Date
November 26, 2024
Start time
4:00 PM
End time
6:00 PM
Event type
Get Talking!
Event details
Get Talking! is an in-person discussion series focused on the most challenging issues facing healthcare today including equitable access to care, legislation, funding, delivery, and innovation. It is intended to showcase multiple perspectives and create a forum for a constructive, respectful discussion.
Talk title: Healing and Justice: Indigenous Perspectives on Healthcare
More information coming soon.
Speaker: Marian Jacko
Marian Jacko, Anishinaabe from Wiikwemkoong First Nation, is the Assistant Deputy Attorney General for the Indigenous Justice Division of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. Prior to this role, she was appointed by Order-in-council as The Children’s Lawyer for Ontario. Marian has made significant contributions to the legal profession including being the first Indigenous person appointed as The Children’s Lawyer for Ontario, where she spent nearly 20 years representing and advocating for the personal and property rights of children and youth.
Speaker: Kate Dunn
Kate Dunn is an assistant professor and Indigenous scholar in York University’s School of Nursing within the Faculty of Health. An Anishinaabe woman from northern Ontario, Kate brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to the University, particularly through her work on liver wellness and hepatitis C elimination in Indigenous communities. Kate’s research is deeply rooted in community engagement and collaboration with Indigenous Knowledge Holders. Her project, titled “Wisdom Seeking and Perspectives on Liver Wellness,” involves working with community members to incorporate traditional health and wellness approaches into hepatitis C care pathways.
Speaker: Dr. Mikaela D. Gabriel
Dr. Mikaela D. Gabriel (Italian & Mi’kmaq of Ktaqmkuk; she/her) is a clinical and counselling psychologist and researcher exploring Indigenous health and wellbeing, urban cultural connection, and housing transitions for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Her primary research focus is the promotion of positive cultural identity, strength, and healing through traditional knowledge and cultural support.
Dr. Gabriel is a scientist with MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, with a cross appointment to Well Living House. She is an assistant professor (status only) at the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health/University of Toronto, where she completed a postdoctoral fellowship. She holds a PhD in Clinical and Counselling Psychology from the Ontario Institute in Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. She is a writer, traveler, and an auntie.
Format
In Person
Where
TRP Auditorium, 263 McCaul St. Toronto, ON
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