Sessions
Associate Professor Jeffrey Ansloos
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Thu
Panel Session
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Thu
Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos is a citizen of Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochekwi-Sipi; Treaty 5) born and raised in Treaty 1 territory (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and now resides in Toronto (Tkaranto). He is Associate Professor of Indigenous Health and Social Policy and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Studies in Health, Suicide Studies, and Environmental Justice at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Ansloos' research and teaching focus on the affective, socioecological, and political dimensions of health, suicide studies, youth and community mental health, and feminist, queer, anticolonial, and abolitionist methodologies. He is also deeply engaged in land and community education. He serves as the founding director of the Critical Health and Social Action Lab, a Canada Foundation for Innovation research centre advancing health justice with Indigenous communities. A registered psychologist, Ansloos serves as Chair of the Counselling and Clinical Psychology programs in Applied Psychology and Human Development, with cross-appointments in Psychiatry at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and affiliations with the School of Cities and the Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health at Dalla Lana School of Public Health. He is also a board member for the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.