Join Hotıì ts'eeda and York University's DIVERT Mental Health Platform to learn about decolonizing trauma work with youth. Dr. Ruth Green will present on the subject as part of the Digital, Inclusive, Virtual, and Equitable Research Training in Mental Health Platform (DIVERT Mental Health Platform). This initiative is a 6-year transdisciplinary health research training program funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health.

The DIVERT Mental Health Platform aims to disrupt the course of mental health systems in Canada by offering innovative cross-disciplinary education and training.

Dr. Green (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at York University. She has served as the co-chair of the Indigenous Council at York University and the Special Advisor to the President on Indigenous Initiatives. She is an activist turned accidental academic. Green identifies as an urban Indigenous person, and is a citizen of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. She is from the Mohawk Nation and is a member of the Turtle Clan. She was born a Canadian but was 1/2 disenfranchised when she was 10 years old. By the time she was 34.5 years old she was completely disenfranchised. She acknowledges the privileges she gets in a world of identity politics to be governed by legislation that is 100 years older than she is! She also acknowledges her paternal Celtic heritage. Green likes to think about Indigenous education and social issues that impact Indigenous communities. She has a PhD from OISE in Adult Education and Community Development, an MSW and a BSW from X University.

This session is part of Hotıì ts'eeda's ongoing lunch time series.

Zoom link: https://tlicho.zoom.us/j/84136293739?pwd=Ka1wE3bJj6xARqDn8VruKqgYKWfvam.1