Presentations

Mental Health and Substance Use

Olsen, C. (2018, March). Thunder Bay Drug Strategy: The Issues and Solutions. Cross-Border Conference: Response Without Barriers, Grand Marais, Minnesota.
Cheng, C., Nadin, S., Lem, C., Katt, M., & Dewa, CS. (2018, February). Exploring the Service Needs of Youth Experiencing Early Psychosis in Northern Ontario: Final Results & Next Steps of the NorthBEAT Project. Poster presented at St. Joseph's Care Group's 2018 Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Hill, ME., Wakewich, P., Nadin, S., Olsen, C., Mushquash, C., Spadoni, et al. (2018, February). Considering a Northern Centre of Excellence in Addiction & Mental Health. Poster presented at St. Joseph's Care Group's 2018 Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Wood, B. (2017, October). A Complex Adaptive Systems Approach to Primary Care in the North West LHIN. Northern Health Research Conference, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Mushquash, C.J. (2015, June). "Psychology in rural and northern Aboriginal communities." 76th Annual Meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Ottawa, Ontario. (Keynote Presentation: "Rural and Northern Section")
Mushquash, C.J. (2015, April). "Prevention in Northern Indigenous Communities." Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Invited Workshop)
Mushquash, A.R., Bailey, K., Dama, S., Haggarty, J., Young, M., McFadyen, S., Ewen, V., & Mushquash, C.J. (2015, February). "A pilot evaluation of the new same-day counselling service offered through St. Joseph's Care Group Mental Health Outpatient Programs." St. Joseph's Care Group Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario. (Presentation)
Minore, B. (2011, December). "The Use of Suboxone in Opiate Detoxification for Northern First Nations Youth." Assistant Deputy Minister and Addictions Program Staff, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Toronto, Ontario. (Invited).
Minore, B., Hill, M.E., & Katt, M. (2011, December). "An Innovative Approach to Opiate Detoxification for Northern First Nations People." Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Research Showcase for Decision-Makers, Toronto, Ontario. (Invited).

Maternal, Child, and Family Health

Møller, H. Sameshima, P., Alzghoul, M., Wakewich, P., Gupta, N. (2018, August). Uptake and Impact of Prenatal Education in Northwestern Ontario: Mothers’ Perspective. 17th International Circumpolar Congress on Health. Copenhagen, Denmark August 11-15.
Turaba, R.,& Jumah, N. (2018, June). Use of telemedicine for obstetric services in rural and remote places: a cost analysis from the patient's perspective. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, Victoria BC.
Møller, H., Alzghoul, M., Wakewich, P., & Sameshima, P. (2018, May) Equity in Access to quality pre, peri and post-natal care and experiences in Northwestern Ontario. Workshop on Regional Centres and the Sustainability of Canada's Rural and Northern Landscapes, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Benwell, B., Hassan, M., Sameshima, P., Møller, H., Alzghoul, M., Wakewich, P., & Gupta, N. (2018, April). Gaps in Prenatal Education through an Arts-Integrated Perspective. Lakehead University - Feminisms Conference, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Benwell, B., Hassan, M., Sameshima, P., Møller, H., Alzghoul, M., Wakewich, P., & Gupta, N. (2018, March). Gaps in Prenatal Education Through an Arts-Integrated Perspective: presentation of preliminary partial project findings. Lakehead University - Research and Innovation Week, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Møller, H., Gupta, N., Alzhgoul, M., Wakewich, P., Sameshima, P., Benwell, B., & Hassan, M. (2018, February). Gaps in Prenatal Education: Indigenous Mothers' Perspectives. Presentation of preliminary partial project findings. St. Joseph's Care Group Research Showcase. Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Alzghoul, M., Møller, H., Wakewich, P., Burnett, K., & Dowsley, M. (2017, February). "Muslim Women's perspectives on birthing in Northwestern Ontario." St. Joseph's Showcase of Health, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Wakewich, P., Bishop, L., Alzghoul, M., Burnett, K., Dowsley, M., & Møller, H. (2016, June). Improving Equity in Northern and Rural Midwifery Care: The Role of Access, Information and Culturally Appropriate Care. 31st International Congress of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress, Toronto.
Møller, H., Bishop, L., Burnett, K., Dowsley, M., & Wakewich, P. (2015, November). "Birthing experiences in the borderland of 'citizen-status' in North-western Ontario, Canada." Hyperdiversity in Health Care: Comparative Perspectives from the U.S., Canada and Europe: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. (Panel Presentation)
Møller, H., Bishop, L., Burnett, K., Dowsley, M., & Wakewich, P. (2015, June). "I'd have to feel safe [with my birth attendant]": Facilitators and barriers to positive birth experiences for Indigenous Women in Northwestern Ontario." 16th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Oulu, Finland.
Wakewich, P., Burnett, K., Dowsley, M., Møller, H., Bishop, L., & Churchill, M.E. (2014, November). "Internal and External "Risk" Constructions as Barriers to Birthing Choices for Indigenous Women: Findings from a Comparative Study in Northwestern Ontario". Indigenous Health Conference, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. (Presentation).
Møller, H., Bishop, L., Burnett, K., Dowsley, M., & Wakewich, P. (2014, February) "Barriers and Facilitators to Midwifery for Women in Thunder Bay". St. Joseph's Care Group Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Youth Wellness and Resilience

