. Ringham-Cowan | Indigenous Academic/Professional | Island Health | First Nations | Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility |
| Zoe Verlaan | BC NEIHR IHRF; Indigenous Trainee | University of Victoria | Spuzzum First Nation | Relationships; Indigenous and solidarity activism; poetry; Indigenous feminisms |
*IPOC: Indigenous Person/Peoples from Outside of Canada