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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½

Health (Calls 18-24)

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ acknowledges that we are gathered on ancestral lands, on Treaty One Territory. Our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation. These lands are the heartland of the Métis people.

We are committed to implementing the recommendations of the 


Programs and initiatives

Some of the programs and initiatives that members of The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ community have undertaken related to Calls to Action 18-24: Health are:

CIHR supports research into history and impact of Indigenous TB. Dr. Mary Jane McCallum and Dr. Erin Millions are creating space for collaborative knowledge-sharing to educate health care professionals and the public about Indigenous health history in Manitoba while working to through historic photographs. Connect to the project on Instagram (), Twitter (), and Facebook (). () 

Urban Indigenous doula project receives CIHR funding in and in. This innovative partnership project addresses the need for an Indigenous doula service to support urban Indigenous women throughout their pregnancies. () 

Weweni Lecture series events include First Peoples, Second Class Care: “The most dangerous form of racism is unintentional racism from health practitioners” with Dr. Janet Smylie on February 3, 2016. (


Publications

Anderson, K. & Cidro, J. (2020). . Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 24(2), 3-17. ()

Anderson, Kim and Cidro, Jaime.  (2019). () 

Cidro, J., Bach, R., & Frohlick, S. (2020). . Mobilities, 15(2), 173-187. Special Issue on Reproductive Mobilities. () 

Cidro, J., Doenmez, C., Phanlouvong, A., & Fontaine, A. (2018). . Frontiers in Women’s Health3(4), 1-8. () 

Cidro, J., McCallum, M., Fontaine, L., McNab, W., & Stout, R. (2021). Indigenous Mothers and COVID-19. In A. O’Reilly & F. Green (Eds.), Mothers, Mothering and COVID-19: Dispatches from a Pandemic. Toronto: Demeter Press. () 

Cidro, Jaime and Hayward, Ashley. Indigenous Birth as Ceremony and a Human Right. Volume 23/1, June 2021, 213-224. () 

Cidro, J., Sinclair, S. Delaronde, S., & Star, L. (2020). Restoring Ceremony as the Methodological Approach in Indigenous Research: The Indigenous Doula Project. In E. Sumida & N. Martin (Eds.), Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Research Methodologies: Local Solutions and Global Opportunities (pp. 102-120). Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press. () 

Cidro, J. & Martens, T. (2016). Traditional Foods Skills as a Pathway to Urban Indigenous Food Sovereignty. In T. Falkenberg & F. Deer (Eds.), Indigenous Perspectives on Education for Well-Being in Canada (pp. 41-58). Â鶹´«Ã½: University of Manitoba Press. () 

Cidro, J. (2016). Stuck at the Border of the Reserve: Bill C-31 and the Impact on First Nations Women. In K. Burnett & G. Read (Eds.), Aboriginal History: A Reader (pp. 228-243)Toronto: Oxford University Press. () 

Cidro, J. & Martens, T. (2015). Eating Indigenous in the City: The Limited Scope of Food Sovereignty for Indigenous People in Urban Contexts. International Journal on Biodiversity Watch. Fall/Winter Issue, 53-64. () 

Cidro, J., Zahayko, L., Lawrence, H. P., Folster, S., McGregor, M., & McKay, K. (2015).. BMC Oral Health15(1), 49-61. () 

Cidro, J., Matiasek, M., Craig, T., Dhillon, M., & Zahayko, L. (2015). . Journal of Rural and Community Development9(4), 1-17. () 

Cidro, J., Suleman, S., Leslie, K., Amaria, K., Hartman, B., Thompson, G., Freeman, J. Bismila, Z., Bismila, V., Moore, E., Alebraheem, Z., & Kaufman, M. (2014). . Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series80, 27-48. () 

Cidro, J., Adekunle, B., Peters, E., & Martens, T. (2015). . Canadian Journal of Urban Research24(1), 24-43. () 

Cidro, J., Zahayko, L., Lawrence, H., McGregor, M., & McKay, K. (2014). . Rural and Remote Health, 14(4), 1-11. () 

Fontaine, Lorena Sekwan, et al (2019) , International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 78:1, DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2019.1630233 1- 10.() 

Hayward, A., Cidro, J., & Roulette, C. (2020). . Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR), 29(2), 32-54. () 

Hayward, A., Cidro, J., Dutton, R., & Passey, K. (2020). . International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 79(1), 1779524. () 

Lawrence, H. P., Cidro, J., Isaac-Mann, S., Peressini, S., Maar, M., Schroth, R. J., & Jamieson, L. (2016). n. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved27(1), 178-206. () 

McCallum, Mary Jane, Perry, and Perry, Adele.  (2018). () 

McCallum, M. MA thesis T.  () 

Phillips-Beck, Wanda; Sinclair, Stephanie; Campbell, R; Star, Leona; CidroJaime; Wicklow, Brandy; Guillemette, Laetitia; Morris, Margaret I; and McGavock, Jon M.  (2019). () 

Tait Neufeld, H., & Cidro, J. (Eds.). (2017). Indigenous Experiences of Birthing and Pregnancy. Bradford: Demeter Press. () 

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