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Community-led research strengthens connections between UCalgary and Métis Nation of Alberta
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Biography
Dr. Carla Ginn is a research-intensive assistant professor with a focus on First Nations, Métis and Inuit intergenerational heath and wellbeing, and maternal-child health. Her research interests are in Indigenous health and wellbeing, intergenerational resiliency, and early intervention. Her CIHR-funded master’s work involved Participatory Action Research with a group of urban First Nations grandmothers to explore meanings of health and health promotion in families and communities. Her fully funded doctoral work was at Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) One World Child Development Centre with families living at less than half the low-income cut-off, and managing addiction, mental illness, and/or social isolation.
Ginn is currently engaged in community-based research at CUPS Health Education Housing, and has worked extensively with women, children, and families living with low income throughout the life cycle. She is a member of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health Group for Research with Indigenous Peoples (GRIP).