Kennedy, R., & Pearson, E.S. (2018, June). Exploring the feasibility of delivering the GoodLife4KidsTM School Program in a Northern Ontario elementary school: A case study approach. National Student Conference of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Mushquash, A. R. (2017). Treatment for pediatric obesity: Exploring the experiences of families from remove First Nations communities. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes New Investigators Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario.
Toombs, E., Kowatch, K.R., Mushquash C.J., Stewart, S., & Wekerle, C. (2017, October). Indigenous youth resilience: contextual and cultural considerations. In C. Werkle (Chair), Youth Rights and Resilience. 2017 European Regional Convention of the International Prevention Society for Child Abuse and Neglect, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Cheng, C., Nadin, S., Katt, M., Lem, C., Dewa, C.S., & Minore, B. (2016). "NorthBEAT: Final framework from narrative interviews to explore the needs of youth in remote/northern Canada." International Early Intervention in Mental Health (IEPA) 10 Conference, Milan, Italy. (Poster)
Kruse, A.S., & Mushquash, C.J. (2015, June). "The mental wellbeing of First Nations children in Northern Ontario." Ontario and Canada Research Chairs Symposium, Toronto, Ontario. (Poster) .
Bodnar, P., Fenton, R., & Hill, M.E. (2012, May). "Flying Pizzas to Fort Severn: Learning How to Do Research with First Nations Youth." Northern Ontario Health Research Conference, Thunder Bay, Ontario. (Oral presentation).
Minore, B. (2012, April). "Opiate Detoxification for First Nations High School Students: Elements of Success." Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Addictions Strategy Advisory Committee, Toronto, Ontario. (Invited).

