PROJECT

Indigenous Environmental Health Risk Assessment (IEHRA)

The IEHRA project, led by Dr Diana Lewis, explores the community health impacts of living near oil and gas extraction (Mikisew Cree First Nation, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Fort Chipewyan Métis Nation) and a landfill site (Oneida Nation of the Thames). Through a community-engaged process and informed by our previous research with Pictou Landing First Nation (Lewis et al., 2020, 2020a, 2020b), we are developing culturally relevant, gender inclusive, Indigenous-led frameworks that respond to these different community contexts, ecologies, and industrial experiences. For more details, check out Indigenera.ca. Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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