Now Playing… Gwayakooshgawiin: Living in Truth Gwayakooshgawiin (Living in Truth) is a relational theory which offers a framework for understanding knowledge, power, and responsibility to create new visions for a shared future. It draws on matriarchal governance, lived systems, Anishinaabe epistemologies and Indigenous worldviews. View the video As I sat with Elder Jim Dumont’s creation […]
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U of C Faculty Association Member Profile Dr. Jennifer Leason was featured in The University of Calgary Faculty Association (TUCFA) newsletter in March in its Member Profile. After 20 years of front line service and 8 years in the academy, her message remains the same: Stop building empires. Start paying local people, a local working wage
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Support to criminalize forced sterilization at House of Commons On March 24, Dr. Leason spoke on behalf of the Native Women’s Association of Canada to support Senator Yvonne Boyer’s work to criminalize forced sterilization, and support survivors, through the Survivor’s Circle for Reproductive Justice. Dr. Leason speaks at approximately 12:15. View Event on Ourcommons.ca
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Jennifer Leason interviewed on The Homestretch (CBC Calgary) Hear Jennifer talk about language revitalization and finding hope through intergenerational loss on this special edition of The Homestretch. Live from the King Eddy in Calgary, CBC host Chris dela Torre interviewed Jennifer on winning the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award for her children’s book Hummingbird /
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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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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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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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