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Indigenous Women's Health
indigenous women's health
We work alongside Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people to advance health research that reflects their knowledge, priorities, and lived experiences.
Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people carry knowledge, leadership, and resilience that sustain families and communities. Yet their health experiences continue to be shaped by the ongoing impacts of colonial violence, racism, and inequities in access to culturally safe care. Our work in Indigenous Women’s Health focuses on understanding these realities and supporting Indigenous-led approaches that strengthen well-being across the life course.
Community-Driven Research
This basket of work centres the voices, stories, and priorities of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Through community partnerships, interviews, gatherings, and arts-based methods, we work collaboratively to understand experiences with health systems, reproductive, sexual, maternal, and mid-life health, and the social conditions that shape health and well-being.
Culturally Safe Care
Our research seeks to identify pathways toward care that is culturally safe, trauma-informed, and grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems. By documenting barriers and highlighting community strengths, we aim to inform policies and practices that improve health care experiences and outcomes.
From Knowledge to Action
The knowledge generated through this work contributes to policy dialogue, health system improvement, and Indigenous-led solutions that support equity, dignity, and self-determination in health. Our work is grounded in the calls to justice in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBQIA+ Peoples report.
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Our work is guided by ceremony, by the cycles of the moon, and by the teachings of our Matriarchs. We strive to ensure that Indigenous voices and traditional knowledge are not just included, but placed at the centre of health equity research.
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Indigenous Equity Lab
The Indigenous Equity Lab is situated on the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to the Coast Salish Peoples and support their inherent rights to these lands.
The Indigenous Equity Lab works in partnership and collaboration, and is located at the Women's Health Research Institute in Vancouver, Canada.
