Treena Wasonti:io Delormier
Associate Professor;
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Nutrition;
Associate Director, Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition & Environment
- Public health nutrition of Indigenous population
- Health inequities
- Social determinants of health using participatory research approaches
Treena Wasonti:io Delormier is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Nutrition and Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment at McGill University. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Nutrition. She also serves as the Scientific director of the Kahnawà:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) and is a member of the L'Ordre des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec (ODNQ).
Professor Delormier is the Nominated Principal Applicant of Tahatikonhsontontie’ Quebec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (QcNEIHR), which is part of a national consortium of NEIHRs that enhance Indigenous Peoples’ capacity in health research.
She currently serves as the Chair of the Expert Panel on Indigenous Science and Food Sovereignty convened by the Council of Canadian Academies. This panel is exploring how Indigenous science can be supported to inform policy and governance in a way that advances Indigenous priorities and achieves reciprocal benefits all people in Canada.
Professor Delormier, a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) scholar from the community of Kahnawà:ke, is a professional dietitian, established as a public health nutrition researcher, and a leader in the methodological and ethical aspects of conducting research with Indigenous Peoples’ and in enhancing health research capacity of academic and Indigenous researchers in particular, in partnership research and co-learning knowledge sharing.
