Dr. Jennifer Leason
Indigenous Health & Wellness
Teacher, Mentor, and Artist
Dr. Jennifer Leason
"GWAYOOSHGAWIN" (BALANCE)
Teaching
- Indigenous Studies
- Historical & Contemporary Anthropology
- Gender Studies
- Support Certificate
Service
- Family
- Community
- Students
- Indigenous Mentorship
- University
- Provincial
- National
- International
Reconciliation
TRC Calls to Action:
- Build student capacity for intercultural understanding and mutual respect.
- Skills based training in intercultural competence training, conflict resolution, human rights and anti-racism.
Research
INDIGENOUS HEALTH & WELL BEING
WOMEN'S HEALTH
MATERNAL-CHILD & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
INDIGENOUS MATERNITY EXPERIENCES
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
GENDER & HEALTH
About Jen
My name is Jennifer Leason and my Saulteaux name is Kessis Sagay-Yas Egett Kwé: First Shining Rays of Sunlight Woman. I am of diverse Canadian ancestry and self-identify as a Saulteaux- Métis Anishinaabek. My maternal Indigenous roots are from Duck Bay, Pine Creek First Nation and Camperville, Manitoba; and my paternal Ukrainian-Norwegian roots are from Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan.
Contact Dr. Jennifer Leason
EARTH SCIENCES #752
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
2500 UNIVERSITY DRIVE NW
CALGARY, AB
Dr. Leason's Courses
Contemporary Indigenous Affairs
Indigenous Peoples Health
Ethnographic Survey of Indigenous Peoples
