The College of Nursing extends an invitation to the Indigenous Nurses Day - Panel Discussion!

Join us at 1:00 PM in the Helen Glass Atrium for a Welcome Reception to Our Panelists, enjoy coffee, tea, and cookies.

*If you are unable to join us in- person please see the zoom information at the bottom of this invitation.

Panel Discussion Topic: Our Nurses. Our Future. Please find our 7 panelist and their bios below.

Panelists:

[cid:image003.png@01D98257.7515D130] Caroline Chartrand - Senior Nurse Advisor, Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin

Caroline originates from the Pine Creek First Nation (Ojibway Nation) in the West Region Tribal Council, Treaty 4 area in Manitoba. She received a Bachelor of Nursing Degree from the University of Manitoba. Caroline has worked in various capacities in over 35 years of experience in nursing, such as Community/Public Health Nursing, oncology, surgery, and diabetes/chronic diseases. She also worked as the Tribal Nursing Officer for 10 years in the West Region Treaty 2 and 4 Health Services and as the Director of the Diabetes Integration Project through the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba over a 12 year period.

In August 2019, Caroline was hired as the Senior Nurse Advisor in First Nations Health with the Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin Inc. (KIM). Caroline volunteers and currently serves as the President of the Manitoba Indigenous Nurses Inc. and previously as the Leadership Director and Manitoba/Saskatchewan Representative with the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association. Caroline has extensive experience in Indigenous Health and has sat on various committees throughout the years. Caroline enjoys the work involved in health and healing practices for our First Nation members, working collaboratively with First Nation organizations, and health professionals from various areas throughout Manitoba and across Canada.

[A person wrapped in a quilt Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Lauressa Garson - Coordinator and Education Coach, Mahkwa Omushki Kiim: Pathway to Indigenous Nursing Education, College of Nursing

Lauressa is Cree and Dakota Sioux, Treaty from Tataskweyak Cree Nation. In addition to her role with PINE she is also a RN researcher with a focus on Indigenous pedagogy and tutoring. In her role with PINE she provided community support for Indigenous nursing and pre-nursing students. She aspires to work and promote Indigenous student success inside and outside of academia, while maintaining strong cultural ties to community, family and ceremony.

[A person wearing glasses and a floral jacket Description automatically generated with low confidence] Mirenda Sutherland - BN, Public Health Nurse

Mirenda is from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. She spent a lot of time in hospital as a child due to illness. This is what inspired her to become a nurse, having spent all that time in hospital she knew she wanted to be a nurse. Mirenda wanted to care for people the way the nurses cared for me! She didn't begin to pursue her career until her 3 children were school aged. Since graduation in 2000, her first job was at children's pediatrics burn and surgery unit. It was a full circle moment starting her career at the children's hospital where she spent many weeks as a child. Mirenda then moved into Public Health Nursing in 2001, and it is where she woks today.

[A person with long black hair wearing glasses Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Tamra Keeper - Case Manager, Jordan's Principle, Interlake Reserve Tribal Council

[cid:image011.jpg@01D98257.7515D130] Vanessa Van Bewer, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba Vanessa's research program is focused on exploring disparities in nursing education, and the inclusion of Indigenous and arts-based perspectives, methodologies and approaches in nursing education, practice and research. Past research activities have included identifying the promise and importance of integrating Indigenous perspectives in nursing; developing an Indigenous and arts-informed framework for anti-racist practice in nursing education; exploring the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous nursing students. Her current SSHRC-funded research project will identify racial disparities in nursing education through a critical participatory action research approach. Weaving her background as a Métis spoken word artist and storyteller into her career as a scholar, Vanessa's performances and workshops have illuminated themes that run the gamut from identity and culture to relationships and nursing ethics. She is passionate about encouraging others to use art to think creatively about social justice in their own lives and in their own communities.

[cid:image020.jpg@01D98257.7515D130] Wanda Phillips-Beck - The First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba of the AMC

Wanda is Anishinaabekwe (Ojibway) from Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba. Wanda prides herself in being a lifelong learner, having begun her PhD studies in her early 50's. She works full time as a research scholar for the First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba. In 2020, Wanda was awarded the CIHR funded Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing - the first time a chair has been awarded to a community-based research organization. Wanda obtained a MSc in 2010 and PhD in 2021 both in Community Health Sciences, with a focus on health policy and on the use of decolonizing approaches in population health research.

Wanda worked as a northern nurse in the first half of her career and for the past 15 years, in health program, policy and research in partnership with First Nation communities. She gained considerable knowledgeable in Indigenous ways of doing research that honours the wisdom of knowledge keepers. She also has many years' experiences nursing in remote settings. Wanda's past research includes examining primary health care in First Nation communities in Manitoba and one recent publication Confronting Racism within the Canadian Healthcare System: Systemic Exclusion of First Nations from Quality and Consistent Care (2021) has recently been acknowledged as the most frequently downloaded publications, according to Research Gate in the fall of 2021. Wanda's current research is focused on Indigenous Health Nursing and Maternal Child Health. Wanda's present title as "Seven Generations Scholar" depicts her research philosophy that what we do and learn today impacts many generations that follow.

Wanda's approach to research has been, and will continue to, begin with listening to and following advice and guidance from Knowledge Keepers. Wanda is grounded in who she is as an Anishinaabekwe, and her work is informed by her many years working as a nurse leader and researcher, and the many years of working with and among Cree, Ojibway, Dene, Dakota, Metis and Anishininew peoples of Manitoba.

[A person with long hair and earrings Description automatically generated with low confidence] Winter Traverse - Year 4 Student, College of Nursing

Winter is a 4th year undergraduate nursing student at the College of Nursing who recently completed her senior practicum on Labour and Delivery. Winter began her post-secondary studies in 2015 at the University of Manitoba. With completion of her Bachelor of Science, Winter went on to join the nursing program after being inspired by the nurses in her home community of Pinaymootang First Nation. Winter is passionate about health equity and aspires to pursue graduate studies in the future.

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