About Us
WIHP supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students in pursuing health sciences at the 海角社区's Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Its goal is to increase Indigenous representation in health professions across Alberta and Canada. We offer comprehensive, culturally grounded support to help Indigenous students enter, thrive and graduate from U of A's health programs.
Our guiding principles
- Respect – Caring for others and being open and inclusive by having a good spirit.
- Reciprocity – Valuing cultivation of reciprocal relationships between humans and ecosystems.
- Relationship – Understanding and respecting relationships with the environment, animals, the spiritual realm, and to one another.
- Renewal – Examining epistemology and knowledge to restore the balance between people and nature that Indigenous people conceived.
Our Team
WAYNE INUGLAK CLARK, EdD, MA, BBA (ᐅᐊᐃᓐ ᐃᓄᒡᓚᒃ ᑲᓛᒃ)
Executive Director
Paulette Dahlseide
Program Lead
Nicole Cardinal, MD
Clinician Lead, Education (PGME)
Liz Erasmus, MD
Clinician Lead, Education (UME)
Andrew Volk, MD
Clinician Lead, Student Mentorship and Support
Neill Fox, MD
Clinician Lead, Indigenous Program Outreach
Alyssa-Lynne Perry, B.Ed
Education Coordinator
Taylor Turvey, B.Ed
Community Engagement and Recruitment Coordinator
Rick Lightning
Elder in Residence, Circle of Elders
Hazel McKennit
Knowledge Keeper, Circle of Elders
Alvina Lake, Eagle Woman
Knowledge Keeper, Circle of Elders
Josephine C. Auger, Ph.D.
Strategic Program Lead