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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Sean Hillier

First Nations; Associate Professor and York Research Chair in Indigenous Health Policy & One Health; School of Health Policy Management, Faculty of Health

York University

Selected Publications

Hillier, S., Chaccour, E., & Al-Shammaa, H. (2020) Indigenous nationhood in the age of COVID-19: Reflections on the evolution of sovereignty in settler-colonial States. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 9(3), 23-42.

Hillier, S., Winkler, E., & Lavallée, L. F. (2020). Decolonising the HIV care cascade: Policy and funding recommendations from Indigenous Peoples living with HIV and AIDS. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 15(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v15i1.33909

Hillier, S., Winkler, E., & Lavallée, L. F. (2021). Colonisation, suicide, and resilience: Storying with First Nations people living with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri -Pimatisiwin, 6(2), 2-13.

Hillier, S., Taleb, A, Chaccour, E., & Aenishaenslin, C. (2021). Examining the concept of One Health for Indigenous communities: A systematic review. One Health, 12, 100248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100248

Bingham, B., Redvers, N., Hillier, S., & Riley, T. (2025). Indigenous knowledges, one health, and planetary health: Building bridges for the response to climate change. In G. Antonelli, F. Penna, E. Chaturvedi, & A. Cilento (eds.), Planetary health – laws, policies and science on the ‘One Health’ approach (pp. 151-179). Springer Nature.

Brooks-Cleator, L., & Hillier, S. (2025). Resistance, resilience and relationship: Indigenous older adults and ageing in the Canadian city. In T. Daly & S. Braedley (eds.), Ageing equitable with care: Power, policy, practice (pp. 159-176). Policy Press.

Hindmarch, S., & Hillier, S. (2022). Reimagining global health: From decolonization to indigenization. Global Public Health, 18(1), 2092183. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2022.2092183.

McKee, A. R., & Hillier, S. (2020) Northwest Territories Residential Southern Placement Program: Commodification, dislocation, and colonization through 'care'. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 15(1), 33-46. http://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v15i1.33909

Nicolau, I.A., Shokoohi, M., McBane, J.E., Pogany, L., Popovic, N., Nicholson, V., Hillier, S. et al. (2022). Brief Report: A two-day workshop reviewing Canadian provincial and national H IV care cascade indicators, reporting, challenges, and recommendations. JAMMI: Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, 7(3), 247-268.

Sylvia Abonyi

Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology

University of Saskatchewan

Selected Publications

Anand, S.S., Abonyi, S., Arbour, L., Balusubramanian, K., Brook, J., Castleden, H., Chrisjohn, V. et al. (2019). Explaining the variability in cardiovascular risk factors among First Nations communities in Canada: A population-based study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(12), e511-e520.

Anwar, N., Kirychuk, S., Karunanayake, C.P., Ramsden, V., Thompson, B., Russell, E., McMullin, K., Rennie, D., Seeseequasis, J., Fenton, M., Abonyi, S., Pahwa, P., & Dosman, J. (2021). Associations between housing factors and respiratory symptoms in two Saskatchewan First Nations communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3744.

Dosman, J.A., Karunanayake, C.P., Fenton, M., Ramsden, V.R.,, Seeseequasis, J., Skmoro, R., Kirychuk, S., Rennie, D.C., McMullin, K., Russell, B.P., Koehncke, N., Abonyi, S., King, M., & Pahwa, P. (2022). Obesity, sex, snoring and severity of OSA in a First Nation community in Saskatchewan, Canada. Clocks & Sleep, 4(1), 100-113.

Hackett, P., Abonyi, S., & Engler-Stringer, R. (2021). Revealing circumstances of epidemiologic transition among Indigenous Peoples: The case of the Keg River (Alberta) Métis. The Canadian Geographer, 65(1), 50-65.

Karunanayake, C.P., Amin, K., Abonyi, S., Dosman, J.A., & Pahwa, P. (2020). Prevalence and determinants of asthma among Aboriginal adolescents in Canada. Journal of Asthma, 57(1), 40-46.

