Translating Indigenous Knowledges into Policy

In Year 4, Theme Group 6 members continued addressing Indigenous policy and knowledge translation and implementation of the ON NEIHR evaluation. On-going monthly meetings (approximately 9 total meetings with all group members over Year 4, not including individual group meetings among separate partnerships) created space for collaboration, discussions, planning and executing of policy briefs, and refining and rolling out the ON NEIHR evaluation plan. These activities included the NPI, Elders, researchers, community partners, students, post-doctoral fellows, and research assistants. Presentations at two international conferences and the annual Indigenous Health Symposium in October 2023 are some of the theme’s outputs. The ongoing efforts of this group culminate in projects that will take place outside in the months of Year 4, primarily for the ON NEIHR Evaluation, which will run from April to its completion in September 2024. Total community and academic outputs for Theme Group 6 for Year is 18, including 8 publications and 10 presentations, detailed below.

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
8
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications & Reports
1
Invited Lectures & Presentations
2
Books
3

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Indigenous Health Research Symposium, 2025

Impacts of climate crisis on Indigenous young adults’ mental health

Mirza, S., Brown, M., & Stewart, S.

International Indigenous Policy Journal, Dec 2024

Decolonizing academic research: Evaluation of a funding initiative

Fournier, C., Stewart, S., et al.

International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2024 (In Press)

Decolonizing academic research using an Indigenous collaborative funding initiative

Fournier, C., Stewart S., Adams J., Shirt C., Mahabir E., & Pinkoski, C.

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 2024

Endaayaang: the importance of “Indigenizing” housing first for youth

Fournier, C., Mirza, S., Naidoo, K., Green, S., Shirt, C., Cameron, S., Stewart, S., & Gaetz, S.

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2024

The mental health of Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review

Ponton, S. J., Gabriel, M., Lu, J., Stewart, S., Strebel, R., & Mirza, S.

Psych, 2024

Walking Forward Together—The Next Step: Indigenous Youth Mental Health and the Climate Crisis

Brown, M., Mirza, S., Lu, J., & Stewart, S. L.

Journal of Education, 2024 (Revision)

Ceremony and Wellbeing for Indigenous Peoples in Western Academia

Gabriel, M. D.

International Journal of Indigenous Health, 2023

Ethical Considerations & Reflections On CBR with Indigenous Youth

Gabriel, M. D. & Mirza, S.

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications & Reports

Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press, 2023

The Endaayaang Program Model Guide

Kakakaway, K., Cameron, S., Rumboldt, J., et al.

Invited Lectures & Presentations

Hawaii International Conference on Education, Jan 2024

Every Child: Indigenous Mental Wellness and Land Based Program and Evaluation

Hart, M. & Stewart, S.

University of Sydney, March 2023

The Ku-gaa-gii pimitiziwin Study: COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy

Gabriel, M. D., & Brown, M.

Books

Book Chapter, 2024 (In Press)

Endaayaang Indigenous Housing First for Youth (Pandemic Preparedness)

Naidoo, K., Fournier, C., Mirza, S., et al.

COH Press, 2024

Chapter 4: Endaayaang Indigenous Housing First for Youth (Pandemic)

Naidoo, K., Fournier, C., et al.

Public Health Feminisms (Book), 2023

Strangers in Our Homeland: The Impact of Racism Across Healthcare Policy

Gabriel, M. D.