Members

List of current members

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The Indigenous Women’s Health Research Coalition is composed of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and Indigenous women, two-spirit scholars, and researchers from universities and institutions across Canada.

We support the development of a National Women’s Health Framework that responds to the unique and diverse contexts, needs and priorities of Indigenous individuals, families, and communities.

Membership is available to Indigenous Researchers focused on women’s health in Canada.

Aimee Louis

Graduate Student

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of North Dakota

Research Focus

Turtle Island child rearing ways

Research Scope

Indigenous

Aimee-Mihkokwaniy McGillis

Student Researcher

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba/Ongomiizwin

Research Focus

Autism, adhd, neurodiversity

Research Scope

Indigenous

Alexandria Atleo

Student

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Simon Fraser University

Research Focus

Success Stories of Indigenous Offenders Graduating from Indigenous/First Nation Courts in B.C.

Research Scope

Indigenous

Alison Elsner

Student / Indigenous Research & Engagement Specialist

Province

Saskatchewan

Affiliation

University of Saskatchewan / Saskatchewan Centre of Patient Oriented Research

Research Focus

Indigenous Wholistic Health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle

Associate Professor/Division Head/SSHRC Tier 1 CRC First Nations Wholism, Health and Wellbeing

www.amplabresearch.com

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Research Focus

First Nations women's health; culture; language; land-based learning; Indigenous education; Indigenous policy

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Anita Benoit

Assistant Professor

www.anitacbenoit.com

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

University of Toronto Scarborough

Research Focus

Indigenous women's health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Anita Lafferty

Assistant Professor

www.auroradragonfly.com

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Alberta

Research Focus

On the Land, curriculum, Arctic, co-production, matriarch wisdom

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Ashley Hayward

Assistant Professor

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Winnipeg

Research Focus

Perinatal and reproductive health, Indigenous doulas, family wellness, ethics

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Brittany Bingham

Assistant Professor

indigenousequitylab.org

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

University of British Columbia

Research Focus

Indigenous Women's Health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Candice Lys

Executive Director

arcticfoxy.com

Province

Northwest Territories

Affiliation

FOXY / Aurora College

Research Focus

sexual health, youth health, mental health, Indigenous health, program evaluation, rural and remote health

Research Scope

Inuit, Indigenous

Carol Many Chief

Holistic Practitioner, co-owner

www.ahealthyhope.ca

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

A Healthy Hope Integrated Care

Research Focus

Trauma scars, and Suicide prevention

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Caroline Tait

Professor

profiles.ucalgary.ca/caroline-tait

Province

Saskatchewan

Affiliation

University of Calgary

Research Focus

Metis and First Nations, organ donation and transplantation, mental and addictions health, reproductive health, Metis research and data sovereignty, social justice, local biologies and syndemic analysis

Research Scope

First Nation, Métis

Chelsey Perry

Research Manager

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Indigenous Equity Lab

Research Focus

Indigenous health, gender equity, climate change

Research Scope

Indigenous

Cheryllee Bourgeois

Exemption Métis Midwife

www.callauntieclinic.com

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Call Auntie/Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto

Research Focus

Indigenous Midwifery, Population Health

Research Scope

Métis, Indigenous

Cherysh Perry

Research Assistant

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Indigenous Equity Lab

Research Focus

Indigenous sexual health and climate justice

Research Scope

Indigenous

Claire Dion Fletcher

Assistant Professor, Registered Midwife

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Toronto Metropolitan University

Research Focus

Indigenous midwifery

Research Scope

Indigenous

Clara Aubin

Researcher

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Archipel Research

Research Focus

Indigenous women's health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Hannah Burgé Luviano

Scientific Associate

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Shkaabe Makwa - CAMH

Research Focus

Two-Spirit and LGTBQIA+ health, mental health and addictions, music and mental health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Hope Ace

Director of Research and Partnerships

www.ian-research.ca

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

Indigenous Women's Research Institute - Iskwewak Awetowak Nipocawin (Women Leading Knowledge)

Research Focus

Rights, responsibilities, law, policy, human rights, community-based research

Research Scope

Indigenous

Jace Poirier Lacerte

Founder and Vision Keeper

www.familystewardshipcentre.ca

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Family Stewardship Foundation

