Mentors/Mentees

meet our members

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 imnpn@uvic.ca if you notice any discrepancies.

 

 

Name IMN-PN Role Institutional Affiliation Community Affiliation Research Area Keywords
Graduate Trainee UVic, School of Social Work Cree metis, connected to Nisga’a, Snuneymuxw Indigenous Health, Health Promotion, Non-Profit, Remote Communities, Social Work, Evaluation

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 New Investigator UBC Indigenous Research Partnerships & Faculty of Land and Food Systems Opaskwayak Cree Manitoba  Decolonizing Health Education, Mobilizing Indigenous Research, Indigenous Knowledge Resurgence, and Revitalization of Culture, Language Education through Land Based Pedagogies

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 Academic Mentor  South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Wadi Wadi, Yuin Nation, NSW CVD, Diabetes, Depression, Clinical Trials, Disparity Research, Cultural Determinants

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 Allied Member SFU, Faculty of Health Sciences Allied Researcher Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Education, Higher Education, Health Systems, Truth and Reconciliation, Decolonizing Institutions, Health Equity, Qualitative Methodologies, Grounded Theory
Alexa Norton Organizational Mentor First Nations Health Authority Allied Researcher Harm Reduction, Strengths-based research, methodologies, drug policy and gender. 
Graduate Trainee UVic, Indigenous Governance Sagkeeng First Nation Birth Justice, Maternalism, Indigenous Self-Determination, Indigenous Resurgence
New Investigator UVic, Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Toronto Anti-oppressive psychology, cross-cultural psychology, trauma recovery, Indigenous healing, Indigenous pedagogies in education
Andrea Mellor Academic Mentor UVic, Social Dimensions of Health, CAAN Allied Researcher Youth, Environment/land-based learning, HIV wellness, decolonizing methodologies, CBR, hydrogeology

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 Academic Mentor UVic and University of Alberta, History and Classics Allied Member Culture, religion, gender, secularism, legal history, colonization, language and identity
Academic Mentor UofA, Nursing Faculty Metis community of Lac Ste Anne Alberta Wellness, prevention, cancer, indigenous research methodologies, FNIM community partnerships

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 Academic Mentor UBC, School of Nursing Allied Researcher Health and health care inequities affecting Indigenous populations, strategies to improve care for Indigenous peoples
Community Member SFU, Health Sciences Gitx’san Nation Equitable, culturally competent, Indigenous ways of knowing, holistic wellness
Graduate Trainee Natural Resources & Environmental Studies- Geography Allied member Physical geography and geomorphology, environmental studies, writing
New Investigator, Academic Mentor UVic, School of Social Work Anishinaabe Indigenous women; Two Spirit health; racism & health; child welfare & health; healing and helping traditions
Braden Te Hiwi New Investigator & Academic Mentor UBC Okanagan Maori – Ngati Raukawa, Rangitane  Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous methodologies, CBPR, Indigenous governance, history
Academic Mentor SFU, Centre for Restorative Justice Allied Researcher Restorative Justice, Collaborative Community Based Practice, Justice Reform, Healing, Transformation
Brian Christie Academic Mentor University of Victoria, Medical Sciences Metis, Tsuut’ina & Treaty 7  Neuroscience, brain injury, developmental disorders, fetal alcohol, fragile x-sydrome
New Investigator SFU, Faculty of Health Sciences Sechelt Nation Indigenous health and women’s wellness, maternal and child health, primary health care, program evaluation, downtown eastside and marginalized populations, homelessness research
Graduate Trainee UVic, Masters of Public Health Toquaht Nation Indigenous Health, Genetics &Genomics, Governance, Policy, Community Engagement

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 Academic Mentor, Organizational Mentor U of T, FOXY/SMASH Yellowknife Sexual health, youth, mental health, qualitative methods, arts-based methods, community-based research, Arctic populations, Indigenous populations
Graduate Trainee UVic, Indigenous Social Work Metis Nation BC Birth experiences, Metis wellness, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and infant health
Academic Mentor UVic, Indigenous Education Kickapoo Nation, Northeast Mexico Indigenous child care and education, social justice, diversity
Graduate Trainee UVic Esketemc Indigenous law, policies, land-based, community engagement, Elders
Academic Mentor UBC, Department of Educational Studies Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation Methodologies, education & pedagogy, social epidemiology, indigenous-bond causality, ceremony & treatment

