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Poster Presentations

  • Mental Health Conference 2021; 4th Annual Integrative Psychiatry Conference, 鶹Լ

A podcast series in response to COVID-19 challenges: reflections from a co-created podcast with Indigenous community partners in Canada.

Conference proceeding published : Caroline Bec, LTOA team members, Laurence J. Kirmayer (2021).. 鶹Լ Journal of Medicine.

  • Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (2021)

Strengthening a community of practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: A co-created podcast series for Indigenous mental health promotion in Canada - Caroline Bec, LTOA team members and Laurence J. Kirmayer

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  • 鶹Լ's Global Health Night (2020)

Development and Cultural Adaptation of a Mental Health Toolkit for Indigenous Youth- Tristan Supino

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Building a Community of Practice through Online Knowledge Translation: Lessons from the Listening to One Another to Grow Strong(LTOA) Program-Leah Birch

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  • Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research (2019)

Implementation Research in Indigenous Contexts: Creating Culturally Safe Spaces – Michaela Field, Tristan Supino, Mia Messer, Nicole D’souza, Michelle Kehoe, & Laurence J. Kirmayer and LTOA Team Members, 鶹Լ

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  • Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (2019)

Members of the LTOA team travelled to Toronto, ON to take part in the SSPC's annual conference and presented the followingposters:

Culturally-safe space and empowerment: Reflections in adapting and implementing the Listening to One Another to Grow Strong Program in Nlaka'Pamux First Nation- Mia Messer, Erin Aleck, Ina Dunstan Nicole D’souza, Dominique Geoffroy, & Laurence J. Kirmayer,鶹Լ

Engaging Indigenous organizations in the training and implementation of a mental health promotion program with frontline workers - Michaela Field, Celina Blackhawk, Preston Copenace, Karen Taylor, Michelle Kehoe, Nicole D’souza, Dominique Geoffroy, & Laurence J. Kirmayer,鶹Լ

Working in Partnershipwith Indigenous Communities to Adapt a Mental Health Wellness Program(LTOA)toSchool-Settings: Preliminary findings from a pilotstudywith Anishinaabe of Treaty #3 -Tristan Supino, Stefanie Bryant, Michelle Kehoe, NicoleD’souza, Dominique Geoffroy, & Laurence J.  Kirmayer,  鶹Լ & Kenora Chiefs Advisory

You can learn more about our experience at this conference by reading our .

Pictured from left to right: Tristan Supino, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Nicole D'souza, Michaela Field and Erin Aleck

  • Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research (2018)

Strengthening family services in First Nations communities:​Development of a training model for implementation of a family program with frontline workers -Michaela Field, Celina Blackhawk, Preston Copenace, Karen Taylor, Michelle Kehoe, Nicole D’souza, Dominique Geoffroy, & Laurence J. Kirmayer, 鶹Լ

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Culturally-safe space and empowerment: Reflections in adapting and implementing the Listening to One Another to Grow Strong Program in Nlaka'Pamux First Nation - Mia Messer, Erin Aleck, Ina Dunstan Nicole D’souza, Dominique Geoffroy, & Laurence J. Kirmayer, 鶹Լ

PDF icon Culturally safe spaces poster

Adaptation of the Listening to One Another School-Based Program: Findings, challenges, and opportunities from a pilot program with Anishinaabe of Treaty #3 -Tristan Supino, Stefanie Bryant, Michelle Kehoe, Nicole D’souza, Dominique Geoffroy, & Laurence J.  Kirmayer,  鶹Լ & Kenora Chiefs Advisory

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Publications

  • Kirmayer, L.K., Oda Sheiner, E., Geoffroy, D., (2016).. In Hodes, M.andGau, S. eds.,Positive Mental Health, Fighting Stigma and Promoting Resiliency for Children and Adolescents. Published by Elsevier.

  • Boksa, P., Joober, R. & Kirmayer, L.J. (2015). [Editorial].Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 40(6): 263-365.

  • Kirmayer, L.J. (2015). [Editorial] .Acta Paediatrica, 104(1): 2-4.

  • Kirmayer, L. J., Sehdev, M., & Isaac, C. (2009). .International Journal of Indigenous Health,5(1), 62.

  • Wexler, L., Chandler, M., Gone, J., Cwik, M., Kirmayer, L.J., LaFromboise, T., Brockie, T., O’Keefe, V., Walkup, J. & Allan, J. (2015). .American Journal of Public Health, 105(5): 891-899

  • Crawford, D. (2016).. In Dombrowski, K. and Gocchi Carrasco, K. eds., Reducing Health Disparities: Research Updates from the Field

  • Walls, M. L., & Whitbeck, L. B. (2011)..Society and mental Health,1(2), 124-136.

  • Whitbeck, L. B. (2006). Some guiding assumptions and a theoretical model for developing culturally specific preventions with Native American people.Journal of Community Psychology,34(2), 183-192.

Presentations

  • “Culture and community resilience: A social-ecological perspectives,” institute of Health and Social Policy, 鶹Լ, January 23, 2015.

  • “Cultural safety in mental health services for Indigenous peoples,” Wabano Healing Centre, Ottawa, February 19, 2015.

  • “Understanding suicide among Indigenous peoples: From social determinants to prevention,” Brain and Mind Research Institute, Mental Health Policy Unit, University of Sydney, Australia March 13, 2015.

  • “The well-being of Northern Indigenous peoples: An overview,” Circumpolar Wellness Conference, Arctic Council, Iqaluit, March 25, 2015.

  • “Culture and context in global mental health,”Global is Local: Advancing Community Mental Health Globally, 鶹Լ, April 14, 2015.

  • Kirmayer, L.J. “Suicide Prevention with Indigenous Peoples” (Chair), International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, June 17, 2015.

  • Moderator, “Mobilizing youth for resilience and healing,”Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups (RISING SUN), Anchorage, Alaska, September 19, 2015.

  • “Co-constructing knowledge in global mental health,” & “Interdisciplinarity in Global Mental Health Research,” (Talk to the Expert), 22ndCanadian Conference on Global Health, Montreal, November 5, 2015.

  • Kirmayer, L.J. Global Mental Health, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, November 22, 2015.

Results from the original evidenced-based program: Strengthening Family Program (SFP)

  • Johnson-Motoyama, M., Brook, J., Yan, Y., & McDonald, T. P. (2013). .Children and Youth Services Review,35(2), 244-252.

  • Bröning, S., Kumpfer, K., Kruse, K., Sack, P. M., Schaunig-Busch, I., Ruths, S., ... & Thomasius, R. (2012). . Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy,7(1), 1.

  • Gomila, M. A., Orte, C., & Ballester, L. (2012). .Drogues, santé et société,11(2), 18-39.

  • Kumpfer, K. L., Alvarado, R., Smith, P., & Bellamy, N. (2002).. Prevention Science,3(3), 241-246.

Indigenous perspectives on research collaboration andknowledge creation

  • Walker, R. D., & Bigelow, D. A. (2011). .Journal of psychoactive drugs,43(4), 276-281.

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