Onemda Special Yarning Session with Prof Janet Smylie

Please join for a special Onemda Yarning session with Professor Janet Smylie, University of Toronto.

Professor Smylie, a respected leader in the field of Indigenous health and equity and will share insights from her career working with First Nation communities in Canada to address health inequities and bridge gaps in health knowledge and practice.

Professor Smylie is a Family Physician, Research Scientist, and Strategic Advisor Indigenous Wellbeing, Reconciliation, and Partnerships, Unity Health Toronto. She is a Professor at  Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Advancing Generative Health Services for Indigenous Populations in Canada.

Professor Smylie is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with Métis roots in the prairies. Professor Smylie, acknowledges her family, teachers, and lodge. She currently works as a research scientist in Indigenous health at St. Michael's hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute where she directs the Well Living House Applied Research Centre. She maintains a part-time clinical practice with Inner City Health Associates at Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto. Professor Smylie has practiced and taught family medicine in diverse Indigenous communities both urban and rural. Her applied research program is focused on actively addressing Indigenous health inequities by enhancing Indigenous led, high quality health information systems; disrupting anti-Indigenous racism in health services; and promoting Indigenous community health and wellbeing solutions. Professor Smylie currently leads multiple research projects in partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities and organisations. She has participated on multiple expert advisories.

Please register your attendance to onemda-info@unimelb.edu.au, indicating your preference to attend online or in person.