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 Undergraduate Trainee UVic, Child and Youth Care Haida Participatory, wellness, dignity, Indigenous, honouring, Indigenous research practices, grounded
Chantelle Spicer Graduate Trainee SFU, Anthropology Mi’kmaq Annapolis Valley/Glooscap Indigenous governance, parks, land rights, UNDRIP, soverignty, resurgence
Nominated Principal Investigator, Academic Mentor UVic, Public Health and Social Policy Mikmaq Social Determinants, Women, HIV, Cultural Safety, Racism
Graduate Trainee University of British Columbia, Population and Public Health Sachigo Lake First Nation Health equity, global health, health surveillance, health interventions, epidemiology, land stewardship
Graduate Trainee UVic, Social Dimensions of Health Gitxsan Nation Indigenous caregivers, dementia, Elder health care
Organizational Mentor SFU, PHSA Namgis First Nation Anti-Indigenous racism; educational pedagogy related to anti-Indigenous racism
Cheryl Inkster Graduate Trainee University of British Columbia Metis Nation
Mental Health Care; Discrimination; Cross Cultural Counselling; Service Provider bias, Indigenous Youth
Graduate Trainee UVic, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education Champagne and Aishihik First Nation Indigenous Resilience, Land-base, Mental health, Physical activity
Graduate Trainee UVic, Public Health & Social Policy Metis – Camperville, Manitoba Capacity building, increasing research literacy, community-based participatory research, community-academic partnerships
Organizational Mentor UVic Alumni, Story Line Metis First Nation Community Self-Reliance; Emergency Response Knowledge Gaps; Factors in self-reliance
Graduate Trainee UVic, Indigenous Social Work Musqueam / Pentlatch Two Spirit, Indigenous gender/sexuality, health, wellness, cultural resurgence, methodology
Cynthia Marie Fitton Organizational Mentor Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Allied Researcher Traditional Wellness, Healing, Ceremony & Spirituality 
Graduate Trainee SFU, Faculty of Health Sciences Pasqua First Nation Indigenous doula work, birth-work, midwifery, maternal health, women’s health, population health
Graduate Trainee UVic, School of Public Health Social Policy Metis Nation of Greater Victoria / Metis Nation of BC Mental health, substance use, social determinants of health, infectious diseases, racism in health care, Metis health
Graduate Trainee UVic, Indigenous Governance Anishinaabe (Ojibway & Cree) – Toronto urban community  Anishinaabe, Indigenous Resurgence/Wellness, Decolonization, Cultural Support, Indigenous Health
New Investigator, Faculty Simon Fraser University Le’a:mel First Nation, Stolo Tribes Indigenous economies & freedon, Indigenous philosophies and ancestral leadership
Academic Mentor UNBC, School of Environmental Planning Allied Researcher indigenous climate change adaptation/mitigation, indigenous ecosystem management, social networks, urban aboriginal networks, resilience
Darren Warbuton

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 Academic Mentor UBC, Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology Indigenous Indigenous Health, Wellness, Wellbeing, Quality of Life, Holistic Health, Traditional Medicine

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 New Investigator UVic, Indigenous Governance Makoni Shona and Lizulu Ngoni Indigenous African philosophies, decolonizing Indigenous Masculinities, Indigenous fathering and social memory of Indigenous children
Undergraduate Trainee SFU, Environmental Heath  Wesley Environmental Health, Indigenous Studies, Health Sciences, Holistic Health, Traditional Healing

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 Graduate Trainee UVic, Indigenous Governance Saulteaux-Cree Métis Indigenous wellness, Birth-work, body-governance, resurgence, land/water-healing, womens leadership
Evelyn Voyageur  Elder North Island College, Nursing Kingcome Inlet Work with health care workers to understand and work better with First Nations

