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Engagement with Reconciliation

group of people standing in the  Mohawk Trail Longhouse in Kahnawá:ke
Members of the Mohawk Trail Longhouse in Kahnawá:ke with Occupational Therapy Faculty (2019). Shawn Stacey – Kanien’kehá:ka educator, Marie-Lyne Grenier, Karen Falcicchio, Hiba Zafran, Mohawk Elders Joe McGregor and Calvin Jacobs, Heather Lambert, Jessica BarudinIndigenous Health Professions Program, and Mohawk Faith keeper Loretta Leborgne (in front).

How is the REPAIR group supporting the imperative for reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples?

The Occupational Therapy (OT) Program at À¦°óSMÉçÇø is committed to responding to the of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the same ethical spirit of its final report, and in accordance with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science’s statement on Social Accountability.

Since 2017, the OT curriculum committee has partnered with À¦°óSMÉçÇø Indigenous educators and advisors in the Indigenous Health Professions Program, First People’s House, and Equity Team, for a participatory and respectful approach to outreach, recruitment, admissions, student support and faculty capacity building. Learn more about the process .

Support for Indigenous learners

Support for Prospective Indigenous Learners

Indigenous Health Professions Program Student Resources

Funding supports for Indigenous Students

The Indigenous Mentorship and Paid Research Experience for Summer Students

Partnerships in Indigenous curriculum development

OT Integrated Indigenous Curriculum

The following are Indigenous individuals and organizations who have been, and/or are currently involved, in developing the Indigenous academic and field curricula as well as the professional masters research projects. We owe them thanks for their teachings.

Angela Phenix, Métis OT, MSc. 

Calvin Jacobs, Language and Cultural Coordinator, KMHC

Little Pine First Nation, MSc. (OT)

, Cree, Trauma-informed Social Worker

, Nisga’a Nation, Specialist, Strategic Indigenous Enrolment Initiatives, UBC

, Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw, MSc.PT, PhD. Candidate

Kanien’kéhaka Faith Keeper, IHPP

, Kanien’kéhaka Elder, Kahnawà:ke

, Community Member, Kahnawà:ke

, Kahnawà:ke

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