Health (Calls 18-24)

The University of Winnipeg 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 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC): Calls to Action. 

Programs and initiatives

Some of the programs and initiatives that members of The University of Winnipeg 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 understand Indigenous experiences of TB through historic photographs. Connect to the project on Instagram (@TBPhotoProject), Twitter (@TBPhotoProject), and Facebook (@TBPhotoProject). (Call 18, 22) 

Urban Indigenous doula project receives CIHR funding in 2017 and in 2020. This innovative partnership project addresses the need for an Indigenous doula service to support urban Indigenous women throughout their pregnancies. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

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. (Call 22, 23.iii)

Publications

Anderson, K. & Cidro, J. (2020). Because We Love our Communities: Indigenous Women Talk about their Experiences as Community Based Health Researchers. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 24(2), 3-17. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii)

Anderson, Kim and Cidro, Jaime. "Decades of Doing: Indigenous Women Academics Reflect on the Practices of Community-based Health Research" (2019). (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Cidro, J., Bach, R., & Frohlick, S. (2020). Canada’s forced birth travel: Towards feminist indigenous reproductive mobilities. Mobilities, 15(2), 173-187. Special Issue on Reproductive Mobilities. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Cidro, J., Doenmez, C., Phanlouvong, A., & Fontaine, A. (2018). Being a good relative: Indigenous doulas reclaiming cultural knowledge to improve health and birth outcomes in Manitoba. Frontiers in Women’s Health, 3(4), 1-8. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

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. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Cidro, Jaime and Hayward, Ashley. Indigenous Birth as Ceremony and a Human Right. Volume 23/1, June 2021, 213-224. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

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. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

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). Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

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. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

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. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Cidro, J., Zahayko, L., Lawrence, H. P., Folster, S., McGregor, M., & McKay, K. (2015). Breast Feeding Practices as Cultural Interventions for Early Childhood Caries in Cree Communities. BMC Oral Health, 15(1), 49-61. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Cidro, J., Matiasek, M., Craig, T., Dhillon, M., & Zahayko, L. (2015). Exploring the Purchasing Experience of Cross-Cultural Consumers in Northern Remote, Rural Communities: Thompson, Manitoba. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 9(4), 1-17. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

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). Adolescent Health and Nutrition in US and Canada: An Overview of Determinants and Issues. Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series, 80, 27-48. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Cidro, J., Adekunle, B., Peters, E., & Martens, T. (2015). Beyond Food Security: Understanding Access to Cultural Food for Urban Indigenous People in Winnipeg as Indigenous Food Sovereignty. Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 24(1), 24-43. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Cidro, J., Zahayko, L., Lawrence, H., McGregor, M., & McKay, K. (2014). Traditional and Cultural Approaches to Childrearing: Preventing Early Childhood Caries in Norway House Cree Nation, Manitoba. Rural and Remote Health, 14(4), 1-11. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Fontaine, Lorena Sekwan, et al (2019) Listening to First Nations Women’s Expressions of Heart Health: Mite Achimowin Digital Storytelling Study, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 78:1, DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2019.1630233 1- 10.(Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Hayward, A., Cidro, J., & Roulette, C. (2020). Identifying the gaps: A scoping review of urban Indigenous health and wellness studies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR), 29(2), 32-54. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Hayward, A., Cidro, J., Dutton, R., & Passey, K. (2020). A Systematic Review of Health and Wellness Studies Involving the Inuit Population of Manitoba and Nunavut. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 79(1), 1779524. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Lawrence, H. P., Cidro, J., Isaac-Mann, S., Peressini, S., Maar, M., Schroth, R. J., & Jamieson, L. (2016). Racism and Oral Health Outcomes Among Pregnant Canadian Aboriginal Women. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27(1), 178-206. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

McCallum, Mary Jane, Perry, and Perry, Adele. Structures of Indifference: A Life and Death in a Canadian City (2018). (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

McCallum, M. MA thesis To Make Good Canadians: Girl Guiding in Indian Residential Schools.  (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Phillips-Beck, Wanda; Sinclair, Stephanie; Campbell, R; Star, Leona; Cidro, Jaime; Wicklow, Brandy; Guillemette, Laetitia; Morris, Margaret I; and McGavock, Jon M. "Early Life Origins of Disparities in Chronic Diseases among Indigenous Youth: Pathways to recovering health disparities from intergenerational trauma" (2019). (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii) 

Tait Neufeld, H., & Cidro, J. (Eds.). (2017). Indigenous Experiences of Birthing and Pregnancy. Bradford: Demeter Press. (Calls 18, 19, 20, 22, 23.i, 23.ii, 23.iii)