Research Focus

Ceremonies and Family Health

Research Scope

Métis

Dr. Jennifer Brant

Associate Professor

www.indigenousliteratureslab.com

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

University of Toronto

Research Focus

Indigenous Maternal Praxis Indigenous women's health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Jennifer Leason

Professor and CIHR Canada Research Chair

www.jenniferleason.com

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Calgary, Rematriating Bison

Research Focus

Maternal child health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Jennifer Ward

Doctor

Province

New Brunswick

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Health policy reform

Research Scope

Indigenous

Jersee Hill

Graduate Student

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

York University

Research Focus

Indigenous women's health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. JoLee Sasakamoose

Professor and CIHR / PHAC Research Chair in Applied Public Health

research.uregina.ca/roots-to-wellness

Province

Saskatchewan

Affiliation

Roots to Wellness Research Collaboratory (University of Regina)

Research Focus

The Collaboratory advances Indigenous wellness, ceremony, and culturally grounded public health solutions through Indigenous governance, community-led research, and systems-level transformation across Saskatchewan and beyond.

Research Scope

Indigenous

Jolene Heida

PhD Candidate

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

York University

Research Focus

Indigenous Women and gender diverse peoples resistance to land and body exploitation, Indigenous epistemologies and ontologies Indigenous feminist research

Research Scope

Indigenous

Juana Berinstein

Co-CEO

www.ontariomidwives.ca

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Association of Ontario Midwives

Research Focus

Midwifery

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Karen Lawford

Canada Research Chair - Indigenous Midwifery

rchhindigenous.com

Affiliation

Returning Care and Health Home

Research Focus

Health policy, travelling for birth, Indigenous midwifery

Research Scope

Indigenous

Kathleen Larose

Executive Director / MA Student

www.cawcs.org

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Canadian Association of Women’s Centre Societies / Thompson Rivers University

Research Focus

Women’s Health Systems from a cross cultural lens

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Kelsey Leonard

CRC Indigenous Waters, Climate and Sustainability

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

University of Waterloo

Research Focus

Indigenous Law

Research Scope

Indigenous

Kerri Butler

Founding Executive Director

www.takenotice.co.nz

Province

Outside Canada

Affiliation

Whakatautika Limited

Research Focus

Mental health

Research Scope

Māori

Dr. Kim Anderson

Professor and Canada Research Chair

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

University of Guelph

Research Focus

Relationality

Research Scope

Métis, Indigenous

Dr. Kimberly Huyser

Professor of Sociology

www.ciedar.ca

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

University of British Columbia (Vancouver)

Research Focus

Indigenous health, demography, community engaged methodologies

Research Scope

Indigenous

Kristen Desjarlais-deKlerk

Associate Professor

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Winnipeg

Research Focus

Homelessness, housing, and health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Lana Whiskeyjack

Associate Professor

www.lanawhiskeyjack.ca

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Alberta

Research Focus

sexual health; rites of passage; kinship; gender and sexual diversity; womanhood; menopause

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Lauren Cripps

RSW, CTRS

mimikej.ca

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Mimikej Integrated Services

Research Focus

Child, youth and family mental health. Works directly with SSHRC-eligible Indigenous organizations to address gaps in care, with special interest in perinatal.

Research Scope

Indigenous

Lesley Campbell

Student

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Simon Fraser University

Research Focus

Indigenous Midwifery

Research Scope

Indigenous

Lindsey Mazur

PhD Candidate

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Metis women and two-spirit experiences of the Berry Fast and Full Moon ceremony; decolonizing sexual and reproductive health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Lorrilee McGregor

Associate Professor

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

NOSM University

Research Focus

Research ethics and consent, intellectual property rights, and opioid use disorder

Research Scope

First Nation

Dr. Lucy Delgado

Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba, Canada Research Chair program

Research Focus

Michif and Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer Wellness

Research Scope

Métis

Mackenzie Chartrand

Student

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

maternal, reproductive, sexual health and wellbeing

Research Scope

Indigenous

Madison Young

Graduate Student

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Indigenous women's health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Margaret Kisikaw Piyesis

Okimâw

www.caan.ca

Province

Saskatchewan

Affiliation

CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks

Research Focus

Health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Marlyn Bennett

Associate Professor | Canada Research Chair Tier II Indigenous Children's Wellbeing

