Dear NRIG members,
Please join us on November 15 from 5:30-9:00 pm for a Special Guest Lecture by Dr. Bernice Downey and NRIG Annual General Meeting at McMaster University Medical Center in Hamilton, ON.
The Title of Dr. Downey’s Presentation is: ‘As the Crow Flies’: Making Space for Culturally Relevant Research Collaboration with Indigenous People.
Dr. Downey is a woman of Ojibwe and Celtic heritage, a mother and a grandmother. She is a medical anthropologist with research interests in health, health literacy and Indigenous Traditional knowledge and health/research system reform for Indigenous populations. Bernice is currently cross-appointed to the School of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry and Neuro-Behavioural Sciences and is the Indigenous Health Lead for the Faculty of Health Science at mcmaster University.
The evening will include a tapas dinner, guest lecture presentation, acknowledgement of the 2018 NRIG Scholarship and Grant Recipients and business of the Annual General Meeting.
Cost:
NRIG members: $40
Non-NRIG members: $50
You can register for this event at:
https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/info?Reset=1&id=572
The deadline to register is Monday, November 12, 2018 at 4:00 pm
For more information, please contact Barbara Chyzzy, NRIG Chair at barbara.chyzzy@utoronto.ca
We hope to see you there! Please see the attached poster.
Your NRIG Executive