Community‑Led Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction Research

Join us for a lecture of the Dalhousie Global Mental Health Guest Lecture Series presented by Dr. Christopher Mushquash, researcher, clinician, and First Nation scholar.

Event details

Friday, Jan. 16, 2026
3 to 4:30 p.m. (Atlantic Time)/2 to 3:30 p.m. (EST)

Location
Virtually on Zoom (Note: Those registered will be sent the Zoom link closer to the event date)

REGISTER HERE by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.

Questions?
Contact Chelsea Mantin

Community-Led Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction Research

Indigenous peoples carry a disproportionate burden of mental health and addiction difficulties when compared to the general population. In this presentation, Dr. Mushquash will describe a program of research informed by First Nations communities, and how embedding research within a First Nations service-delivery organization can support programming that integrates culture-based interventions with evidence-based clinical approaches.

Learning objectives:

1. Describe the effects of intergenerational trauma, with an emphasis on how these effects are transmitted across generations within Indigenous communities.
2. Understand key research outcomes associated with intergenerational trauma. 
3. Explore how community engagement and partnership can promote research and clinical partnerships with First Nations service-delivery organizations.

About the speaker

Christopher Mushquash, Ph.D., LL.D. (h.c.), C.Psych., is Anishinawbe (Ojibway), and a member of Pawgwasheeng (Pays Plat First Nation). He is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University, NOSM University, Clinical Psychologist at Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, Vice President Research at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, and Chief Scientist at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute. He is also Director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research at Lakehead University. Dr. Mushquash is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction, with expertise in rural and northern clinical practice and the development of culturally appropriate interventions for mental health and addiction difficulties in First Nations children, adolescents, and adults. He is a researcher, clinician, and First Nation scholar who was born and raised in rural Northwestern Ontario.

Accreditation

This presentation is part of the Dalhousie Global Mental Health Guest Lecture Series

The Dalhousie Global Mental Health Guest Lecture Series is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.