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Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation (AIM-HI) Network 2019-2020 Annual Report INTRODUCTION Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation (AIM-HI) Network 2019-2020 Annual Report INTRODUCTION The Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation (AIM-HI) Network is one of eight Indigenous mentorship nodes funded until March 2022 by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The AIM-HI Network exists to enhance capacity in health research led by Indigenous scholars in Alberta. Our activities are designed to support Indigenous graduate students and new investigators who are in health research disciplines, recruit Indigenous students to health research careers, generate evidence on wise practices for Indigenous mentorship, and advocate to institutions to enable Indigenous promotion and success in academic and in health research more broadly. We are pleased to share this report, which details the activities occurring between April 2019 and March 2020. AIM-HI NETWORK OBJECTIVES 1. Identify supports for success and resilience while overcoming barriers that impact Indigenous learner success and new investigator transitions from study to workforce that largely neglects the socio-political histories caused by colonization and settler colonialism. 2. Reorganize health research mentorship around cultural and community principles and values to address the dynamic, transactional facets of career development for Indigenous learners. 3. Expand and enhance an intergenerational mentorship network among Indigenous mentees, in relation to Indigenous and non-Indigenous community and academic mentors, to build an inter-disciplinary community of practice committed to Indigenous health research. 4. Develop a knowledge base on wise mentorship practice for the training of Indigenous health researchers that leads to better career outcomes, as well as sustained professional and community relationships. 5. Advocate for continued systemic change necessary to equitably promote Indigenous health researchers for success in academia and beyond. INTERGENERATIONAL MENTORSHIP GATHERINGS AND SWEATS Mandate: Support the academic success, leadership skills, psychosocial needs and cultural affirmations of mentees through experiential learning, oral knowledge sharing, and cultural and academic mentorship. Achievements: Hosted fall sweat at Tsuu T'ina following the Annual Retreat on September 27, 2019 Intergenerational Mentorship Gathering hosted by Mount Royal University with Aunty Francine Dudoit-Tagupa, Elder Roy Bear Chief and Grandmother Doreen Spence: October 4, 2019 In order to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, we co-hosted the first weekly Connection Circle on March 27th, 2020, along with Renée Huntley, the Indigenous Program Coordinator for Undergraduate Medical Education at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. These Connections Circles are being led by invaluable members of our Community Advisory Committee, including Andrea Kennedy, Grandmother Doreen Spence and Elder Evelyn GoodStriker. Fall Sweat and Feast COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS Mandate: Expand knowledge of AIM-HI to mentees and community and identify emerging opportunities. Events Hosted: • AIM-HI Network Dinner, Calgary: June 21 2019 Writing Retreat at the Banff Centre • Online Academic Summer Series: June – August • Writing Retreat: July 28-August 2 • Annual Retreat and Sweat at Tsuut’Ina: September 27 • Local to Global Field School Prep Weekend: October 4-6 • UCalgary End of Semester Lunch Gathering – December 4 • UAlberta Gathering – February 13 UCalgary End of Semester Lunch Gathering Shelley Wiart, founder of Women Warriors and AIM-HI mentee, presenting her Digital Storytelling Project at the Annual Retreat UAlberta Gathering Collaborations: • Decolonizing Healthcare Congress Day: June 22 • Unveiling of Elder’s Mural at Morley Community School: June 24 • IndigeSTEAM Annual Science Camp: July 15-19 • IndigeSTEAM – “Speed Meet and Greet a Geek Night”: July 16 • World Indigenous Cancer Conference: September 16-19 • Student Welcome Dinner with Undergraduate Medical Dr. Jennifer Leason with students at the Unveiling of Education, UCalgary: October 2 Elder's Mural at Morley Community School COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS Events Attended: • Indigenous Mentorship Network Programs Meeting, Kamloops, September 10-11 • World Indigenous Cancer Conference (WICC), Calgary, September 17-19 • International Indigenous Mentorship Meeting, New Zealand: December 2-4 • STEMFusion Conference: Infusing Academia and Industry, Lethbridge: March 5 Thank you to the student volunteers that attended WICC on behalf of the AIM-HI Network. Health Fairs Attended: • Siksika First Nation: May 1 • Stoney First Nation: June 5 Support for Newly Funded Initiatives: • CIHR Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectory (I-HeLTI) Initiative: ‘Restoring the Healthy Family System in Indigenous Communities: A Collaborative Research Partnership in Alberta to Address the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes’ • CIHR Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research: ‘Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network’ • SSHRC Connection Grant: ‘Decolonized: WomXn in Research Workshop’ Digital Storytelling Videos: Distributed in Fall 2019 The AIM-HI Network’s Decolonizing Academic Approach to Mentorship Institutions Impact of the AIM-HI Why the AIM-HI Network Network was Created RECRUITMENT Thank you to Sharon Foster (L) and Dion Kelly (R) for volunteering at the December 3rd Mandate: Mini-Health Professions Day! (pictured with a Promote health research careers to a new generation of student participating in one of the stations) Indigenous students Mini-Health Professions Days, hosted by the Cumming School of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education program: • December 3, 2019 • March 24, 2020 (cancelled) Career Fairs: • Mokakit Iika’kimaat Career Fair, Kainai February 27, 2020 In addition, the AIM-HI Network was invited and registered to attend the following career fairs: • Alexis Sioux Nakoda Nation Career Fair – March 17th • Siksika Career Fair – March 20 • O’Chiese Nation – March 26 Thank you to all the students who volunteered to attend Career Fairs as student representatives – we look Thank you to Dion Kelly (L) and Pearl Yellow forward to future opportunities for you to connect with the network! Old Woman (R) for representing AIM-HI at the Mokakit Iika’kimaat Career Fair! CONNECTING MENTORS AND MENTEES Launched in November 2018, we have had a total of 37 people complete the Member Enrolment Form – 22 of which have been submitted in the past year. This has helped facilitate 11 new connections between a mentee and an academic mentor. Thank you to those who have agreed to mentor, your support of a student is invaluable. MENTOR DEVELOPMENT Mandate: Provide resources or support mentorship, build knowledge and skills in Indigenous mentorship Achievements: Dr. Adam Murry has led the development of our Indigenous Mentorship Model, which has been shared at the following conferences: • World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Calgary, September 18 • Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, March 4 • National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Sparks, Nevada, June 26 • International Indigenous Mentorship Meeting, New Zealand, December 2-4 Podcasts – led by Dr. Rita Henderson and developed by AIM-HI Network Undergraduate Summer Student Louis Crowshoe, Indigenous mentors have been interviewed about their approach to mentorship. One of the AIM-HI Mentors, Dr. Andrea Kennedy, attended the Rick Hanson Workshop: Positive Neuroplasticity: How to Grow Resilient Self-Worth and Happiness – in Big Sur, California – July 21-26, 2019 STUDENT STIPENDS Mandate: Expand knowledge of AIM-HI to mentees and community and identify emerging opportunities Achievements: In 2019-2020, the AIM-HI Network distributed over $187,000 directly to Indigenous students through a variety of stipends and travel bursaries, and another $34,000 to funding events to support mentee skill development including the Writing Retreat, the World Indigenous Cancer Conference, and the Local to Global Field School. We thank the University of Lethbridge for directly funding 2 of the Undergraduate Summer Student Stipend Awards. 2019 Experiential Internships in Partnership with the Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre (AFNIGC) and the Population, Public and Indigenous Health Strategic Clinical Network (PPIH SCN) ~ Congratulations to: Nicolas Holly Johnson- Kari Brown Gibson Rattlesnake University of Alberta, University of Alberta, Blue Quills University, Supervisors: Drs. Sue Ross & Cora Voyageur Supervisor: Dr. Cara Bablitz Supervisor: PPIH SCN Brittany Brooke Angela Rancourt Schroeder VanderKooi Gabriel Dumont Institute and the University of University of Alberta, University of Alberta, Regina, Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Gaudet Supervisor: Dr. Cara Bablitz Supervisor: Dr. Richard Oster STUDENT STIPENDS 2020 Graduate Student Mentorship Stipends ~ Congratulations to: Ashley Eileen Nicole Katherine Erica Hurley Cornect-Benoit Clearsky Eshkakogan Fleury PhD, Community PhD, Educational Policy, PhD, Sociology, MSc, Public Health Policy, PhD, Nursing, Health Sciences, University of Alberta University of Alberta University of Alberta University of Alberta University of Calgary Anita Melissa Keith King Sara Scott Deanna Starr Lafferty Shouting PhD, Secondary MSc, Occupational PhD, Nursing, MN, Nursing, MSc, Health Sciences, Therapy, University University of Alberta Education, University of Calgary University of Lethbridge University of Alberta of Alberta Rochelle Andrew Tisha Bromley- William Pearl Yellow Starr
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