Jennifer Leason

Research

“Abinocíyak kagwé nanagatawéndamowa anísinabé otiscigéwin mihiwé ogaminoségonawá.”
“One of the priorities young people have to think about is spirituality, and mental wellness.”
HENRY LANIGAN – COTE FIRST NATION

Areas of Interest​

  • Indigenous Peoples Health & Wellness
  • Indigenous Maternal-Child and Reproductive Health
  • Population & Public Health: Epidemiology
  • Social Determinants of Health & Wellness
  • Medical Anthropology and Ethno-obstetrics/ Ethno-Medicine
  • Socio-Cultural Anthropology: Ethnographic Research
  • Health & Gender: Gender Based Analysis (GBA+)
  • Indigenous Feminist Perspectives
  • Community Based Participatory Action Research and Appreciative Inquiry
  • Interdisciplinary Research Methods & Theoretical Constructs
  • Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Systems
  • Saulteaux- Anishinaabemowiin Language, Epistemologies, Oral Literature

SACRED BUNDLES UNBORN

The goal of our collective, first and foremost, is the documentation of this ongoing genocide, from our perspective, in order to bring to the forefront of readers’ consciousness this archaic and barbaric atrocity that continues and is not “criminalized” in Canada.

HONOURING VOICES

Illuminating Indigenous Women and Gender Diverse (WGD) Sexual, Reproductive, and Maternal-Child Health in Federal Correctional Facilities in Canada

RECLAIMING INDIGENOUS BIRTH

To address and improve the health outcomes of Indigenous peoples by investing in Indigenous midwifery programs and funding allocation for the recruitment and retention of Indigenous midwife-practitioners.

INDIGENOUS MATERNITY SHARING CIRCLES

Creating a culturally and contextually relevant Indigenous Maternity Experiences Survey that examines Indigenous women's experiences during prenatal care, labour and birth, and 6 months postpartum.

INDIGENOUS MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH

Planning & disseminating information on Indigenous maternal child health information needs, gaps and priorities in Canada.

INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS MATERNAL HEALTH

Ekjut works for the improvement of maternal and newborn child health through participatory intervention with women's groups in Jarkhand, India. Groups take part in a participatory learning action cycle to identify and prioritize maternal and newborn problems, find feasible solutions and implement and evaluate together.

PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA

Exploring the context of individuals who died from the acute toxic effects of opioids and illegal substances: Listening to the coroner and medical examiner voice.

COLONIALISM AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HEALTH

Examining the historical, social, political, economical and cultural impacts of colonization on Indigenous peoples health, including embodied intergenerational colonization.

SECWEPEMCW NATION INJURY SURVEILLANCE & PREVENTION

Community based injury (intentional & unintentional) surveillance and prevention activities.

FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY

Honouring Tobacco: Interior FNHA Perspectives & Approaches 2018-2023 In collaboration with Interior Health Authority.

INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION

May-abee kam-noo poon: Blueberry Patch

Saulteaux - Norman Chartrand, Duck Bay Manitoba

Teaching

INDIGENOUS STUDIES

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

GENDER/WOMENSTUDIES

SUPPORT CERTIFICATE

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