Kirychuk, S., Russell, E., Rennie, D., Karunanayake, C., Roberts, C., Seeseequasis, J., Thompson, B., McMullin, K., Ramsden, V.R., Fenton, M., Abonyi, S., Pahwa, P., & Dosman, J.A. (2022). Housing inadequacy in rural Saskatchewan First Nation communities. PLoS Global Public Health, 2(8), e0000470.

Mant, M., Abonyi, S., & Hackett, P. (2023). Colonial tuberculosis legacies and the Dynevor Indian Hospital (1908-1934). Canadian Medical Association Journal, 195(7), E278-E280.

Mayan, M.J., Gokiert, R.J., Robinson, T., Tremblay, M., Abonyi, S., Morley, K., & Long, R. (2019). Community setting as a determinant of health for Indigenous Peoples living in the Prairie Provinces of Canada: High rates and advanced presentations of tuberculosis. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 10(2), 5.

Oosman, S., Nisbet, C., Smith, L., & Abonyi, S. (2021). Health promotion interventions supporting Indigenous healthy ageing: A scoping review. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 80(1), 1950391

Rennie, D.C., Karunanayake, C.P., Lawson, J.A., Kirychuk, S., McMullin, K., Abonyi, S. et al. (2020). Domestic risk factors for atopic and non-atopic asthma in First Nations children living in Saskatchewan, Canada. Children, 7(5), 38

Smith, L., Abonyi, S., Bath, B., Durocher, L., Roy, T. J., & Oosman, S. (2024). Older Métis adults’ experiences of physical activity and implications for health providers. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 20(1).

Smith, L., Abonyi, S., Durocher, L., Roy, T.J., & Oosman, S. (2021). Mâmawi-atoskêwin, “working together in partnership” – challenging Eurocentric physical therapy practice guided by Indigenous Métis worldview and knowledge. In D.A. Nicholls et al. (eds.), Mobilizing knowledge in physiotherapy; Critical reflections on foundations and practices (pp. 97-112). Routledge.

Stefanski, C., Abonyi, S., Katz, R., Nicholls, R., Kewistep, G., Goodridge, D., & Groot, G. (2025). Indigenous evaluation: A scoping review of Indigenous evaluation methods and guiding principles. Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health, 1(4).

Kathy Absolon

Anishinaabekwe, Flying Post First Nation; Associate Professor Indigenous Field of Study, Faculty of Social Work

Wilfrid Laurier University

Danielle Alcock

Anishinaabe kwe, Member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation; Indigenous Leader in Residence, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indigenous Initiatives

Western University

Gonzalo Alvarez

Senior Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Professor, School of Epidemiology; Staff Respirologist, Ottawa Hospital

University of Ottawa

Selected Publications

Alvarez, G.G., Pease, C., & Menzies, D. (2022). Tuberculosis preventative treatment in adults. Canadian TB guidelines 2022. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, 6(Suppl 1), 77-86.

Alvarez, G.G., Van Dyk, D., Mallick, R., Lesperance, S., Demaio, P., Finn, S., Edmunds-Potvin, S., Patterson, M. et al. (2020). The implementation of rifapentine and isoniazid (3HP) in two remote Arctic communities with a predominantly Inuit population, the Taima TB 3HP study. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 79(1), 1758501.

Alvarez, G.G., Zwerling, A.A., Duncan, C., Pease, C., Van Dyk, D., Behr, M.A., Lee, R.S., Mulpuru, S. et al. (2020). Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to describe the transmission dynamics among Inuit residing in Iqaluit Nunavut using whole genome sequencing. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(12), 2187-2195

Chang, A.B., Kovesi, T., Redding, G.J., Wong, C., Alvarez, G.G., Nantanda, R. et al. (2024). Chronic respiratory disease in Indigenous Peoples: A framework to address inequity and strengthen respiratory health and health care globally. The Lancet - Respiratory Medicine, 12(7), 556-574.

