Strength Based Research in Indigenous Maternal and Family Health

In our Maskwacîs Maternal, Child & Family Wellbeing (MMCFW) Research Group, we are collaborating to create the spaces and opportunities for the positive and loving energy that can come from cultural revitalization and supporting healthy families to bring life into this world in the way the Creator intended. Our research continues to develop and evaluate strengths-based, community-led, and culturally-informed strategies to support families during pre-conception, pregnancy, infancy and early childhood. This is an overview of what strength-based research is and how our research group uses community- based participatory research in Indigenous maternal & family health.

Presenters:

Denise Young (she/her), is an Ermineskin Cree Nation Member and a community research assistant. She is passionate about improving the health and well-being of families and children in her home community of Maskwacîs. Through MMCFW Research Group she is able to do this through Cree culture, knowledge sharing, language, and initiatives that serve the needs of the community. 

Luwana Listener (she/her)is a community-based research coordinator, working with and for Maskwacîs. The projects she has been involved with include working with mature women’s wellness, intergenerational cohesion, Indigenous gender and wellness, pregnancy and maternal health. 

Adam Purificati-Fuñe (him/he), born on Treaty 6 Territory, is of mixed Filipino-European ancestry, is the Deadly Dads’helper, and a Master’s student from the University of Alberta on the MMCFW team.

Cost: Free

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/hwWHYtxYaWLNVx9w7

This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email  mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925