2018 College of Medicine Global Health Conference

Lifting the Fog: Countering colonialism’s impact on health from Maasai Mara, to Muskeg Lake to the Mayan of Quezaltenango

“Colonialism is the massive fog that has clouded our imaginations regarding who we could be, excised our memories of who we once were, and numbed our understanding of our current existence.”                                      

 - Waziyatawin, Indigenous Peoples Research Chair, University of Victoria