Pewaseskwan Team
Pewaseskwan co-leads:
Dr. Alexandra King
Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health and Wellness, University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Alexandra King, MD, FRCPC, is a member of the Nipissing First Nation (Ontario). She is an Internal Medicine Specialist with a focus on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C (HCV), HIV/HCV co-infections and an interest in several other areas, including heart disease. Alexandra is the inaugural Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health and Wellness at the University of Saskatchewan, endowed by the Royal University Hospital Foundation through its Royal Care Campaign. She works with Indigenous communities and relevant stakeholders to understand the health and wellness needs of First Nations and Métis peoples in Saskatchewan and the structural changes that needed for improved Indigenous health outcomes.
Prof. Malcolm King
Scientific Director, SCPOR - Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research
Malcolm King, PhD, FCAHS, is a member of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (Ontario). He completed a PhD in polymer chemistry at McGill University in Montreal and research fellowships at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and the Meakins-Christie Laboratories at McGill University. He has held faculty positions at McGill University (MRC Scholar), the University of Alberta (AHFMR Senior Scholar), Simon Fraser University, and most recently at the University of Saskatchewan, where he also serves as the Scientific Director of SCPOR, the Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research.
Pewaseskwan team:
The People at Pewaseskwan
The Pewaseskwan team come from various backgrounds and bring their expertise and knowledge to the group’s projects.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Most of our team lives and works on Treaty 6 territory and the Homeland of the Métis. The original peoples of these lands are the Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, and Métis. Others are based in Vancouver, on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. We encourage everyone, wherever they are, to learn about the Indigenous people of the lands on which they live and work. We seek to become engaged allies together. In the spirit of truth and reconciliation, we respect the self-determination of First Nations, Métis and Inuit – in their cultures, languages and their pursuit of wellness.
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