Carrie LaVallie

First Nations University of Canada
Canada

Abstract Title: From Takohpinawasowin to W?s?k?m? (Make a Circle) - Traditional Birthing Education for Indigenous Communities in Rural Saskatchewan, Canada

Biography:

Dr. LaVallie is a third-generation born, white Settler with Scandinavian and German Ancestral ties. As a Registered Psychiatric Nurse, they have over 30 years of experience, working in various non-profit organizations, private practices, the First Nations University of Canada, and with First Nation communities. They reside on Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, where they hold a small private practice and teach for the University in the Indigenous Health Program. They are currently the Interim VP Academic.

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