Topic: Indigenous Research Methods by Dr. Shawn Wilson

Speaker: Dr Shawn Wilson is from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation but currently lives on Bundjalung land on the east coast of Australia. He is an Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies in the Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan in Canada, as well as adjunct faculty at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples at Southern Cross University in Australia.

Through working with Indigenous people internationally, Shawn has applied Indigenist philosophy within the contexts of Indigenous education, health and counselor education. In addition to further articulating Indigenous philosophies and research paradigms, his research focuses on the inter-related concepts of identity, health and healing, culture and wellbeing. His 2008 book, Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods is often cited for bridging understanding between traditional Indigenous knowledges and western academia. He is on the editorial boards of several journals and the board of directors for the Tapestry Institute, and co-editor of Research and Reconciliation: Unsettling ways of knowing through Indigenous relationships (2019).

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Topic: Creating inclusive decolonizing spaces in healthcare - an opportunity to discuss decolonization in healthcare education through a gender and sexuality diverse lens

Speaker: Keith King, BScN, MPH, RN, CPSO (He/They) is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta from Treaty 8 and MNA region 6 territory in northern Alberta. His experience as a 2-Spirit Registered Nurse and academic have led him to explore the importance of Indigenous and Intersectionality informed care in health and wellness both clinically and academically.

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Article: Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman & Serena Phillips (2019): Health professional student preparedness to care for sexual and gender minorities: efficacy of an elective interprofessional educational intervention, Journal of Interprofessional Care

The IPHCPR Network invites abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations for its 1st Annual Scientific Meeting Series - Research Day (virtual event). The meeting series will showcase research and innovation in Indigenous primary health care and policy and encourage future collaboration among attendees.

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Event Summary

Presentations:

A First Nation-Led COVID-19 Response: Coordinating Integrated Primary Care

Patient complexity assessment tools containing inquiry domains important for Indigenous patient care

The Role of Intergenerational Social Connections in Promoting Healthy Brain Aging and Nurturing Wholistic Well-Being Amongst Indigenous Older Adults and Youth

Siksikaitsitapi Parenting of Children with Disabilities

Wisdom Seeking on Wholistic Perspectives of Liver Wellness: Influencing Indigenous Hepatitis C Care Pathways and Community Impact Through Co-created Media

Exploring the integration of Indigenous ways of knowing in PHC policy development to promote healing for Indigenous communities in Alberta

Creating Harmony in Kidney and Diabetes Care with Indigenous Communities

Indigenous Health and Anti-Racism Strategy

To view the recording of the event please send us a request via email to iphcpr@ucalgary.ca

The meeting series will showcase research and innovation in Indigenous primary health care and policy and encourage future collaboration among attendees.

This is the 1st day of the Annual Scientific Meeting Series organized by the Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network in Alberta.

Elder Willie Ermine will be the key note speaker for this event.

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Event Summary

To view the recording of the event please send us a request via email to iphcpr@ucalgary.ca

(Mountain Time)

Join the IPHCPR and AIM-HI Networks for an afternoon of learning skills and techniques to find the motivation to write, especially when you don’t want to! Trainees and students will be guided through a writing circle session with the Alexandra Writers Society to practice putting words on the page.

Contact Cathryn Rodrigues at cathryn.rodrigues@ucalgary.ca to join the Zoom video conferencing.

Topic: Public Health Crises and Indigenous Health

Brief: The purpose of this journal club is to examine how public health crises such as pandemics impact Indigenous peoples and communities in Canada. Knowledge sharing will focus on the response of health systems through a series of key questions for collective exploration.

Speakers: Anika Sehgal and Kayla Fitzpatrick

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Charania, N. A., & Tsuji, L. J. (2011). The 2009 H1N1 pandemic response in remote First Nation communities of Subarctic Ontario: barriers and improvements from a health care services perspective. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 70(5), 564-575.

Richardson, L., & Crawford, A. (2020). COVID-19 and the decolonization of Indigenous public health. CMAJ, 192(38), E1098-E1100.

The purpose of the virtual event is to explore innovations around the Patient Medical Home model and opportunities for Indigenous Primary Health Care (PHC) delivery. This is not an educational session, but rather a space for knowledge sharing, collective exploration and discussion on PHC innovation and the opportunities for Indigenous PHC delivery.   

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Graphic Recordings from the event (NEW)

Montesanti, S.; Fitzpatrick, K., Barnabe, C., Robson, H., MacDonald, K., Marchand, T. Crowshoe, L. 2021. Innovations in Indigenous Primary Healthcare. Evidence Profile. Alberta, Canada: Indigenous Primary Healthcare and Policy Research Network, 10 May, 2021

The Patient Medical Home Model Brief Overview by Dr. Lee Green (Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta)

Innovations in Indigenous Primary Healthcare Models by Dr. Stephanie Montesanti (School of Public Health, University of Alberta)

Knowledge Sharing - Recording

SPEAKERS:

Andrea Kennedy, RN PhD — Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University)

Christian Cook, PhD — Director, Academic Development Centre & Associate Professor, Mount Royal University

Grandmother Doreen Spence is from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and now resides in Calgary. She is a traditional healer, retired Registered Nurse, Order of Canada appointee, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author, and human rights activist who served as a presiding Elder on the working group for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.  At 83 grandmother is still an active lodge keeper and support to many. 

