Webinar: Use of traditional healing practices in two Ontario First Nations

Please join the Evidence Exchange Network (EENet) and Shaakbe Mukwa in the Provincial System Support Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental health, as we host our next webinar, part of the "New Narratives" series.

This webinar will focus on research looking at the use of traditional healing practices in two Ontario First Nations communities.

It will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM (EDT)

In this webinar you'll gain a better understanding of:

• traditional healing practices.
• findings from a study that asked Indigenous People about their use of, and access to, traditional healing practices.
• how to support Indigenous People who would like to use traditional healing practices.

Presented by:

• Samantha Wells who is a Senior Director and Senior Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at CAMH and an Associate Professor in the Clinical Public Health Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
• Julie George who is an Anishinaabe scholar from Kettle & Stony Point First Nation where she manages the Mental Health, Addiction and Violence Support Program.