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Poster Presentations

 

• Mental Health Conference 2021; 4th Annual Integrative Psychiatry Conference, ����VR��Ƶ

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).. ����VR��Ƶ 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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• ����VR��Ƶ'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

Building a Community of Practice

• 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, ����VR��Ƶ

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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 following posters: 

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, ����VR��Ƶ

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, ����VR��Ƶ 

Working in Partnership with Indigenous Communities to Adapt a Mental Health Wellness Program (LTOA) to School-Settings: Preliminary findings from a pilot study with Anishinaabe of Treaty #3 - Tristan Supino, Stefanie Bryant, Michelle Kehoe, Nicole D’souza, Dominique Geoffroy, & Laurence J.  Kirmayer,  ����VR��Ƶ & Kenora Chiefs Advisory 

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

 

• 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, ����VR��Ƶ

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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, ����VR��Ƶ

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,  ����VR��Ƶ & Kenora Chiefs Advisory

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Publications

 

 

• Kirmayer, L.K., Oda Sheiner, E., Geoffroy, D., (2016). . In Hodes, M. and Gau, 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, ����VR��Ƶ, 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, ����VR��Ƶ, 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), 22nd Canadian 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 and knowledge creation

 

 

 

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