Dunn, J.L., Larocque, M., Van Dyk, D., Vides, E., Khan, F.A., Wong, T., Long, R., & Alvarez, G.G. (2022). An introductory guide in TB care for health care workers and public health professionals serving Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Canadian Indigenous TB guidelines 2022. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, 6(Suppl 1), 184-193.

Dunn, J.L., Larocque, M., Van Dyk, D., Vides, E., Khan, F.A., Wong, T., Long, R., & Alvarez, G.G. (2022). An introductory guide in TB care for health care workers and public health professionals serving Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Canadian Indigenous TB guidelines 2022. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, 6(Suppl 1), 184-193.

Morris, S.K., Giroux, R., Consunji-Araneta, R., Stewart, K., Baikie, M., Kakkar, F., Zielinski, D., Tse-Chang, A., Cook V. … Alvarez G.G. et al. (2021). Epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of incident tuberculosis in children in Canada in 2013-2016: Results of a national surveillance study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(12), 1165-1170.

Pease, C., Alvarez, G.G., Mallick, R., Patterson, M., Habis, Y., Schwartzman, K., Kilabuk, E., Mulpuru, S., & Zwerling, A. (2021). Cost-effectiveness of 3 months of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid in a Canadian arctic setting. BMJ Open, 11(5), e047514

Sullivan, K., Pease, C., Zwerling, A., Mallick, R., Van Dyk, D., Mulpuru, S., Allen, C., Alsdurf, H., & Alvarez, G.G. (2021). Seven-year retrospective study understanding the latent TB infection treatment cascade of care among adults in a low incidence country. BMC Public Health, 21, 964.

Uppal, A., Oxlade, O., Nsengiyumva, N.P., N’Diaye, D.A., Alvarez, G.G., & Schwartzman, K. (2021). Social and behavioral risk reduction strategies for tuberculosis prevention in Canadian Inuit communities: A cost-effectiveness analysis. BMC Public Health, 21, 280.

Sonia S. Anand

Professor, Divisions of Medicine & Epidemiology, Faculty Of Health Sciences; Senior Scientist, Population Health Research Institute, Director of Chanchlani Research Centre

McMaster University

Selected Publications

Anand, S. S., Kandasamy, S., Marchand, M., Kavousi, M., Gulati, M., Deanfield, J. et al. (2025). Reducing inequalities in cardiovascular disease: Focus on marginalized populations considering ethnicity and race. The Lancet – Regional Health – Europe, 56, 101371.

Aziz, H., Marchand, M., Pop, C., King, A., Anand, S.S., Arbour, L., Atzema, C., et al. (2022). A call to action: Optimizing Indigenous cardiovascular health in Canada. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 38(10), 1584-1587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2022.06.011

De Souza, R.J., Bilodeau, N.M., Gordon, K., Davis, D., Stearns, J.C., Cranmer-Byng, M., Gasparaelli, K., Davis Hill, L., & Anand, S.S. (2021). Entsisewata’karí:teke (You will be healthy again): Clinical outcomes of returning to a traditional Haudenosaunee diet. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 16(2), 1-38.

Kandasamy, S., Davis, A. D., Ritvo, P., Desai, D., Wilson, J., de Souza, R., Anand, S., & Wahi, G. (2023). Perspectives of nutrition and physical activity among families of an Indigenous Birth Cohort: A qualitative analysis exploring the barriers to and facilitators of healthy active living. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 18(1).

