Authors

Author: Elissa Noah, BHSc, MPH (c)

Elissa Noah is an Indigenous master’s student at Western University in London, Ontario, studying Public Health. Previously attending Western University, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences. Elissa is Lunáapeew from Eelŭnaapéewi Lahkéewiit, Delaware Nation and of the Turtle Clan. As a researcher, she is committed to Indigenous health, addressing health disparities and inequities prominent within Indigenous communities, and developing and maintaining healthy relationships between Indigenous people and the health system.

Co-Author: Averi Labancz-Vye

Averi Labancz-Vye is an Indigenous undergraduate student at Western University in London, Ontario, studying Health Science. She is from the tribe of Michipicoten in Northern, Ontario. By using her knowledge of health and own culture, she would like to work towards expanding others knowledge of Indigenous people.

Supervisor: Elysée Nouvet, PhD

Dr. Nouvet is a medical anthropologist and an Associate Professor in the School of Health Studies (Global Health) at Western University in London, Ontario.  Dr. Nouvet is a founder and lead for Western University’s Global Health Equity hub. Uniting her work is a commitment to bringing the lived experiences of those on the receiving end of initiatives developed in the name of advancing global health and equity to bear on understandings and assessments of the value, limits, and impacts of those initiatives.