Kupuna 'Aunty ' Francine Dudoit Tagupa comes from a lineage of Native Hawaiian healers. She is a Native Hawaiian practitioner, nurse, and political activist. As the Director of Native Hawaiian Healing at Waikiki Health, she leads Pu'uhonua (safe place for healing) for incarcerated Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in their transition to community. Francine develops health programs to promote and preserve Hawaiian healing traditions through education, research and apprenticeship including integrative care with western healthcare systems. 

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Presentation

Relational Learning with Indigenous Communities: Elders’ and Students’ Perspectives on Reconciling Indigenous Service-Learning.

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Topic:

Primary Health Care (PHC) Innovations

Description:

This virtual gathering will focus on innovations in PHC by inviting stakeholders to share their experiences and exchange views on PHC policy and research. The overall aim for the IPHCPR Network will be to generate direction, synthesize knowledge to Alberta realities and identify a research agenda, as means of integrating emerging ideas and critical knowledge to grow vision for possibilities in PHC innovation.

The research team has identified 4 key areas as follows:

1. Patient Support and Social Cohesion

2. Virtual Care

3. Organizational Models for PHC

4. Initiatives to Interrupt Racism

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Guest Speaker: Professor Paradies is a Wakaya man who is Chair in Race Relations at Deakin University. He conducts research on the health, social and economic effects of racism as well as anti-racism theory, policy and practice across diverse settings, including online, in workplaces, schools, universities, housing, the arts, and health. He also teaches and undertakes research in Indigenous knowledges.

Presentation: Racism and Indigenous health

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The Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network will be hosting a series of Primary Health Care and Policy Research Seminars for stakeholders interested and/or involved in primary health care and policy research to share and increase knowledge of PHC research methods among researchers and knowledge users.

For this seminar, a panel of notable PHC researchers will be invited to present their innovations, methods and outcomes focusing on virtual care during COVID-19 and to address key questions. A Q&A session will give attendees the opportunity to ask their own questions.

Speakers:

Eyrin Tedesco is currently the Clinical Project Director of Primary Care Development and eHealth with the First Nations Health Authority. Eyrin working alongside her exceptional team of colleagues, has lead First Nations health services in the integration of Primary Care, clinical eHealth pathways and technologies that enhance and support the delivery of health and wellness programs to all 203 First Nations communities in British Columbia for the last 6-years. Creative and dynamic in her approach to healthcare delivery in First Nations communities, Eyrin is known for developing and implementing innovative health initiatives while fostering strong relationships with community based, regional and provincial stakeholders. Eyrin holds a Masters of Health Administration from the University of British Columbia as well as a Bachelors of Arts degree and Bachelors of Science in Nursing Degree, both from Vancouver Island University. Eyrin currently works and plays in the unceeded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Dr. Terri Aldred is Carrier from the Tl’Azt’En Nation located north of Fort St. James. Dr. Aldred has a Bachelor of Health Science Degree and a Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Alberta. In 2013 she completed her residency in the UBC Indigenous Family Medicine Program in Victoria. At present, Dr. Aldred is the Site Director for the Indigenous Family Medicine Program, Family Physician for Carrier Sekani Family Services, Medical Director for the Prince George Foundry Clinic, the Indigenous Lead for the RCcBC, and was recently elected to the BCCFP Board. In 2018 she won the First Five Years in Practice Achievement award through the BCCFP. She is passionate about Indigenous health, physician well-being, and medical education. Sna Chaylia.

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YouTube Video of the IPHCPR Network - Primary Health Care and Policy Research Seminar on Virtual Care

Presentation: AB-NEIHR IPHCPR Network Seminar on Virtual Care

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Topic:

Indigenous community-based dementia care and approaches to brain health that strengthen cultural continuity.

Readings:

Ashley Cornect Benoit, et al. "Nurturing Meaningful Intergenerational Social Engagements to Support Healthy Brain Aging for Anishinaabe Older Adults: Nakaazang Wenjishing Naagdawendiwin, Nji Gechipiitzijig Anishnaabek." Canadian Journal on Aging 39.2 (2020): 263-83.

M.Chandler and C. Lallonde “Cultural Continuity as a Modifier of Suicide Risk Among Canada’s First Nations” in Kirmayer, L. & Valaskakis, G. (Eds.). The Mental Health of Canadian Aboriginal Peoples: Transformations, Identity, and Community. University of British Columbia Press (2000).

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The Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network will be hosting a variety of educational webinars for undergraduate and graduate students interested and/or involved in primary health care and policy research.

This webinar will present helpful advice for completing grant proposals and scholarship applications, including how to structure an application and writing tips. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session to give attendees the opportunity to ask questions about applications they are planning or currently writing.

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YouTube Video of the IPHCPR Network - Virtual Seminar: Writing a Research Proposal

Presentation: IPHCPR Network_Writing a research proposal