Indigenous Health Researchers Database

Indigenous Health Researchers Database is a comprehensive listing of researchers who are affiliated with a Canadian university and have a wide range of expertise related to the health of Indigenous peoples. These researchers have undertaken some form of research related to the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis peoples, ranging from one study to a lifetime of work in a particular area.

The names of researchers along with their contact information, university affiliation, focus of Indigenous health research, and a selection of their publications are listed by theme and location. To view the details of a researcher please click on the name shown in the list to expand the information.

Compiled by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), this listing is based on publicly available information on university websites in Canada.

Click on the author's name to reveal a list of publications.

To request edits to an author's entry, or to request to be added to the database, please complete the online form.

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Inuit

Malek Batal

Full Professor & Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Health Inequalities, Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nutrition 

University of Montreal


Alain Cuerrier

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

University of Montreal


Caroline Desbiens

Professor & Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Heritage and Tourism, Department of Geography 

Laval University


Wendy Gifford

Full Professor, Marie des Anges Loyer-Da Silva Chair in Community and Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Ottawa


Laurence J. Kirmayer

James McGill Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry McGill University Director, Culture Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry Jewish General Hospital

McGill University


Ian Mauro

Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions; Professor, School of Environmental Studies

University of Victoria


Rod McCormick

Kanienkehaka (Mohawk); Professor and Research Chair, Faculty of Education and Social Work

Thompson Rivers University


Tristan D. Pearce

Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change

University of Northern British Columbia


Chantelle Richmond

Biigtigong Anishinaabe; Canada Research Chair Indigenous Health and Environment; Associate Professor, Geography and Environment and Indigenous Studies (joint appointment)

University of Western Ontario


Kelly Skinner

Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences

University of Waterloo