Food and Nutrition

Brandow, D., Skinner, K., & Laird, B. (2018, May). Country Food Contaminant Advisories: Assessing Awareness and Preferences of Health and Risk Communication Messages in the Sahtu Region, NWT. Global Water Futures Inaugural Annual Science Meeting, Hamilton and Ohsweken, Ontario.
Brandow, D., Skinner, K., & Laird, B. (2018, May). Country Food Contaminant Advisories: Assessing Awareness and Preferences of Health and Risk Communication Messages in the Sahtu Region, NWT. Indigenous Health Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
Levkoe, C.Z., & Lowitt, K. (2018, May) Indigenous self-determination and food sovereignty through fisheries co-governance in the Great Lakes region. Communities Conservation and Livelihoods Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Levkoe, C.Z., & Lowitt, K. (2018, May) Indigenous self-determination and food sovereignty through fisheries co-governance in the Great Lakes region. Northern Regional Centres Sustainability Workshop, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Levkoe, C.Z., & Lowitt, K. (2018, April) Indigenous self-determination and food sovereignty through fisheries co-governance in the Great Lakes region. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Levkoe, C.Z., Nelson, C., & Boudreau, A. (2018, April) A Regional Food Charter for Northwestern Ontario: Integrating Community Food Systems. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Boles, K., Kowatch, K.R., Mushquash, A. R., Pearson, E.S., Te Hewi, B., Bobinski, T., Dobson, M., Bellinger, M., & Stewart, M. (2018, March). Growing Together: Evaluation of a Community Garden Initiative. St. Joseph's Care Group 2018 Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Levkoe, C.Z., Boudreau, A., & Nelson C. (2018, March) A Regional Food Charter for Northwestern Ontario: Integrating Community Food Systems. Poster Presentation. 2018 Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Levkoe, C.Z., Crowe, S., & Nelson, C. (2018, March) Engaging Youth from Robinson-Superior Treaty Communities on their Ideas for Enhancing Access to Traditional Foods and Local Market Foods in their Communities. Poster Presentation. 2018 Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Schiff, R. (2016, August). "Northern food systems: Building collaborative efforts for food security in remote Canadian Indigenous communities." XIV World Congress of Rural Sociology, Toronto, Ontario.
Alani, T., Mushquash, C.J., Braunberger, P., & Bobinski, T. (2016, June). "Considering cross-cultural perspectives of health, body image and eating disorders: The case of First Nations living in Northwestern Ontario, Canada." Annual Meeting of Appearance Matters 7, London, United Kingdom. (Poster)
Skinner, K., Parker, B., & Schroeter A. (2016, May). "Northern and rural food systems in Indigenous communities in Canada panel: Readjusting the food lens: From food security to Indigenous food sovereignty in Canada." Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), Honolulu, HI.
Spadoni, M., Sevean, P., Gray, E., & Poole, K. (2013, November). "On the Fringe: Understanding Compassion in the 'Liminal Space' of Homelessness in a Northwestern Ontario Shelter House." AMS Phoenix Call for Caring Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The Rural and Northern Healthcare Workforce

Rysdale, L., & Raftis, D. (2018, June). Advancing Indigenous Cultural Competency: The Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship (NODIP) Experience. Oral presentation, Dietitians of Canada Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Cameron, E., Westaway, H., & Dubois, J., (2018, April). Building Capacity for Medical Education Scholarship at NOSM. Northern Constellations Conference, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Akhtar, S., Møller, H., Lowey, J., Fraser, L., Armstrong, S., Kristman, V.L. (2018, March). Leadership, communication and knowledge about Mental Health: Key Factors in Workplace Mental Well-being in Thunder Bay and District. St. Joseph's Care Group 2018 Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Browne, M., Ward, P., Pickett, S., & Cameron, E. (2017, Oct). Exploring the Experiences of Trainees in an Eating Disorder Prevention Program in Newfoundland and Labrador. Oral presentation at the Qualitative Health Research (QHR) Conference, Quebec City, Quebec.
Hill, M.E., Raftis, D., & Wakewich, P. (2015, February). "Strengthening the rural dietetics workforce: examining the impact of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program on recruitment and retention." St. Joseph's Care Group Showcase of Applied Research. Thunder Bay, ON; February. (Poster)
Hill, M.E., Raftis, D., & Wakewich, P. (2014, October). "Building the rural dietetics workforce: examining the impact of the Northern Ontario dietetic internship program." Canadian Health Workforce Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. (Presentation)
Hill, M.E., Raftis, D., & Wakewich, P. (2014, October). "Distributed community-engaged dietetics learning as the road to rural practice: Examining the impact of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program on recruitment and retention of Registered Dietitians in rural and underserviced areas." Global Community Engaged Medical Education Muster, Uluru, Australia. (Presentation).
Mushquash, A., Minore, B., Hill, M.E., Wenghofer, E., & Strasser, R. (2012, October). "New Players on The Team; Early Experiences Of – And With – Physician Assistants In Northern Ontario." Canadian Rural Health Research Society Annual Meetings, Levis, Quebec. (Poster).
Hill, M.E., Raftis, D., & Minore, B. (2012, June). "Graduate Tracking Survey for the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program: Pilot Project." Dietitians of Canada National Conference. Toronto, Ontario. (Presentation).
Hill, M.E., Minore, B., Belair, R., Snyder, C., Ronnebeck, G., Bandoh, G., Page, R., & Tiernan, M. (2011, June). "Enhancing Competencies, Improving Care:" The Success of the Kenora Wound Care Pilot Project." Northern Health Research Conference, Huntsville, Ontario. (Invited presentation)
Hogenbirk, J., Barnett, S., Delmege, M., Lacarte, S., Sherman, J., Timony, P. Guerin, V., Chue, H., Hill, M.E., Minore, B., Pong, R., Robinson, D., & Strasser, R. (2011, December). "Measuring the Near and Future Impact of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine." Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Research Showcase for Decision-Makers, Toronto, Ontario. (Invited)
Minore, B., Hill, M.E., Bandoh, G., Page, R., Perry, S., Tiernan, M., Belair, R., Snyder, C., & Ronnebeck, L. (2010, September). "Treat the whole patient, not the hole in the patient:" The Success of the Kenora Wound Care Pilot Project. Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference: Connecting Research and Society, Fredericton, New Brunswick. (Invited)