Wahi, G., de Souza, R.J., Hartmann, K., Giglia, L., Jack, S.M., & Anand, S.S. (2021). Effectiveness of programs aimed at obesity prevention among Indigenous children: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine Reports, 22, 101347

Wahi, G., Wilson, J., Burning, M., George, S., Hill, P., Homer, J., Jacobs, L., Lickers, A., Smoke, S. … & Anand, S.S. (2022). Impact of maternal health behaviours and social conditions on infant diet at age 1-year: Results from a prospective Indigenous birth cohort in Ontario, Canada. Nutrients, 14(9), 1736

Yeung, S., Rosenberg, M., Banach, D., Mayotte, L., Anand, S.S., Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Fort McKay First Nation, & Castleden, H. (2021). Bonding social capital and health within four First Nations communities in Canada: A cross-sectional study. SSM – Population Health, 16, 100962.

Kimberly Anderson

Metis; Professor, Indigenous Studies & Applied Nutrition; Professor & Tier II Canada Research Chair in Storying Indigenous Relational Futures, Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition, College of Social & Applied Human Sciences

University of Guelph

Selected Publications

Anderson, K., & Cidro, J. (2019). Decades of doing: Indigenous women academics reflect on the practices of community-based health research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 14(3), 222-233.

Anderson, K., Flores Ruíz, E., Tuari Stewart, G., & Tlostanova, M. (2019). What can Indigenous feminist knowledge and practices bring to “Indigenizing” the Academy? Journal of World Philosophies, 4(1), 121-155.

Anderson, K. (2018). The construction of a negative identity. In M. Hobbs, & C. Rice (eds.), Gender and women's studies: A critical terrain, 2nd edition. Women's Press.

Cidro, J., & Anderson, K. (2020). Because we love our communities: Indigenous women talk about their experiences as community-based health researchers. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 24(2), 3-17.

Easby, A., Bergier, A., & Anderson, K. (2022). Exploring self-determined urban Indigenous adult education in an Indigenous organization. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 17(2), 88-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/15595692.2022.2055542.

Easby, A., Bergier, A., & Anderson, K. (2023). Exploring self-determined urban Indigenous adult education in an Indigenous organization. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 17(2), 88-104.

Hanemaayer, R., Tait Neufeld, H., Anderson, K., Haines, J., Gordon, K., Lickers, K.R.L., Xavier, A., Peach, L., & Peeters, M. (2022). Exploring the environmental determinants of food choice among Haudenosaunee female youth. BMC Public Health, 22, 1156.

Leddy, L.C., Luby, B., McLeod, K., Stelter, E., & Anderson, K. (2023). Refusing confederation: Indigenous feminist performance as a tool for colonial reckoning and community (re)building. Native American and Indigenous Studies, 10(2), 5-35.

Maracle, S., Bergier, A., Anderson, K., & Neepin, R. (2020). “The work of a leader is to carry the bones of the people”: Exploring female-led articulation of Indigenous knowledge in an urban setting. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 16(4), 281-289.

McLeod, K., Leddy, L.C., Luby, B., Stelter, E., & Anderson, K. (2023). “I guess it was unsettling”: Indigenous performance, nationalist narratives and conciliation. Theatre Research in Canada, 44(1), 55-81.

Miltenburg, E., Tait Neufeld, H., & Anderson, K. (2022). Relationality, responsibility and reciprocity: Cultivating Indigenous food sovereignty within urban environments. Nutrients, 14(9), 1737.

Whitlow, K.B., Oliver, V., Anderson, K., Brozowski, K., Tschirhart, S., Charles, D., & Ransom, K. (2019). Taonsayontenhroseri:ye’ne: The power of art in Indigenous research with youth. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 15(2), 180-189.

Marcia Anderson

Cree-Anishinaabe; Vice-Dean, Indigenous Health, Social Justice, and Anti-Racism, Rady Faculty of Health Science

University of Manitoba

Neil Andersson

Professor, Department of Family Medicine

McGill University

Hymie Anisman

Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Carleton University

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Sean Hillier

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Sylvia Abonyi

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Kathy Absolon

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Danielle Alcock

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Gonzalo Alvarez

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Sonia S. Anand

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Kimberly Anderson

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Marcia Anderson

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Neil Andersson

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