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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...

Committee Member

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...

Committee Member

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...

Committee Member, Organizer

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...

Speaker, Committee Member

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...

Committee Member

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...

Speaker

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 ...

Committee Member