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Visions for Planetary Healing

  • 29 Apr 2022
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Webinar

LAND, BORDERS, AND HEALTH Lecture Series

Public Health & Migration @ DLSPH, the Centre for Global Health, and the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, in partnership with the Global Health and Social Accountability Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (University of Toronto), invite you to a series of lectures on land, borders, and health. With the contribution of a group of internationally renowned scholars and activists, these lectures will explore how land and borders are relevant to human health and the health of the planet, with the intent of emphasizing the importance of academic work, across disciplinary silos, focusing on restoration, restitution, and reparation. 

Information on Full Lecture Series: https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Land-and-Borders-Lecture-Series_Final.pdf 


Presentation Title: Visions for Planetary Healing

Speaker: Dr. Nicole Redvers, ND, MPH, is a member of the Deninu K’ue First Nation in Denendeh (NWT) and has worked with Indigenous patients, scholars, and communities around the globe her entire career. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Department of Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota where she helped developed and launch the first Indigenous health PhD program. Dr. Redvers is co-founder and current board chair of the Canadian charity the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation based in Yellowknife, NWT, providing traditional Indigenous-rooted Land-based healing supports to northerners. She has been actively involved at regional, national, and international levels promoting the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives in both human and planetary health research and practice. She is author of the trade paperback book titled, ‘The Science of the Sacred: Bridging Global Indigenous Medicine Systems and Modern Scientific Principles.’



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