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Keeping kids safe: caregivers' perspectives on the determinants of physical activity in rural Indigenous communities
qualifications: PhD
position: Associate Professor
Canada
Marion Maar is a medical anthropologist and Associate Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Canada. She is a faculty coordinator for a unique cultural emersion experience for medical students in Aboriginal communities. She has lead and collaborated on many research projects, including Aboriginal research ethics, diabetes care and prevention, mental health and health services research. Her current research continues to focus on Aboriginal community-based health research with a focus on chronic illnesses prevention. Prior to her faculty appointment she worked as a Research and Evaluation Coordinator for an Aboriginal Health Access Centre on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario for eight years. Her work there focused on community-based Aboriginal health research based using a participatory action model.
qualifications: PhD
position: Professor
Canada
Population health and clinical research on children in rural and northern regions.
qualifications: PhD
position: Associate Professor
Dr. Pamela Rose Toulouse's research focus does include: Indigenous Student Transitions from Preschool to Career OR Returning Home, Achieving Indigenous Student Success through Curriculum, Pedagogy and Community Engagement, Literacy Practices that Support Indigenous Student Success, Role and Impact of the Indigenous Education Counsellor on Indigenous Student Success, Respectful Research in Indigenous Communities (Protocols and Process), Contributions of Indigenous Peoples to the World and the Importance of this to Equitable Education, and Indigenous Self-Esteem and Strategies for Respectful Inclusion.
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