Speaker: Patricia Johnston, University of Washington
Hosted by Tram Nguyen, PhD, 2022 UW Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies, this discussion series will address current issues and challenges facing Arctic Indigenous communities by directly connecting with Indigenous practitioners and thinkers in various health-related fields.
The organizers invite you to join them for this unique opportunity to learn directly from Arctic Indigenous practitioners about challenges and opportunities in their fields. Please register to attend.
Bio
Patricia Johnston has worked throughout the Arctic and northern Canada for the last 15 years. As a critical theorist, her research interests focus on community-based research in relation to social, cultural and economic impacts of policy on Inuit children and families in Nunavut, Indigenous governance, gendered labor and exclusion, traditional knowledge, and the perpetuation of colonial institutions over time in the Arctic. Her postdoctoral research project is titled, “Moving Towards Inuit Child and Family Wellbeing: Exploring an Inuit Approach to Child Welfare in Arviat, Nunavut.”