Cultural Safety Meeting

St. Andrew's College Lounge

Our diverse team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, practitioners, Elders, persons with lived experience of mental illness and addictions, and advocates are coming together for a two day think tank and one day public forum to explore cultural safety and microreconcilation practice as foundation for cultural informed care for Indigneous peoples. There is a specific emphases on how this work relates to, and advances the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada's 'Calls to Action,' Indigenous rights and improvements to health services, social/child welfare, justice, and education.

Mentorship Cafe: February 15, 2018

The Mentorship Café will be an opportunity for students to meet and talk with prominent Indigenous and non-Indigenous health scholars, community based researchers and Elders from across Canada about issues pertaining specifically to Indigenous research. Mentors experienced in a wide range of Indigenous research areas will sit at different tables which are prominently labeled with the topics about which they are prepared to advise. 

Participating experts include:

• Dr. William Mussell (Sto:lo, BC); President and Chair, Native Mental Health Association of Canada
• Dr. Andrew Greenshaw (AB), Psychiatry, University of Alberta
• Dr. Simon Lambert (Maori, Aotearoa), Indigenous Studies, University of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Caroline Tait (Metis, SK); Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Robert Henry (Metis, SK); Sociology, University of Calgary
• Dr. Veronica McKinney (SK), Family Medicine, Northern Medical Services, University of Saskatchewan
• Ms. Patti Tait (SK), Cultural Advisorr, Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Terry Adler (BC), First Peoples Wellness Circle
• Dr. Paul Hanki (BC) Northern Health Authority
• Dr. Jennifer White (BC), School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria
• Dr. Victoria Smye (ON), School of Nursing, Western University
• Dr. Ed Connors (Mohawk, ON), Psychologist, Director, Canadian Institute for Suicide Prevention
• Dr. Normand D'Aragon (QUE), Psychologist, Co-Founder of First Nations and Inuit Suicide Prevention Association of Quebec
• Ms. Gaye Hansen (Metis, SK), President, Hansen and Associates Management Consulting in Whitehorse, YK

Public Forum: February 16, 2018

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
St. Andrew's College Lounge

Coffee and snacks provided. 

Join leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health experts in a public discussion about Indigenous men's and women's health, wellness and grassroots mentorship. 

Presenters include:

Normand D'Aragon 

Dr. D'Aragon has worked as a psychologist since 1983. He has been involved as a practitioner and trainer in a number of First Nations and Inuit communities of northern Quebec for the last 20 years. In his clinical practice, he has been adapting an intergenerational family approach for the understanding of suicide, the intervention, and the grieving process. Dr. D'Aragon will be presenting on "Suicide and Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Among First Peoples."

Patti Tait

Patti Tait is an advocate and cultural coordinator at the Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan. She has worked in the criminal justice system for 30 years. EFry is a women-centered, non-profit organization committed to working with women before, during, and after incarceration. They are a community-based voice for women at risk as well as those who are criminalized as a result of poverty, racism, histories of abuse, or a lack of education. 

Additional presenters include:

Austin Tootoosis (Poundmaker First Nation, SK) & STR8 UP: 10,000 Little Steps to Healing, Inc. (Saskatoon, SK)