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Cindy Blackstock, PhD
Executive Director
A member of the Gitxsan First Nation, Cindy is honoured to serve as the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and...
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Diane Longboat, MEd
Ceremonial leader, traditional teacher, healer and Elder
Kahontakwas, Diane Longboat is from the Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan, a traditional teacher from Six Nations Grand River Territory, Canada. As a cere...
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Dr. Alexander Drossos, MD, MBA, MEd, BESc, BSc
Child Psychiatrist
n addition to his interest in pediatric psychosocial oncology, Dr. Alex Drossos is passionate about neurodevelopmental disorders including FASD, sc...
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Dr. Anna Banerji, O. Ont., MD, MPH, FRCPC, DTM&H
Associate Professor Pediatrics
Dr. Anna Banerji was the recipient of the Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce Award in 2019 and was inaugurated into the Order of Ontario in 2012 for her adv...
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Dr. Barry Lavallee, MD, CCFP, FCFP, MCISc
Chief Executive Officer
Indigenous Identity Dr. Barry Lavallee is a member of the Metis community of St. Laurent, Manitoba and a descendent of Duck Bay and Lake Manitoba...
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Dr. Darlene Kitty
Director, Indigenous Program at Faculty of Medicine
As a Cree woman and the director of the MD Indigenous Program at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Kitty is diligent in the recruit...
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Dr. Evan Adams
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Public Health
Evan Tlesla II Adams is a Coast Salish physician from the Tla’amin First Nation near Powell River, BC, Canada. Dr. Adams completed his Medical ...
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