Carrie Bourassa PhD

Dr. Bourassa is Research Chair in Indigenous & Northern Health and Senior Scientist at Health Sciences North Research Institute in Sudbury, Ontario. Prior to taking this position in October 2016, she served her communities as a Professor of Indigenous Health Studies at First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) for fifteen years. Dr. Bourassa is an Indigenous community-based researcher and is proud to be the successful Nominated Principal Investigator on two Canada Foundation for Innovation Grants that funded the Indigenous Community-based Health Research Lab in 2010, and most recently in April 2016 the Cultural Safety Evaluation, Training and Research Lab at FNUniv. She is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Bourassa is Métis, belonging to the Regina Riel Métis Council #34.