BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260727T234929EDT-0187Wr0Xwo@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260728T034929Z DESCRIPTION: \n\nJoin McGill Professors Josée Lavallée\, Sarah Konwahahawi Rourke\, and Amy Shawanda for a conversation on education and accountabili ty in the context of systemic violence in health care. Register here. \n\n The event will take place at New Chancellor Day Hall (Room 202) on Monday\ , September 25\, from 4:00-6:00 pm. The discussion will be moderated by Pr ofessor Celeste Pedri-Spade (Anthropology) and will include a catered rece ption afterwards. The reception will also serve as a Welcome Back event fo r Indigenous Health students.\n\nMore about the speakers:\n\nJosée Lavallé e BScN\, RN\, MSc\n\nDirector\, Office of Social Accountability in Nursing \n\nFaculty Lecturer\, Indigenous Health\n\nJosée Lavallée (she/her) was b orn and raised in Winnipeg on Treaty 1 Territory\, homeland of the Red Riv er Métis Nation. She is a Red River Michif woman and member of the Manitob a Métis Federation’s Bison Local. She obtained a Baccalauréat en Sciences Infirmières (BScN) from Université de Saint-Boniface. Josée has spent most of her clinical career in community health and advocating for culturally safe\, anti-racist\, and anti-oppressive nursing practice and education. J osée has a Master of Science in Community Health Sciences (MSc) from the U niversity in Manitoba where she explored the interrelated nature of Red Ri ver Métis culture and health. Josée used her thesis as an opportunity to c ritically examine and challenge how a thesis is expected to be written by Indigenizing her writing to reflect the value of relationality from the kn owledge that she gathered and was gifted.\n\nJosée joined the Ingram Schoo l of Nursing in May 2023 as the inaugural Director of the Office of Social Accountability in Nursing and as Faculty Lecturer\, Indigenous Health. Fo cusing on transparency and action\, Josée will help guide the Office of So cial Accountability in Nursing(OSAN) in addressing and engaging in anti-ra cist\, anti-oppressive\, and decolonizing nursing education\, research\, a nd practices.\n\nSarah Konwahahawi Rourke\, Ed.D.\n\nDirector\, Indigenous Health Professions Program\n\nFaculty Lecturer\, Department of Family Med icine\n\nIn 2022\, Sarah Konwahahawi Rourke\, Ed.D.\, was appointed Direct or of the Indigenous Health Professions Program (IHPP) in the Faculty of M edicine and Health Sciences. Ms. Rourke\, who is Kanien’kehá:ka from Akwes asne\, succeeds Kent Saylor\, MD\, who was the inaugural director of the I HPP when it launched in 2017. Ms. Rourke 'will lead the IHPP in the ongoin g implementation and evolution of its long-term action plan to increase th e number of Indigenous students in all health-related professional program s. Her work will be based on needs and priorities identified by Indigenous communities\, in particular within the McGill Réseau Universitaire Intégr é de Santé et Services Sociaux. She is also appointed as a part-time Facul ty Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine.\n\nMs. Rourke brings mor e than 15 years’ experience to her new role. She has worked with tradition al knowledge holders\, teachers and elders\, and has extensive expertise i n strategic planning\, policy development and representing Indigenous comm unities. She has a Master’s in Educational Leadership from St. Lawrence Un iversity\, Canton\, NY. In 2021\, she completed the Executive Leadership D octoral Program in Social Justice at St. John Fisher College\, Syracuse\, NY.\n\nAmy Shawanda\, PhD\n\nAssistant Professor\, Department of Family Me dicine\n\nMs. Shawanda\, an Odawa Kwe\, is an Indigenous health researcher \, and a Provost Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Dalla Lana School of Public H ealth at the University of Toronto. Ms. Shawanda was born and raised in Wi kwemikong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island\, Ontario. She has been i mmersed in Indigenous education and land-based learning since daycare to s econdary school\, then repositioned her strengths in Indigenous Knowledges in undergraduate and graduate schools.\n\nMs. Shawanda has a background i n Law and Justice and Indigenous Studies and her master’s in Indigenous Re lations (both from Laurentian University) where her research focused on sm udging policies in northeastern Ontario healthcare facilities. She obtaine d her PhD at Trent University and her doctoral work focused on Anishinaabe Motherhood and examining the challenges\, tensions\, and strengths of tra ditional teachings and pedagogies in a contemporary context. Ms. Shawanda has specialized knowledge on strengthening Indigenous ways of being\, doin g\, knowing\, and reclaiming. She has been teaching undergraduates and gra duate students about Indigenous health\, health care\, land-based learning \, Indigenous maternal health\, Indigenous pedagogies\, Indigenous methodo logies\, and spiritual health.\n\nTo find out more about the 2023 Indigeno us Awareness Weeks\, which this event is part of\, please visit the IAW we bpage.\n DTSTART:20230925T200000Z DTEND:20230925T220000Z LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, New Chancellor Day Hall\, Room 202\, 3644 Pee l Street SUMMARY:Education and Accountability: Centering Indigenous Voices in Health Care (Re)Education: Roundtable Discussion URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/indigenous/channels/event/education-and-accountab ility-centering-indigenous-voices-health-care-reeducation-roundtable-35025 8 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR