Projects & Programs

Education

  • Niigaan Ezhi-Wiidsendiying – Indigenous Community Engaged Learning

    Niigaan ezhi-wiidsendiying (how we walk into the future together) is a program in partnership with the Centre for Community Partnerships at the University of Toronto. The program matches paid placements for First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis students with Indigenous community organizations for up to 100 hours of work from October April. Students also take part in reflection sessions, including fireside gatherings and virtual sharing circle check ins, all bundled with traditional activities or teachings.

  • Emily Stowe Scholarship Program Steering Committee

    Recognizing the need for greater diversity within health research, the Women’s College Hospital Foundation established the Emily Stowe Society in 2020 [...]

    Read More

  • Zka’an ni-bmiwdoowin Gchi-kinoomaadwinan (ZNGBK)

    Zka'an ni-bmiwdoowin Gchi-kinoomaadwinan (ZNGBK), Building the Fire, Walking with Medicine is a two-week program for Indigenous students in grades 8 to [...]

    Read More

Science and Research

  • SCOPE Project

    Akwesasne, or "Land Where the Partridge Drums," is a Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) community located on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, [...]

    Read More

  • Indigenous Health Action Network (IHAN)

    The Indigenous Health Action Network (IHAN) comprises Indigenous leadership from the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) hospitals. The network aims [...]

    Read More

  • Wise Practices for Ethical Research Design

    The GCWP-IH has developed a series of resources to support health science researchers navigating research relationships with Indigenous peoples, communities, and nations. [...]

    Read More

Patient and Peer Support

  • Indigenous Peer Support and Relations

    Led by Christine Monague and Elder-In-Residence Kawennanoron Cindy White The Indigenous Peer Support and Relations Advocate and our Elder-in-Residence provide culturally [...]

    Read More

  • Indigenous Health Clinic

    First Nations, Inuit and Metis patients and community members will be able to access traditional medicine and knowledge as they would [...]

    Read More