This image contains two logos one for Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and one for the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority. The logo for Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre consists of concentric blue and greens circles containing the four colours of the medicine wheel - red, white, yellow and black - at the centre. Each colour is represented by a figure consisting of a head and outstretched arms. The figures are aligned so their arms are arranged to make the shape of a cross. The logo for the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority consists of a black circle with a green background. Three figures in red are seated on the ground linking arms, a yellow sun is above them and two white feathers with black tips hang down on either side of the sun.

Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program

Research Leads
Len Kelly, MD, M Clin Sci, FCFP, FRRM
lkelly@mcmaster.ca

Ruben Hummelen, MD, PhD, CCFP
rubenhummelen@gmail.com

The Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program (AB) promotes community-based research built on respectful relationships and addresses clinical and social issues. The program is a partnership of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC), the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Sioux Lookout Local Education Group (SLLEG). Meaningful collaborations have developed between Anishnaabe Bimaadiziwin researchers, First Nations community leaders, local health provider organization and other research partners.

Our community-based research receives its mandate from the issues affecting the population we serve. Research can facilitate health program planning, evaluation, and advocacy as well as documenting system deficits and clinical areas needing attention. Over the past two decades, our research has involved cross-cultural care, maternal-child health, and a variety of clinical and social topics. We are committed to ongoing meaningful, respectful, relevant and practical research to improve local healthcare service provision and resources.