Dr. Jennifer Leason on Returning Care and Health Home podcast On this episode of the Returning Care and Health Home podcast, Dr. Jennifer Leason speaks about Indigenous maternal-child wellness through a holistic lens. Along with host Theresa, the two discuss the importance of cultural context in maternal care, and how Dr. Leason’s creative work intersects […]
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Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee is a 2025 Bank Street Best Book of the Year Chosen by the Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, Hummingbird / Aamo-binashee was featured in The 2025 “Best Children’s Books of the Year” list for titles published in 2024. In choosing books for the annual list, committee members consider literary quality and excellence
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Dr. Jennifer Leason recognized with 2025 Impact Award Dr. Jennifer Leason was one of five recipients of the 2025 Impact Award from the Faculty of Arts at University of Calgary. Arielle Perrotta, a PhD Candidate supervised by Dr. Leason in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, was also honoured. Dr. Leason’s research projects engage in
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Reclaiming Indigenous Birth Team recognized for their Community Research The Reclaiming Indigenous Birth Team was recognized with a 2025 Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership Honourable Mention for their research examining the costs of obstetric evacuation and the social-cultural benefits of Indigenous midwifery. From the Award Adjudication Committee at Community-Based Research Canada: The Award Adjudication
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Canadian Science Policy Conference 2020 Presentation Dr. Jennifer Leason, Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary and CRC-Indigenous Maternal Child Wellness, was interviewed by CSPC team member, Sumedha Sachar as part of the Canadian Science Policy Conference in December 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqD2MvQshB4
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Jennifer Leason Wins 2018 PEAK Scholar Award Professor Leason has been nominated for her work in Truth and Reconciliation. In addition to her multifaceted, interdisciplinary research, teaching and service that span local, provincial, national and international Indigenous communities, her education for reconciliation experiential learning exercise has been transformational. The exercise, which has been conducted across
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Anthropology’s Jennifer Leason receives CIHR New Investigator’s Award It was a case of under-representation that spurred on her current research project, for which the newly hired assistant professor in anthropology has just received a CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) New Investigator’s Award in Maternal-Child and Reproductive Health. Download Press Release View on Ucalgary.ca
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Women Warriors Podcast Interview Building Each Other Up & Healing Through Balance with Dr. Jennifer Leason, from barriers overcome in grad school through reclaiming and re-storying Indigenous ways of being, healing from intergenerational trauma. Dr. Jennifer Leason: Keesis Sagay Egette Ekwé (First Shining Rays of Sunlight Woman) is a Saulteaux-Métis Anishinaabek Kwé (woman) and mother
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