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.

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Yukiko Asada

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology

Dalhousie University

Malek Batal

Associate Professor, School of Medicine Department of Nutrition

University of Montreal

Selected Publications

Willows, N., & Batal, M. (2013). Nutritional concerns of Aboriginal infants and children in remote and northern Canadian communities: Problems and therapies. In R. Atson, G. Grimble, V. Preedy, & S. Zibadi (eds.), Nutrition in infancy (pp. 39-49). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

Batal, M., Johnson-Down, L., Moubarac, J.-C., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T. et al. (2018). Quantifying associations of the dietary share of ultra-processed foods with overall diet quality in First Nations peoples in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. Public Health Nutrition, 21(Sp. Iss. 1), 103-113.

Lavigne-Robichaud, M., Moubarac, J.-C., Lantagne-Lopez, S., Johnson-Down, L., Batal, M. et al. (2018). Diet quality indices in relation to metabolic syndrome in an Indigenous Cree (Eeyouch) population in northern Québec, Canada. Public Health Nutrition, 21(Sp. Iss. 1), 172-180.

Robidoux, M.A., Batal, M., Imbeault, P., Seabert, T., Blais, J.M. et al. (2012). Traditional foodways in two contemporary northern First Nations communities. Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 32(1), 59-77.

Juric, A.K., Batal, M., David, W., Sharp, D., Schwartz, H., Ing, A., Fediuk, K. et al. (2017). A total diet study and probalistic assessment risk assessment of dietary mercury exposure among First Nations living on-reserve in Ontario, Canada. Environmental Research, 158, 409-420.

Annette J. Browne

Professor & Distinguished University Scholar, School of Nursing

University of British Columbia

Selected Publications

Browne, A.J. (2017). Moving beyond description: Closing the health equity gap by redressing racism impacting Indigenous populations. Social Science and Medicine, 184, 23-26.

Browne, A.J., Smye, V.L., Rodney, P., Tang, S.Y., Mussell, B., & O'Neil, J.D. (2011). Access to primary care from the perspective of Aboriginal patients at an urban emergency department. Qualitative Health Research, 21(3), 333-48.

Browne, A.J., Varcoe, C., Lavoie, J.G., Smye, V.L., Wong, S.T., Krause, M. et al. (2016). Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: Evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study. BMC Health Services Research, 16(1), 1-17.

Denison, J., Varcoe, C., & Browne, A.J. (2013). Aboriginal women's experiences of accessing health care when state apprehension of children is being threatened. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(5), 1105-16.

Hadjipavlou, G., Varcoe, C., Tu, D., Dehoney, J., Price, R., & Browne, A.J. (2018). "All my relations": Experiences and perceptions of Indigenous patients connecting with Indigenous Elders in an inner city primary care partnership for mental health and well-being. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 190(20), E608-E615.

Lavoie, J.G., Kaufert, J., Browne, A.J., & O'Neil, J.D. (2016). Managing matajoosh: Determinants of First Nations' cancer care decisions. BMC Health Services Research, 16, 402.

Lavoie, J.G., Kaufert, J., Browne, A.J., Mah, S., O'Neil, J.D., Sinclair, S., & BlueSky, K. (2015). Negotiating barriers, navigating the maze: First Nation peoples' experience of medical relocation. Canadian Public Administration, 58(2), 295-314.

Lavoie, J.G., Browne, A.J., Varcoe, C., Wong, S., Fridkin, A., Littlejohn, D., & Tu, D. (2015). Missing pathways to self-governance: Aboriginal health policy in British Columbia. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 6(1), Article 2.

McKenzie, H.A., Varcoe, C., Browne, A.J., & Day, L. (2016).Disrupting the continuities among residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and child welfare: An analysis of colonial and neocolonial discourses. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 7(2), Article 4.

Betty Calam

Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice; Director St. Paul's Site, Family Practice Residency Program

University of British Columbia

Nadine Caron

First Nation, Associate Professor, Academic Physician - Surgery, Northern Medical Program; Interim Director, UBC Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health

University of Northern British Columbia

Heather Castleden

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Reconciling Relations for Health, Environments, and Communities

Queen’s University

Catherine Cook

Vice-Dean, Indigenous, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Martin Cooke

Associate Professor, Sociology and Legal Studies and School of Public Health and Health Systems

University of Waterloo

Selected Publications

Cooke, M., & McWhirter, J. (2011). Public policy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Taking a life-course perspective. Canadian Public Policy, 7(1): 15-31.

Mitrou, F., Cooke, M., Lawrence, D., Povah, D., Mobilia, E., Guimond, E., & Zubrick, S.R. (2014). Gaps in Indigenous disadvantage not closing: A census cohort study of social determinants of health in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from 1981-2006. BMC Public Health, 14, 201.

Towns, C., Cooke, M., Rysdale, L., & Wilk, P. (2014). Healthy weights interventions in Aboriginal children and youth: A review of the literature. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 75(3), 125-31.

Ryan, C.J., Leatherdale, S.T., & Cooke, M. (2016). A cross-sectional examination of the correlates of current smoking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis adults: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Addictive Behaviors, 54, 75-81.

Ryan, C.J., Leatherdale, S.T., & Cooke, M. (2017). Factors associated with current smoking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis youth: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 38(1-2), 105-9.

