Annalee Yassi (Aboriginal Health)

Current roles:

Health Professional - Physician with specialties in Public Health, Preventative Medicine and Occupational Medicine;

Researcher - MSc, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Capacity Building;

Professor - School of Population and Public Health

Description:Dr. Yassi obtained her medical degree from McMaster University and then trained as a medical specialist in Public Health, Preventative Medicine and Occupational Medicine.

Her recent work in aboriginal health involved working with indigenous communities in Ecuador on several projects, most notably, trying to bring an intercultural perspective, incorporating ancestral knowledge (especially regarding medicinal plants) to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. The influence of “Sumak Kawsay” (good living) in Kitchwa, and the ecosystem approach to health advocacy, has had a profound influence on her work. Currently, she does not have funded projects in Canada, but has in the past.

Her other areas of interest are: Environmental and Occupational Health; Health Education and Advocacy; Health, Human rights and Liberation Medicine;

Get involved: She can provide mentorship, research opportunities (as summer student research projects going abroad (South Africa, or Ecuador), and/or literature review and synthesis projects; Students with a background in statistics and questionnaire development skills would be especially welcome), educational opportunities (Eg. lectures), volunteer opportunities and global health student electives in areas of my work

Contact:
Room 430 - 2206 East Mall, School of Population and Public Health, UBC, Vancouver
annalee.yassi@ubc.ca
T: 604-822-6962

Candace McKivett

candacem@ipsociety.ca

Community Organization member

Community services agency policy analyst

Areas of Interest:

• Aboriginal Health

• Cultural Safety

• Health Education and Advocacy

• Health of Sex Workers

Highlighted work:

Candace McKivett works as a policy analyst for an Indigenous organization on Vancouver Island that specializes in Indigenous child welfare, cultural safety and professional development opportunities for Indigenous peoples.

Jacquie Green (Aboriginal Health)

jlgreen
 

jlgreen@uvic.ca

Social Worker

Project Manager at Indigenous Child Well-Being Research Net work (ICWRN)

Director and associate professor at UVIC’s School of Social Work

Areas of Interest:

  • Aboriginal Health
  • Research that involves building on and enhancing cultural traditions

 

Highlighted work:

Dr. Green is a project manager for the ICWRN, a network that strives to provide cultural knowledge, research, and care practices from an indigenous perspective. They provide research training to different communities based on the community’s cultural world views by meeting with community’s cultural world views by meeting with elders, community members and youth to devise a training program together. A cornerstone of the program is the concept that the research and knowledge collected must benefit the community it originated from – all published works are conducted in collaboration with the community

 

Opportunities for involvement:

  • Mentorship
  • Dr Green is interested in connected with students who are continuing to broaden the indigenous perspective to research, scholarship and practice

Leah May Walker

leah.walker@ubc.ca

Researcher

Education (BA, PDP, Adult Education)

Areas of Interest:

• Aboriginal Health

• Cultural Safety

• Health Education and Advocacy

Highlighted work:

Leah Walker leads curriculum initiatives for health professional learners in Indigenous health, cultural competency, community engagement. She also leads indigenous health community learning

Opportunities for Involvement:

• Mentorship

• Electives

• Students interested in Indigenous health education evaluation and cultural safety research opportunities can contact her at leah.walker@ubc.ca

• She is interested in connecting and collaborating with those working with First Nations communities, Indigenous health education and cultural competency

Trevor Kehoe

trevor.kehoe@fnha.ca

Health Professional

Communications Officer and Media Relations

Areas of Interest:

• Aboriginal Health

• Access and Resources to Health Care

Highlighted work:

Trevor Kehoe is a Communications Officer at a First Nations Health Authority Communications Team working on various online website (www.fnha.ca) and social media platforms. Trevor and his team shares the positive and historic work taking place within the new First Nations Health Governance Structure in BC of the First Nations Health Authority, First Nations Health Council, First Nations Health Directors Association, and Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health. As well, they are opening up new collaborative opportunities for innovation, integration, and partnerships in achieving our shared vision of Healthy, Self-Determining and Vibrant BC First Nations Children, Families and Communities.

Opportunities for Involvement:

• Mentorship

• Internship

• Educational lectures

• Research opportunities related to FNHA’s organization-wide initiatives

• Students interested in these opportunities can contact Trevor at trevor.kehoe@fnha.ca

Veronica Fynn

https://twitter.com/EVRInc

Researcher

Public health practitioner with a legal background

Areas of Interest:

  • Aboriginal Health
  • Health Education and Advocacy
  • Health of Sex Workers
  • Health, Human Rights, and Liberation Medicine
  • Women's Health Inequity
  • Youth and Children's Health Inequity

Highlighted work:

Veronica Fynn is currently doing her PhD with focus on the gender violence and the rule of law as it relates indigenous populations. She researches and advocates the interdisciplinary junction of public health, law and indigeneity in efforts to promote, equal rights and social justice. As a PhD student, she is engaged in diverse research on refugees, migrants, and VAW particularly in Liberia, Canada and Australia

Opportunities for Involvement:

  • Mentorship
  • Educational lectures
  • Veronica Fynn is interested in sharing her learning experiences with students
  • Research opportunities include: conducting library research, writing proposals, drafting journal articles and publication, analysing research data and designing research methods.