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 Allied Member UVic, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Allied Researcher Ethnobotany, traditional plant management systems and cultivation, ethnoecological restoration, food security/sovereignty
Francis Adu-Febiri  Academic Mentor UVic and Camosun College, Faculty African Heritage Association of Vancouver Island Decolonization, Human Factor Competency, Indigenous, Indigenization, Globalization, Development, Tourism, Education, Community, Education
Gerald Bent   Graduate Trainee UNBC, First Nations Studies Nlaka’pamux nation Nlaka’pamux Restorative Justice (RJ), Indigenous Healing, Indigenous RJ, Healing Circles

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 Academic Mentor UVic, Political Science Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Indigenous politics, land, treaty relationships
Principal Investigator, Academic Mentor UNBC Carrier Aboriginal, Indigenous, mental health, mental wellness, suicide, research, health, Indigenous research
Jasmine Feather Dionner

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 Graduate Trainee UVic, Political Science Mikisew Cree and Metis Nation of Alberta Zone 1 Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit Health, Land and Wellness, Oral History and Storytelling
Organizational Mentor UVic, School of Nursing Tseshaht (Nuuchahnulth) Indigenous/Nursing/Health Promotion and Prevention/Traditional Approaches/Cultural Safety

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 Academic Mentor UVic, Indigenous Governance Cherokee Nation Indigenous resurgence; sustainability & climate change; nationhood; decolonization

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 Organizational Mentor National Aboriginal Diabetes Association    
Jennifer Bowen Graduate Trainee UVic, Art History and Visual Studies Yellowknives Dene Art History, Northern Athapaskan Material Culture, Copper Dagger, Indigneous Knowledge, Oral History
Jessica Key Graduate Trainee UBC, Nursing Dzawada’enuxw First Nation Mental health, identity, connection to land and community, youth advocacy, socio-political development
Jessy Dame Graduate Trainee UBC, Nursing Métis Nation BC Health promotion, sexual health, LGBTQ2S Health, Community health
John Lutz Academic Mentor UVic, History Department Allied Researcher History, Colonialism, Racism, Indigenous-Settler Relations, British Columbia
Joanna Fraser Academic Mentor North Island College, Nursing Allied Researcher Cultural Safety, Health Promotion, Relational Inquiry, Emancipatory Education, Land Based Education 
Jonathan Boron Graduate Trainee SFU Resource and Environmental Management Six Nations of the Grand River Governance, Sovereignty, Resource Management, Indigenous Economies, Community Planning

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 Academic Mentor/ New Investigator UNBC Tahltan Nation Language revitalization
Graduate Trainee UBC Metis Nation of BC Chronic lung disease, emergency management, occupational therapy, rehabilitation
Undergraduate Trainee UNBC Gitxsan Hazelton BC multiscalar, interdisciplinary, united nations, land repatriation, rights-based approaches, youth develop
Graduate Trainee/ New Investigator UVic, Leadership Studies Nuu-chah-nulth traditional wellness knowledge, healing practices, childhood trauma, indigenous parents
Graduate Trainee UVic, Social Work   LGBTQT populations, women, corrections, HIV+ communities
Graduate Trainee UVic, Political Science and Indigenous Nationhood Mohawks of Kahnawa:ke Indigenous traditional food knowledge and consumption, language and traditional food cooking, traditional foods as a preventative for health issues
Graduate Trainee SFU, Faculty of Health Sciences Osoyoos Indian Band Indigenous health; racism; chronic disease; social epidemiology; health inequities; social determinants of health; trauma-informed care; cultural safety, healthcare access; rural and remote health 
Laurie Dokis Graduate Trainee UVic, Nursing Dokis First Nation Indigenous Public Health Core Competencies
Levi Gordian Graduate Trainee UBC, Faculty of Medicine,  ‘Namgis First Nation Diabetes, Inuit health, critical race theory, injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT), patient-oriented care
Graduate Trainee UVic Timiskaming First Nation Food security, food sovereignty and associated wellness, Indigenous governance
Graduate Trainee SFU Cree Institutional Decolonization, Indigenous Education, Science Education, Land-Based Learning, Equity, Sustainability, Language Revitalization

