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The Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative (IHWI) brings together researchers trained in a broad number of disciplines, diverse theoretical frameworks and complementary methodological approaches to Indigenous research. Read more about IHWI

News and Events

April 6, 2013

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: IHWI 2013 Summer School: June 8th - 11th

The Summer School will allow a national pool of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to learn together about best practices in research on Indigenous Health and Well-Being. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with Canada’s leading researchers and policy makers. The Summer School will act as a platform for students to forge lasting collaborative networks for their later careers. For application details and procedure, Click here

March 14, 2013

SAVE THE DATE - IHWI announces 2013 Summer Institute: June 8th - 11th

The 2013 IHWI summer school in fundamentally concerned with ensuring that evidence collected through community based research is used to make real, lasting difference in the Indigenous communities we work with and for.

Based on presentations of ‘best practices’ as they are delivered by community researchers, policy leaders, academics, authors, advocates and trainees from across Canada, this summer school will facilitate co-learning, discussion and dialogue. Click here for more information.

March 8, 2013

IHWI Speaker Series: Margaret Kovach

On March 6th, IHWI and the Faculty of Education at Western University welcomed Dr. Margaret Kovach (second from left), Associate Professor, Educational Foundations, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Kovach presented her talk "The Interdisciplinarity of Indigenous Research Approaches”. Prior to her talk, Dr. Kovach met with graduate students to discuss her book: Indigneous Methodologies Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts.

February 25, 2013

IHWI Speaker Series: Eric Guimond

IHWI Principal Investigators Jerry White and Chantelle Richmond with Eric Guimond (right)

On February 14th, IHWI welcomed Eric Guimond, Acting Director, Strategic Research and Analysis Directorate, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. Prior to his presentation “The Aboriginal Peoples Survey: Current Issues and Future Prospects”, Dr. Guimond took the opportunity to talk with graduate students to discuss life in the public sector, specifically focusing on securing policy jobs in the federal government.