Indigenous Health Lab
The Indigenous Health Lab is located within the Faculty of Social Science at Western University, London, Ontario. In this lab, we work on community-based projects that enable Indigenous communities to address their environmental and health concerns.
Lab News:
Because This Land Is Who We Are:
Indigenous Practices of Environmental Repossession
Our book is an exploration of environmental repossession, told through a collaborative case study approach, and engaging with Indigenous communities in Canada (Anishinaabe), Hawai'i (Kanaka Maoli) and Aotearoa (Maori). The co-authors are all Indigenous scholars, community leaders and activists who are actively engaged in the movements underway in these locations, and able to describe the unique and common strategies of repossession practices taking place in each community.
This open access book celebrates Indigenous ways of knowing, relating to and honouring the land, and the authors' contributions emphasize the efforts taking place in their own Indigenous land. Through engagement with these varying cultural imperatives, the wider goal of Because This Land Is Who We Are is to broaden both theoretical and applied concepts of environmental repossession, and to empower any Indigenous community around the world which is struggling to assert its rights to land.
Happy Birthday Dr. Richmond!
Dr. Richmond delivers keynote address at Convocation, June 2024
Pictured with graduating student Isha Agarwal and Dr. Richmond's mother
IHL team in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2024
Other News:
Featured Fellow: Chantelle Richmond
Canadian Geographic | Dec 05, 2022
The Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health and the Environment speaks about her work as a health geographer, restoring relationships with the land, Indigenous methodologies and more.
When health meets geography, difficult truths come to the fore
Maclean's | Nov 02, 2016
The new field of health geography explores the connection between wellness and environment, and leads to some sobering truths. Read online
Dr. Chantelle Richmond on community-based methodologies to empower Indigenous voice and vision in health and social research
Chantelle Richmond researches the intersection of Indigenous health, knowledge systems, and land connection using community-based methods to improve Indigenous health equity. As one of four Western professors who have been named among the 48 new members of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Dr. Richmond addresses key issues among new scholars by taking advantage of interdisciplinary approaches.
The Indigenous Mentorship Network of Ontario
IMNP-Ontario is a five-year health training program, funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) to provide Indigenous scholars and trainees with high quality mentorship, training, and opportunities to participate in Indigenous health research.
Looking for more ways to get involved in the IHL? Check out our page dedicated to volunteering here.
