Indigenous Health Care focus of February FHS events with Dr. Barry Lavallee

 

Dear Colleagues,

My name is Terry Soleas, I’m an Education Consultant with the Office of Professional Development and a PhD Candidate in Education. I have the privilege to work in your Faculty of Health Sciences.

In a collaboration between the Indigenous Health Education Working Group, Faculty of Health Sciences Decanal Leadership, and the Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship, we are pleased to present three days of extraordinary reconciliation in healthcare events. Our keynote speaker at all three events is Dr. Barry Lavallee of the University of Manitoba who is our guest for the three action-packed days on campus. Dr. Lavallee has proven to be a dynamite speaker who speaks plainly, practically, and passionately on issues of social justice in medicine, with a particular focus on rural and northern indigenous communities.

The three interactive events are:

1) Public Reception and Lecture

• Wednesday, February 13^th from 4- 6PM
• Taking place in the Atrium and then Britton Smith Theatre in the School of Medicine Building
• Refreshments and sparked thinking provided
• Topic Area: Racism as an Indigenous Social Determinant of Health
• To register click here: https://healthsci.queensu.ca/faculty-staff/cpd/programs/lavalleelecture

2) Faculty Development Half-Day

• Thursday, February 14^th from 8AM -12PM
• If you would be able to attend the whole morning please click here: ): https://healthsci.queensu.ca/faculty-staff/cpd/programs/lavalleeworkshop
• Topic Area: Teaching Methods for Addressing Cultural Safety: Promoting Indigenous Health

3) Education Round

• Friday, February 15^th from 8AM to 9AM
• Taking place in the Richardson Auditorium (Room 104)
• Refreshments and sparked thinking provided
• Topic Area: Indigenizing Educational Research and Workforces in Healthcare: Struggles and a Way forward
• To register, click here: https://healthsci.queensu.ca/faculty-staff/cpd/programs/lavalleeround

These are remarkable and free events that go a long way in Queen’s ongoing Reconciliation efforts. I hope you will join us at many of these events and help us make our future at Queen’s and beyond better, kinder, and brighter!

I’d be delighted to answer any questions you might have😊

With grateful thanks,

Eleftherios K. Soleas, OCT
Educational Consultant
Professional Development & Educational Scholarship
Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University
613-533-6000 x 79035