Sharing learnings across the country - Aboriginal Health Week, Edmonton AB, March 2-6

My work with the Equity Toolkit Project has taught me of the importance of building networks of support across sectors and distance. We have so much to share with one another: resources, learnings, ideas and encouragement. This phenomenal event in Edmonton, Alberta, is a great example of this. Please read on...

Aboriginal Health Group Presents: “A Gathering of Speakers”

Aboriginal Health Week

March 2 – March 6.

2009 MONDAY March 2, 2009. 12-1 pm Room 1080 KATZ

Dr. Michael Hart, an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba. He is also a Clinical supervisor for the Long Plain Health Centre and First Nations and Inuit Health Branch. His research and most recent book addresses the Cree philosophy to helping and deepens our understanding of Indigenous perspectives and practices in the professional disciplines of Social Work.

TUESDAY March 3, 2009. 12-1 pm Room 1080 KATZ

Dr. Angeline Letendre is Cree-Métis from a small community in Alberta. Angeline received a doctoral degree in Nursing. Angeline is currently the Interim Assistant Director for the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health at the University of Alberta under the direction and leadership of the newly appointed Scientific Director Dr. Malcolm King.

WEDNESDAY March 4, 2009. 12-1 pm Room 1080 KATZ

FIRST 30 Participants will make their own rattle.

Vincent Steinhauer is a family man and resident of Saddle Lake First Nation. He is working on his PhD in Indigenous knowledge. He is lecturing at Blue Quills First Nations College. Vincent is highly regarded as a ceremonial leader, a cultural arts practitioner, and active community member.

THURSDAY March 5, 2009. 5-9 pm Room 1080 KATZ

“Evening Gathering” Exploring how Blackfoot (Siksika) culture influenced some of Abraham Maslow’s most important theoretical frameworks. Ryan Heavy Head, Akáyo’kaki, is an instructor of Kainai Studies and Cultural Anthropology at Red Crow College, on the Blood Indian Reserve, Alberta, Canada. He is presently serving as the acting Coordinator of the Kainai Studies program.

Narcisse Blood [iitsitssko’pa]; translation meaning emplaced-for-a-reason, tribal elder. Narcisse Blood, Ki’naksaapo’p, Iitsitssko’pa. He currently teaches for the Kainai Studies program, the Department of Education at Lethbridge University, and the International Indigenous Studies Department at the University of Calgary.

FRIDAY March 6, 2009. 12-1 pm Room 1080 KATZ

Ghislaine Goudreau is a member of the Algonquin of Pikwàkanagàn. She works as a Health Promoter at the Sudbury & District Health Unit. In 2006, Ghislaine completed her Master of Science Degree in Health Promotion through the University of Alberta; She was awarded the special honor for best Masters Thesis work in Canada "Exploring the Connection between Aboriginal Women's Hand Drumming and Health Promotion (Mino-Bimaadiziwin).

PO Box 60016, 0-40 SUB University of Alberta, 8900 115 St., Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2C0, Phone: (780) 964-2310, Fax: (780) 492-7614 Email: abhealth@ualberta.ca, Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~abhealth