Listening to the Beat of the Drum: Indigenous Parenting in Contemporary Society (ePub)

Carrie Bourassa is a the new Chair of Northern & Indigenous Health at Health Sciences North Research Institute in Sudbury after spending the last fifteen years as Professor of Indigenous Health Studies at First Nations University of Canada. Carrie completed her Ph.D. (Social Studies) in 2008. Her dissertation is entitled Destruction of the Métis Nation: Health Consequences. Her book, based on her dissertation was released in the fall of 2012 entitled Métis Health: The Invisible Problem. Dr. Bourassa is proud to be the successful Nominated Principal Investigator on two Canada Foundation for Innovation Grants that funded the Indigenous Community-based Health Research Labs at FNUniv and the Cultural Safety, Evaluation and Training Lab. Carrie is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, an Institute Advisory Board Member, Institute of Indigenous People's Health and a Public Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Carrie's research interests include the impacts of colonization on the health of Indigenous people; creating culturally safe care in health service delivery; Indigenous community based health research methodology; Indigenous HIV/AIDS research; Indigenous end of life and dementia care and Indigenous women's health. Carrie is Métis, belonging to the Regina Riel Métis Council #34. She resides in Regina with her husband, Chad and her daughters, Victoria and Lillie



Elder Betty McKenna is Anishnabae from the Shoal River Band and is very knowledgeable about many traditional teachings which she has learned from her grandmother and from teachings of various other elders. She is the Elder in Residence, First Nations and Métis Education at the Regina Public School Board as well as the guiding elder for RESOLVE (Research and Education to End Violence and Abuse) Saskatchewan, provides leadership to many research projects including: Completing the Circle: End of Life Care with Aboriginal

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