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Amy Shawanda, PhD

Amy Shawanda, PhD
Contact Information
Email address: 
amy.shawanda [at] mcgill.ca
Biography: 

Assistant Professor

Indigenous Health Scholar

Department of Family Medicine

Amy Shawanda is Anishinaabe from Wikwemikong Unceded Territory, Manitoulin Island. She obtained her bachelor's degree in law & justice and Indigenous studies and holds a master's degree in Indigenous Relations from Laurentian University. She obtained her Indigenous studies doctoral degree at Trent University. Prof. Shawanda was the Provost Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto in the Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Her scholarship is centered around Indigenous ways of Being, Doing, and Knowing. Prof. Shawanda is driven on passion to make a difference for Indigenous communities. She provides innovative approaches to bridging the gap between western medicine and traditional Indigenous health and wellness practices such as her Paawaawayin漏锔 workshop, policy work, and advocacy for the importance of honoring Indigenous knowledge and traditions. Her greatest reward is seeing positive change take root in the communities she serves.

Prof. Shawanda is a respected mentor and educator, inspiring the next generation of Indigenous healthcare professionals. She serves as a role model for Indigenous youth, proving that it's possible to succeed in the world of medicine while staying true to one's cultural identity. She is community driven, generationally inspired, and social justice oriented.

Research interests

Prof. Shawanda is an interdisciplinary, distinctions-based, qualitative health researcher. Her work combines cultural competency in healthcare, health policy and advocacy, and cultural resilience and wellbeing. Currently, she is an Indigenous sleep researcher and an author to dream knowledge work: Dream methodologies and Dream citations. She collaborative partner on the Indigenous commercial determinants of health, mental health projects, family wellness, and Anishinaabe health ethos.

Keywords

Indigenous health, Indigenous pedagogies, qualitative research, healthcare access, sleep, dream knowledge, Anishinaabe health

Publications

Chapter in Books

August 2024

Our Ancestors and Mental Health: Engaging in Meaningful Dialogue on Mental Health from Indigenous Knowledge Sources

Educational Contexts of Psychopathology and Mental Health

Co-authored with Bobbi Henry

July 2023

Indigenous Pedagogies and the implications of EdTech, data, and AI in the classroom

Perspectives on Indigenous Pedagogy in Education

Edited by Sheila Cote-Meek and Tamia Moake-Pickering

Co-authored with Robyn Rowe

Journal Articles

July 2023

Bridging the commercial determinants of Indigenous health and the legacies of colonization: A critical analysis

Global Health Promotion

Co-authored with Daniel Eisenkraft-Klein

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July 2023

Pkwenezige (Smudging Ceremony): A First Nation Right to Ceremony

Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies

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June 2023

Commentary: Does Health Care? Accountability Matters for Indigenous Patients

Healthcare Policy

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May 2023

Nda-nwendaaganag (All My Relations): A relational approach to citation practices

Turtle Island Journal of Health

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May 2023

Dream Methodologies

Turtle Island Journal of Health

Co-authored with Joshua Manitowabi

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April 2023

Using the Medicine Wheel as theory, conceptual framework, analysis, and evaluation tool in health research

SSM 鈥 Qualitative Research in Health

Co-Authored with Angela Mashford-Pringle

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June 2022

Anishinaabe Research Methodology that assisted in the Act of Resistance by Resurging Anishinaabe Motherhood Traditional Teachings and Pedagogies

Asian Journal of Canadian Studies

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August 2020

Baawaajige: Exploring Dreams as Academic References

Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health

Waakebiness- Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health

University of Toronto

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July 2017

An Examination of the Integration Processes of Anishinaabe Smudging Ceremonies in Northeastern Ontario Health Care Facilities

Laurentian University

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External Links

Aanoodizewin Podcast:

Kina Gwaa Gegoo Gzhe-Mnidoo Gaa Bgidana Maagii'ing:

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