Dr. JoLee Sasakamoose Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) is a member of the M’Chigeeng First Nation in Ontario and an active citizen of the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. She is an Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and Counselling at the University of Regina. In collaboration with the First Nations communities of Saskatchewan, she co-authored the Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory (ICRT), now known as the CRF, a theoretical framework to direct research that improves the health of Indigenous peoples in Saskatchewan. Dr. JoLee is the Wellness and Research Director of the Muskiki Muskwa Medicine Bear Healing Lodge and Peer Advocacy Services, part of the Indigenous Wellness Research Community Network (IWRCN). Dr. Sasakamoose is an Indigenous methodologist utilizing community and participatory-based research approaches with FN communities and peoples.  From a strengths-based, trauma informed decolonizing lens, her research engages Indigenous peoples in defining health and healthy communities; explores the intergenerational effects of historical trauma and traditional healing methods as protective factors with Indigenous peoples; utilizes neurodecolonization, contemplative mind body practices and Sîtoskâkewin© expressive therapies in the promotion of health and wellbeing.  

Resources from the episode:

Project: nato’ we ho win. https://pathssk.org/natowehowin/ The website has multiple reports, presentations, and videos about the work and what is being learned as a result. 

Book: Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts, Second Edition, Dr. Margaret Kovach. https://utorontopress.com/9781487525644/indigenous-methodologies/ 

Article: Reflexive Reflection Co-created with Kehte-ayak (Old Ones) as an Indigenous Qualitative Methodological Data Contemplation Tool. 

https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33906

Article: Miýo-pimātisiwin Developing Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory (ICRT): Improving Indigenous Health and Well-Being. 

https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7527

Article: Indigenous Birth Support Worker (IBSW) Program Evaluation: A Qualitative Analysis of Program Workers and Clients’ Perspectives. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-2082644/v1  

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