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Marie-Charlotte is a white woman of mixed ancestry who lives and works primarily on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. She completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Anthropology at the University of Montreal. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the same university. Her graduate research has led her to work with different indigenous communities in Brazil. During her research, living in communities has allowed her to realize the precariousness of access to health care and to develop an interest in improving indigenous health care. She has also recently been working with the Regroupement des centers d’amitié autochtones du Québec on initiatives related to the well-beeing of indigenous people living, or in transit, in urban areas.

My desire for adventure and new challenges led me to work in Nunavik as a nurse for the past few years. It is in our Great North of Quebec that I had the chance to get to know the Inuit and to really fall in love with these communities. My affiliation with the CRASIQ came naturally when I enrolled in the Master’s program. I have a variety of research interests, including nursing education and practice in an Indigenous context. My Master’s project in Nursing, supervised by Amélie Blanchet Garneau, is more specifically interested in the care and services promoting equity of nurses working in Nunavik. Finally, I have the opportunity to be involved in the research chair as a research assistant.

Tringa holds a Master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Lyon 2, France and is currently a PhD candidate in the same discipline at the University of Montreal. Her research focuses on social change through the lens of education in Kosovo and social reproduction. The various experiences of working on health research projects within interdisciplinary teams have made her aware of the problems of access to health care for certain populations. This led him to become interested in CRASIQ and to want to work there as a research assistant. Through her professional experiences and her research interests, which also question the potential of education to drive change, she hopes to contribute to the work of the Chair in promoting equity and cultural safety for Indigenous people.

I am an immigrant settler from the Philippines. I live, work, and study on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. During the past 20 years, I have acquired nursing experience in many different areas, but Chisasbi remains my most treasured experience. It is where I have witnessed the strength of indigenous nurses and community health workers as the gatekeepers to the health of their communities. Currently, I am pursuing a Master’s in nursing education at the University of Montreal, under the supervision of my research director Amélie Blanchet Garneau. My nursing project entails strategies for the recruitment and retention of indigenous students in Quebec nursing programs in collaboration with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. I continue to express my passion for nursing and hope to put this project into action with the CRASIQ team.

Kuei, I am from the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation of Mashteuiatsh. I have been a nurse since October 2018 and hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Trois-Rivières since July 2021. I am currently a master’s student at the University of Chicoutimi in the Nurse Practitioner program specialized in primary care. My experience as a nurse varies from mental health, obstetrics and extended role practice in the Innu community. My interests are focused on improving the accessibility of culturally appropriate and safe care for indigenous people in both remote and urban areas.