Ryan, C.J., Cooke, M., & Leatherdale, S.T. (2016). Factors associated with heavy drinking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis youth and adults: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Preventive Medicine, 87, 95-102.

Jasmin, B., Cooke, M.J., Guo, Y., & Wilk, P. (2017). The association of household food security, household characteristics and school environment with obesity status among off-reserve First Nations and Métis children and youth: Results from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 37(3), 77-86.

Jasmin, B., Cooke, M.J., Guo, Y., & Wilk, P. (2017). The association of household food security, household characteristics and school environment with obesity status among off-reserve First Nations and Métis children and youth: Results from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 37(3), 77-86.

Wilk, P., & Cooke, M.J. (2015). Collaborative public health system interventions for chronic disease prevention among urban Aboriginal peoples. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 6(4), 3.

Hill, G., & Cooke, M.J. (2014). How do you build a community? Developing community capacity and social capital in an urban Aboriginal setting. Pimatisiwin, 11(3), 421-32.

Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe

Peigan Nation - Treaty 7; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine; Director, Medical Program

University of Calgary

Selected Publications

Crowshoe, L., Han, H., Calam, B., Henderson, R., Jacklin, K., Walker, L., & Green, M.E. (2018). Impacts of educating for equity workshop on addressing social barriers of type 2 diabetes with Indigenous patients. Journal of Continuing Education in Health Professions, 38(1), 49-59.

Crowshoe, L.,Henderson, R.I., Green, M.E., Jacklin, K.M., Walker, L.M., & Calam, B. (2018). Exploring Canadian physicians' experiences with type 2 diabetes care for adult Indigenous patients. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 42(3), 281-88.

Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee, Crowshoe, L., Dannenbaum, D., Green, M., Henderson, R., Naqshbandi Hayward, M., & Toth, E. (2018). 2018 Clinical practice guidelines - Type 2 diabetes and Indigenous peoples. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 42(Suppl 1), S296-S306.

Jacklin, K.M., Henderson, R.I., Green, M.E., Walker, L.M., Calam, B., & Crowshoe, L. (2017). Health care experiences of Indigenous people living with type 2 diabetes in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(3), E106-E112.

Thurston, W.E., Coupal, S., Jones, A., Crowshoe, L.,Marshall, D., Homik, J., & Barnabe, C. (2014). Discordant Indigenous and provider frames explain challenges in improving access to arthritis care: A qualitative study using constructivist grounded theory. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13(46).

Barnabe, C., Jones, C.A., Bernatsky, S., Peschken, C.A., Voaklander, D., Homik, J., Crowshoe, L.F. et al. (2016). Inflammatory arthritis prevalence and health services use in the First Nations and non-First Nations populations of Alberta, Canada. Arthritis Care & Research, 69(4), 467-74.

Barnabe, C., Lockerbie, S., Erasmus, E., & Crowshoe, L.F. (2017). Facilitated access to an integrated model of care for arthritis in an urban Aboriginal population. Canadian Family Physician, 63(9), 699-706.

Bresee, L.C., Knudtson, M.L., Zhang, J., Crowshoe, L.F., Ahmed, S.B., Tonelli, M., Ghali, W.A. et al. (2014).Likelihood of coronary angiography among First Nations patients with acute myocardial infarction. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 190(37), 131667.

Sarah de Leeuw

Associate Professor, Northern Medical Program and Geography Program

University of Northern British Columbia

Selected Publications

Greenwood, M., de Leeuw, S., & Lindsay, N.M. (2018). Determinants of Indigenous peoples' health: Beyond the social (2nd edition). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars' Press.

Greenwood, M., de Leeuw, S., & Lindsay, N.M. (2018). Challenges in health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada. The Lancet, 391(10131), 1645-48.

de Leeuw, S. (2017). Putting calls into action: Treating Aboriginal patients in collaboration with Indigenous healers and Elders. Canadian Family Physician, 63(1), 56-59.

Loppie, S., Reading, C., & de Leeuw, S. (2014). Aboriginal experiences with racism and its impacts. Prince George, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health.

de Leeuw, S. & Greenwood, M. (2017). Turning a new page: Cultural safety, critical creative literary interventions, truth and reconciliation, and the crisis of child welfare. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 13(3), 142-51.

de Leeuw, S., Maurice, S., Holyk, T., Greenwood, M., & Adam. W. (2012). With reserves: Colonial geographies and First Nations health. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(5), 904-11.

de Leeuw, S., & Greenwood, M. (2016). Geographies of Indigenous children and youth: A critical review grounded in spaces of the colonial nation state. In T. Skelton, K. Nairn, & P. Kraftl (eds.), Space, place and environment (pp. 47-65). Singapore: Springer.

de Leeuw, S. (2017). Writing as righting: Truth and reconciliation, poetics, and new geo-graphing in colonial Canada. The Canadian Geographer, 61(3), 306-18.

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Indigenous Health Researchers Database

Yukiko Asada

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Indigenous Health Theme

Selected Publications

Malek Batal

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Indigenous Health Theme

Selected Publications

Annette J. Browne

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Indigenous Health Theme

Selected Publications

Betty Calam

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Indigenous Health Theme

Selected Publications

Nadine Caron

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Indigenous Health Theme

Selected Publications

Heather Castleden

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Indigenous Health Theme

Selected Publications

Catherine Cook

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Martin Cooke

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Indigenous Health Theme

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Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe

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Sarah de Leeuw

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