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 New Investigator, Academic Mentor TRU Cree/Metis Beaver Lake Cree Nation Decolonization and Sovereignty in Health, Indigenous Nursing Research, Access to Healthcare, Cultural Safety
Graduate Trainee UVic, Anthropology Indigenous Methodology, audiovisual, community-based research, Metis research, epistemologies, ethnomusicology
Undergraduate Trainee UVic, Anthropology Indigenous Wellness, Youth, Healthy eating, fresh, organic, mindful

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 Academic Mentor UVic Gulua, Himachal Pradesh, India and Punjabi Sikh Diaspora of BC Gender based violence; family violence in racialized and Indigenous communities; anti-colonial theory; critical race theory; feminist research and theory; narrative inquiry
Principal Investigator, Academic Mentor UNBC, Education and First Nation Studies Cree from Treaty 6 Indigenous knowledge, research, anti-racist methodology, traditional methodology, Indigenous traditional child-rearing, traditional governance models
Academic Mentor, Allied member UNBC, School of Health Sciences Prince George/Nechako Watershed/Aotearoa-New Zealand Health, ecosystems & society; land, water and health; Indigenous leadership in integrative research
Undergraduate Trainee TRU, Nursing Tobacco Plains Ktunaxa Nation, adopted by Esketemc Diabetes management/ prevention
Undergraduate Trainee UVic NuuChahNulth- Ahousaht Education, Youth, Mental Wellness, Intergenerational Learning, Decolonization, Indigenous stories and narratives
Academic Mentor UBC, Indigenous Studies and Art History Metis LGBTQQ 2-spirit artistic production, indigenous knowledge and the construction of gender and sex
Morris Prosser Organizational Mentor St’at’imc Chiefs Council St’at’imc/Tsal’a’ lh Title and Rights Issues, Strength of Claims Research, Economic Development
Natasha Parrish Graduate Trainee UVic, Indigenous Nationhood Haida Nation   
Graduate Trainee UBC Skuppah Band Wellbeing, Aboriginal Health, Aboriginal University Student, Sources of Self-Worth, Cultural Knowledge
Nathan Lachowsky Academic Mentor UVic, School of Publich Health & Social Policy              Allied Researcher Health Sexuality, Health Equity,  HIV/AIDS, Community-based research, epidemiology
Patrick Stubbington Undergraduate Trainee UNBC, Natural Resource Management Saik’uz First Nation Food Security, Organic, Sustainable environment 

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 Academic Mentor UBC Allied Researcher Indigenous health, chronic lung disease, community research, physical activity
Graduate Trainee UNBC, Environmental Studies Esk’etemc Secwepemc Governance, Esk’etemc Land Use Planning, Affordable Housing, On-Reserve Housing Policy

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 New Investigator UVic, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education Nga Puhi, Ngati Kuri and Te Aupouri Social-cultural research, Indigenous education, Indigenous leadership, Indigenous health and community development
Graduate Trainee UVic, Indigenous Governance Ahousaht First Nation Indigenous resurgence, storytelling, Indigenous governance, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation commissions, redress and justice, Indigenous wellness
Rebecca Jules Organizational Mentor, Community Member UBC Specialist, Indigenous Graduate Initiatives Secwepmec Cultural Knowledge as foundations for policy, research methodologies, gender, wellness and health 
Allied Member I HEART Center, Providence, UBC Allied Researcher  
Haisla Nation Kitamaat Village Northern Health Authority and University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work Graduate Trainee Disparities, self-governance vs. treaty, representation, progress, multidisciplinary 

