Tri-Territorial Health & Social Professionals Conference: Full Schedule

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7:30am PDT

Registration Opens

Wednesday April 16, 2025 7:30am - 8:45am PDT

Break and Registration

8:45am PDT

Welcome Remarks

Wednesday April 16, 2025 8:45am - 9:00am PDT

Gathering & Reflections

9:00am PDT

Evidence-Based Approaches to Advancing Quality Care for Indigenous Peoples

Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am PDT

“I want to provide culturally relevant care to Indigenous peoples – what should I do?”

In this interactive presentation, Dr. Smylie and Elder Alita Sauve will engage the audience in a practical conversation regarding key pathways and pitfalls on the journey to advance Indigenous cultural safety in health services. This will include a discussion of demonstrated tools and strategies at the health-care provider-patient; institutional; and systems levels.

Key Takeaways:

The roots of anti-Indigenous racism in health care are non-Indigenous and multi-pronged, requiring multi-pronged, multi-level responses customized to the non-Indigenous sources;
Critical, explicitly anti-racist, and quality-assurance focused approaches have been demonstrated to be effective;
Anticipate resistance and a bumpy trail forward at all levels;
Traditional Indigenous approaches are a powerful guide and protector as we do this work and will be commonly missed, misunderstood and/or distorted in translation.

Speakers

Dr. Janet Smylie

Director, Well Living House

Dr. Smylie is the Director of the Well Living House Action Research Centre for Indigenous Infant, Child, and Family Health and Wellbeing, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Advancing Generative Health Services for Indigenous Populations in Canada, and Professor at the Dalla Lana School... Read More →

Elder Alita Sauve

Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am PDT

Plenary Session

10:15am PDT

Nutrition Break

Wednesday April 16, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am PDT

Break and Registration

10:45am PDT

The Ceremony of Image Making: Piecing Together Meaningful Research/Clinical Relationships

Wednesday April 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm PDT

The Ceremony of Image Making: Piecing Together Meaningful research/clinical Relationships Dr. Lisa Boivin utilizes the Indigenous tradition of image making to reimagine meaningful research/clinical relationships. Lisa will open by sharing her Indigenous experience and perspectives; often asking herself critical questions where she can enhance and improve her practice as a research/clinical educator. In this talk attendees will explore cultural safety through her pedagogical practice. Lisa shares her story of healing through cultural
reclamation in images she has painted, collaged and photo-voiced.

Learning Outcomes - Key takeaways.
1. Attendees will understand how colonialism impacts the health outcomes of Indigenous people andpopulations.
2. Attendees will learn how healing is enhanced by reclamation of culture.
3. Attendees will learn how image-based storytelling honors, personal and collective needs for wellbeing.

Speakers

Dr. Lisa Boivin, PhD

Indigenous Educator, Research Strategy & Development, University Health Network

Dr. Lisa Boivin is a member of the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation in Denendeh (Northwest Territories). She is the Indigenous Educator at University Health Network and The Center for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health’s (Ganawishkadawe) at Women’s College Hospital in Tkaronto (Toronto... Read More →

Wednesday April 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm PDT

Plenary Session

12:00pm PDT

Break for Lunch

Wednesday April 16, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT

Break and Registration

1:00pm PDT

Culture as Medicine: Indigenous-Led Approaches to Health and Wellness

Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT

Indigenous knowledge has long recognized that culture itself is a form of healing. This panel will highlight initiatives across Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut that center Indigenous culture in health and wellness, ensuring Indigenous voices lead the development and delivery of these programs.

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