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Calgary and Manitoba

Research Focus

Indigenous children/youth, Indigenous girls/women, body mapping, digital storytelling, arts-based, land-based, trauma informed, child welfare, parents' wellbeing, Sixties Scoop wellbeing

Research Scope

Indigenous

Mary Ann Forbes

Research Project Team Lead

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Calgary

Research Focus

Inuit perinatal health

Research Scope

Inuit

Melissa Eastveld

PhD Candidate

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Calgary

Research Focus

Indigenous women’s/perinatal health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Michelle Bomberry

Manager Indigenous Health

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Brant Community Healthcare System

Research Focus

Diabetes

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Mona Lisa Bourque Bearskin

Professor, BC Chair Indigenous Health Nursing

www.ihnr.ca

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

University of Victoria

Research Focus

Indigenous Health Nursing

Research Scope

Indigenous

Monica Cyr

CEO

www.ahwc.ca

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg

Research Focus

Indigenous Community Health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Morgan Hanson-Oliveira

Graduate Student

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Indigenous women's health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Nicole Redvers

Associate Professor

www.nicoleredvers.com

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

Research Focus

Indigenous health; Planetary Health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Nicole Wemigwans

Assistant Professor / PhD student

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Laurentian University

Research Focus

Indigenous wellness, women, matriarchs, family

Research Scope

Indigenous

Otsi:tsia Brant

Integrated Experiential Learning Cohort Supervisor, Indigenous Midwifery

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

First Nations Technical Institute BIM

Research Focus

Indigenous Midwifery

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Payam Peymani

Assistant Professor

umanitoba.ca/pharmacy/faculty-staff/payam-peymani

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba / Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)

Research Focus

Maternal–child health; pharmacoepidemiology; medication safety in pregnancy; population health; health equity, Antiretroviral therapy

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Renée Monchalin

Scientist

www.fireweedproject.ca

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

Unity Health Toronto

Research Focus

Culturally safe reproductive health service access for Métis Peoples

Research Scope

Métis

Samantha Ruby

Fourth-Year Psychology Student & Undergraduate Researcher

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

Mount Royal University (B.A. Indigenous Psychology Student)

Research Focus

Indigenous women’s mental health, addictions, intergenerational trauma, and culturally grounded healing using Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) and decolonizing research methodologies

Research Scope

Indigenous

Sandra Hunter

Student

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Traditional child rearing

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Savage Bear

Assistant Professor

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

McMaster University

Research Focus

sexuality, kinship, incarceration, gender, ceremony, and survivance

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Sheila Blackstock

Associate Professor

Province

British Columbia

Affiliation

Thompson Rivers University

Research Focus

Indigenous Health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Star Hungry Wolf Cardinal

Parent Navigator (Opokaasin) and President (Good Medicine Cultural Foundation), Masters of Anthropology

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

Opokaa'sin, University of Lethbridge and Good Medicine Cultural Foundation

Research Focus

Blackfoot Transfer of Knowledge, Oral Traditions, recently finished a Masters thesis that talked about snake and lizard umbilical pouches, and traditions around that

Research Scope

First Nation

Stephanie Pangowish

Masters Student, Indigenous Studies

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Indigenous Humor and Healing

Research Scope

Indigenous

Sydney Andersen

Graduate Student

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Indigenous family wellness / maternal mental health / program development & evaluation

Research Scope

Indigenous

Tara Faye Myran

Graduate Student

Province

Manitoba

Affiliation

University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Indigenous health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Tiffany Morin, MSc, CTRS

Assistant Teaching Professor

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Lethbridge

Research Focus

Peer support, patient partnership in research, pediatric stroke, Indigenous health

Research Scope

Indigenous

Tori Wilde

Graduate Student - Masters

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Calgary

Research Focus

Preventing dating violence, healthy relationships

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Tracey Hillier

Director

apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/thillier

Province

Alberta

Affiliation

University of Alberta

Research Focus

Education, indigenous Health, Mammography

Research Scope

Indigenous

Dr. Tricia McGuire-Adams

Associate Professor FKPE, Director of the H.E.A.R.T. Research Lab (Health Education and Resurgence Theory)

www.triciamcguireadams.com

Province

Ontario

Affiliation

University of Toronto

Research Focus

Indigenous women's health, well-being, and physical activity; Indigenous Resurgence

Research Scope

Indigenous