(Re)Claiming Medicine

(Re)Claiming Medicine: Honouring Our Connections to All Our Relations with Dr Nancy Stevens, Chair, First Nations Studies & Coordinator, Women's and Gender Studies Connecting to the theme for this year’s IWAU, Connecting Research and Community for Personal and Planetary Health, this 3-hour interactive workshop will focus on Indigenous worldviews and their relevance to healing and wellbeing. There is a growing recognition in non-Indigenous communities and disciplines of the important concepts, such as holism, that are integral to living mno bimaadsiwin (good life in Anishinaabemowin) or skennen (good mind in Kanien’kehá) – living in balance with all of Creation. These teachings have been present with First Peoples since time immemorial, and continue to be the foundation of how health and wellness are conceptualized. Our connection to our first mother – Shkagamik-kwe/Mother Earth is the foundation to our health and wellness, and plays a critical role in our healing. We will explore the c