Lindsay Farrell, PhD (she/her)

Indigenous Health & Systems Transformation, Reconciliation, and Indigenous Cultural Safety

LANGUAGES SPOKEN
English
CURRENTLY BASED IN
Vancouver, BC
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Dr. Lindsay Farrell is Anishinaabe and of mixed White settler descent (she/her). Her mother is Anishinaabe from Whitewater Lake in Northern Ontario and her father is a second-generation White settler of Scottish, Irish, and English descent. Lindsay is a member of Eabametoong First Nation and grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has spent the last several years working within academic health research and health care settings to advance Indigenous cultural safety/anti-racism, the process of Truth and Reconciliation, and supporting improved health and wellness outcomes for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. Dr. Farrell is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology, Irving K Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, with research interests focusing on Indigenous wellness, cannabis and harm reduction, and collaborative culturally attuned models supporting health and wellness of Indigenous Peoples.