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 Organizational Mentor Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Six Nations of the Grand River Community-based research; HIV; Indigenous methodologies; qualitative research; Indigenous health
New Investigator and Academic Mentor UVic, Office of Indigenous Academic and Community Engagement / Department of Anthropology / School of Environmental Studies Metis Nation of Greater Victoria Indigenous education (post-secondary); Indigenous pedagogy; Metis studies; Indigenous–state relations; Anthropology and Indigenous peoples
Graduate Trainee UBC, School of Community & Regional Planning Metis Nation of Alberta Holistic Health and Healing, Community Collaboration, Indigenous Planning Methodologies 
Rupert Richardson Graduate Trainee UBC, Educational Studies Quatsino First Nations, Nuxalk First Nations and Chippewa First Nations Culture, Healing, Traditional, Decolonization/Indigenizing Knowledge, Knowledge Keeprs, Wellness, Way of life
Academic Mentor UVic, Social Work Lyackson First Nation Indigenous Women& Children, Storytelling, Indigenous Well-being, Leadership
Graduate Trainee UVic, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health and Social Policy, Indigenous Governance Cree Nation of Wemindji Indigenous leadership; resurgence; racism; diversity and inclusion; equity

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 Academic Mentor UNBC Allied Researcher Geography, medical/health sciences, humanties/arts, gender/feminist research, anti-colonial research
Sarah Van Essen Graduate Trainee SFU, Health Sciences Nakla’pamux, Boston Bar Community Led-Participatory Research, Indigenous Methodology & Two Eyed Seeing Approach
Seren Friskie Undergraduate Trainee UBC, TRU, Douglas College, Psycholgy Applied BA Cree & St:lo Adolescent Psychology, Sexual Violence, Social Psychology, Mental Health, Depression/Anxiety
Graduate Trainee UNBC Kitsumkalum Cultural resurgence, reclamation, restoration, wholistic, decolonization, Indigenization, healing, truth and reconciliation
Graduate Trainee UVic, Audiology Kinosao Sipi Cree Nation Audiology, Geriatric and/or Pediatric, and Accessible Participation in rural communities 
Graduate Trainee UVic, Human and Social Development Muscowpetung First Nation Indigenous health, land-based, community-based, food sovereignty, diet 
Undergraduate Trainee UBC, Integrated Sciences: Genetics and Physiology Inuit Medicine, social determinants of health, genetics, nutrition, public health, Indigenous health 
Stephanie Day Graduate Trainee UVic, Counselling Psychology Haudenosaunee from Oneida Nation of the Thames Ceremony, Institutional Decolonization, Mental Wellness, Reciprocity, Traditional Healing
Steven Hall Undergraduate Trainee SFU, Bachelor of Arts Heiltsuk First Nation Decolonizing Education; Indigenous Pedagogy; Heiltsuk Epistemology 
Graduate Trainee UVic, Sociology Moose Cree First Nation Cultural safety, First Nation Elders, Residential care facilities, Dementia, Trauma-informed care
Academic Mentor UNBC, School of Education Prince George Health, Healing, Wellness, Mindfulness, Chronic Diseases, Mental Health, Cultural Identity, Cultural Language, Knowledge Transmission,   Traditional  Practice, Cultural Safety
Graduate Trainee UVic, School of Environmental Studies Liard First Nation Well-being, Traditional knowledge, Land-based livelihoods, Connection to land, Socioecological change, Cultural resources, Climate change,  Environmental disturbances

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 Academic Mentor McGill University, School of Human Nutrition Kahnawake, via Quebec Public Health, Nutrition, Indigenous Populations, Health Promotion, Health Determinants, Food 
Graduate Trainee UBC, Faculty of Land and Food Systems Terena and Guarani-Kaiowá (Brazilian First Nation) Traditional food practices and protocols, Indigenous community planning, Indigenous land-based pedagogy, Indigenous food sovereignty, Indigenous identities, Indigenous health and wellness, Indigenous ethics and protocols, and Indigenous epistemologies
Zaheera Jinnah Organizational Mentor Ministry of Children and Family Development Allied Mentor Indigenous methods of evaluation and research; Indigenous theory; child welfare; quality assurance; diversity and citizenship; migration 
Graduate Trainee UVic, Political Science Spuzzum Indigenous identity, nationhood, material culture, beadwork
 
 

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