Housing

Kauppi, C., O'Grady, W., & Schiff, R. (2017, October). Examining Forms of Hidden Homelessness in Rural and Northern Ontario: Comparing Experiences of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People. Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness National Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Schiff, R. (2016, August). "Rural homelessness in Canada." XIV World Congress of Rural Sociology. Toronto, Ontario.

Community Health and Well-Being

Gardam, K. Møller H. (2018, March). A Socioecological Exploration of Community Adult Playground Use Among Seniors in Northwestern Ontario. Poster presented at St. Joseph's Care Group's 2018 Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Pearson, E.S., Mushquash, A. R., Te Hiwi, B., Ng, V., & Stewart, M. (2018, March). The Thunder Bay Healthy Kids Community Challenge: Evaluation of a Neighbourhood- Based Health Promotion Program. St. Joseph's Care Group Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Betkus, G., Hausknecht, S., Freeman, S., Martin, J., Kaufman, D., Skinner, K., Shafenacker, N., Duris, J., & Adam, K. (2017, October). Piloting an Intergenerational Digital Storytelling Program with Indigenous Elders and Youth. Canadian Association on Gerontology, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Betkus, G., Hausknecht, S., Freeman, S., Martin, J., Kaufman, D., Skinner, K., Shafenacker, N., Duris, J., & Adam, K. (2017, October). Reflections on an Intergenerational Digital Storytelling Program in a First Nations Community in Northern British Columbia, AGEWELL Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Freeman, S., Kaufman, D., Skinner, K., Hausknecht, S., Duris, J., & Shafenacker, N. (2017, October). The Nak'azdli Lha'hutit'en Project: Promoting Intergenerational Relationships and Supporting Meaningful Engagement of Elders Through Digital Storytelling in a First Nations Community in Northern British Columbia. Canadian Association on Gerontology, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Møller, H. (2014, May). "The impact of free initiatives on physical activity among adults 60 years of age and older: Do free initiatives increase the existing inequality gaps?". 22nd Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Goeteborg, Sweden. (Poster)
Møller, H. (2014, February). "Adult playgrounds: Their impact on physical activity among adults 60 years of age and older." St. Joseph's Care Group Health Research Showcase, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Møller, H. (2014, May). "The impact of free initiatives on physical activity among adults 60 years of age and older: Do free initiatives increase the existing inequality gaps?". 22nd Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Goeteborg, Sweden. (Poster)
Møller, H. (2013, September). "Sygeplejeantropologisk forskning: Et instrument til at fokusere på sundhed og velvære i Arktisk sygepleje (Nursinganthropological research: a tool to focus on health and well-being in Arctic nursing)." NUNAMED: A Greenlandic Conference on Health, Nuuk, Greenland.
Kruse, A. S., Bruyere, T.D., Mushquash, A.R., & Mushquash, C.J. (2013, June). "Social determinants of health and community wellbeing among First Nations in Canada." Poster session presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Quebec City, Quebec.
Møller, H. (2013, June). "Physical Activity Among Older Adults: The Impact of Free Local Physical Activity Initiatives in Denmark and Canada. Moving Public Health Forward: Evidence, Policy, Practice." Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Minore, B. (2012, January). "Where Unemployed Means Unhealthy Too: Repercussions of Downsizing the Forestry Industry in Northwestern Ontario Communities." Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Research Unit, Open Lecture Presentation, Toronto, Ontario. (Invited).
Minore, B., & Hill, M.E. (2011, October). "Closing Down: The Health Effects of Downsizing the Forest Industry in Northwestern Ontario." 10th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Rural Health Research, Vancouver, British Columbia. (Invited)
Minore, B., & Hill, M.E. (2011, July). "Towards Improving Care for Canadian Aboriginal Clients with Asthma and COPD: Using a Mixed Methods Approach to Offset Data Gaps." Mixed Methods International Conference, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. (Invited)
Minore, B., Hill, M.E., Park, J., Bandoh, G., Page, R., Perry, S., & Tiernan, M. (2010, November). "Toward Providing Patient-Centred Care for Aboriginal Clients With Asthma and COPD." Health Achieve Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 2010 Health Expo. Toronto, Ontario. (Invited)

