Sociologist @UBCSociology. Diné scholar dedicated to the lives and opportunities of Indigenous peoples. Salt People Clan. Dog mom. she/her. Views my own.
Join us next week for a dialogue on Indigenous health in Canada, US, and New Zealand. Free registration! In-person registration includes catered breakfast & lunch
In partnership with @ubc_health, @CoVaRR_Net, & @UBCSociology, join our hybrid dialogue session to discuss lessons learned about conducting research and Indigenous resilience during the pandemic. Register: https://t.co/9cH7oRx67e
🚨 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🚨
*Reposting this announcement:*
First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies
📅 Friday, November 15 - Sunday, November 17
📍 Indiana University Bloomington
Submit your proposals through the online system by the *NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2024*
"If a tribal nation deems a place sacred, they shouldn’t have to break confidentiality to prove it."
The latest from our fearless IAD reporter B. 'Toastie' Oaster.
https://t.co/uZXNfXqm9E via @highcountrynews
As if I wasn’t excited enough about the @ia4phs meeting in September, I’m thrilled to be able to moderate a session on “DuBoisian Population Health: Matching Theory, Method, & Action,” featuring work by @jourdyn_l@NavajoProf@e_hernandez8 @aliciacita 🔥🔥🔥
But as the authors note, the data potentially excludes over half (!!) of all Native American respondents, because most Native Americans are classified as "two-or-more races" in government data.
I've written on why that happens with @NavajoProf: https://t.co/EyzDPKCOh9
Tamara Chavez is CoVaRR-Net’s Indigenous Engagement, Development, and Research (#CIEDAR) Pillar 7 project manager & works in a community-based/participatory research approach.
Learn more: https://t.co/SWOYMod5pz #WeLoveOurHQPs
Congratulations to Profs. Kimberly Huyser and Lindsey Richardson, whose research projects have both been accepted into the UBC Health After 2020 program!
Congratulations to Dr. Huyser and the CIEDAR team for the acceptance of their project, "Stitching together knowledges: Indigenous Traditions, Stories, and Research," into #HealthAfter2020 for 2023/24!
Assembling scholars of diverse #data types & career stages on "#Indigenous Data & Digital #Sovereignty Across the Scientific Disciplines" at @UCSanDiego on Fri 1/12 @ 4 PST. Biomedicine, biodiversity, anthropology & biobanking.
Sponsor @CSUSM. Students & colleagues welcome!
I'm honored that @IPNN is partnering with @GATS_ASA for an ASA24 panel on "Indigenous Peoples and Global Perspectives." Please SHARE and consider submitting your sociological work on colonial occupation and place-based Indigenous resistance and liberation.
https://t.co/ZVjCcLpInU
Prof. Kimberly Huyser's CIEDAR team and Taché Waters Healing Society have partnered to co-develop an evidence- and land-based healing camp to address physical and mental health disparities as they are experienced by First Nations families living in the Northwest Territories.
#UCalgary awarded 2 prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs to establish ambitious programs in Indigenous ways of sustainability and quantum science https://t.co/kziEq1I84h
Wow! UBC Sociology is #25 in @ShanghaiRanking's Global List of Academic Subjects (Sociology). This marks our highest ranking ever on the list and is a testament to the amazing, innovative, and impactful work of everyone in the Department. 🥳
https://t.co/sFjfFAslcv
"Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them," Prof. Seth Arbutyn (@seth_abrutyn)'s forthcoming book, offers the first in-depth look at why U.S. youth suicide clusters happen and how to stop them.
Find out more: https://t.co/ox92ZaMNTL.
As I’ve previously written, after 400 years of colonization, it’s nearly impossible to get a perfect count of Native Americans.
Here’s my @BrookingsMetro piece with Gabriel Sanchez and @NavajoProf exploring this issue and proposing potential solutions: https://t.co/EyzDPKCOh9