EP6: Indigenous women’s leadership for planetary health with Diana Lewis

Dr. Diana Lewis who is Mi’kmaq from the Sipekne’katik First Nation holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Health Governance at the University of Guelph. She joins co-hosts, Hokulani Aikau and Heather Castleden, for a conversation about doing community engaged research and the leadership role Indigenous women are playing to redress environmental injustice and racism in their communities. In this episode, Diana shares her experiences of doing Indigenous-led research, providing listeners with clear, accessible instructions for how to do this work in a trusting and respectful community-centered way.   

This podcast is created by the Impact Chair in Transformative Governance for Planetary Health at the University of Victoria, with production from Cited Media. We are supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.