Cancer

Zehbe I., Wakewich, P., Little, J., Burchell, A., Severini, A., Escott, N., Sameshima, P., Ogilvie, G., Magajna, B., Bishop, L., Morrisseau, K., Davey, C., Laframboise, A., & Krajden, M.(2016, June). "The Anishinaabek Cervical Cancer Screening Study (ACCSS): Barriers to and strategies for increasing cervical cancer screening amongst First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario." Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Zehbe, I. & Wakewich, P. (2015, April). "Anishinaabek Cervical Cancer Screening Study." Cervical Cancer Prevention in Northern Indigenous Communities Workshop; Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Invited workshop presentation).
Sameshima, P., Wakewich, P., Wood, B., & Zehbe, I. (2014, November)."Engaging Canadian Anishinaabek First Nations women in cervical cancer screening: integrating the arts in community education and data collection." The World Alliance for Arts Education Global Summit; Griffith University. Brisbane, Australia. (Presentation)
Wood, B., Little, J., Sameshima, P., Wakewich, P., Zehbe, I., & on behalf of the ACCSS team and partner communities. (2014, November). "Anishinaabek Cervical Cancer Screening Study (ACCSS): A mixed-methods approach to a community-based participatory cervical screening project in Indigenous communities of Northwest Ontario." Indigenous Health Conference, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario. (Poster)
Sameshima, P., Wakewich, P., & Zehbe, I. (2014, October). "Growing wellness: Ekphrasic renderings from a First Nations Women cervical cancer screening study." 5th International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry, Vancouver, British Columbia. (Presentation)
Minore, B. & Katt, M. (2011, February). "First Nations Breast Cancer Research: Northern Solutions to Service Barriers." Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Meetings, Thunder Bay, Ontario. (Invited)

HIV

Quinn, K., Petroll, A., & Sanders, C. (2016, May). "Barriers to HIV care for older adults in rural communities." 11th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Brain Health

Bodnar, P., Fenton, R., & Hill, M.E. (2012, October). "ACT FAST 1-2-3!: Youth of the Anishnawbe Nation Learn About Stroke." Canadian Stroke Congress. Calgary, Alberta. (E-poster) .
Minore, B., Hill, M.E., & Bodnar, P. (2012, February). "Teach Our Children: Stroke Awareness for Aboriginal Youth." St. Joseph's Care Group Showcase of Applied Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario. (Poster).