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christopher_mushquash [2022/01/27 18:31]
liam [Advocacy for School Funding]
christopher_mushquash [2022/05/26 00:21] (current)
liam [University of Ontario]
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 ==== Canadian Institutes of Health Research ==== ==== Canadian Institutes of Health Research ====
  
-He is currently the vice-chair of the Institute Advisory Board for the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health.((Canadian Institutes of Health Research. (2017, December 15). //IIPH Institute Advisory Board Members.// Government of Canada. https://archive.ph/nGOLn))+He is currently the vice-chair of the Institute Advisory Board for the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health]].((Canadian Institutes of Health Research. (2017, December 15). //IIPH Institute Advisory Board Members.// Government of Canada. https://archive.ph/nGOLn))
  
 ==== Dilico Anishinabek Family Care ==== ==== Dilico Anishinabek Family Care ====
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 ==== George Jeffrey Children’s Centre ==== ==== George Jeffrey Children’s Centre ====
  
-Mushquash joined the board of directors for the George Jeffrey Children’s Centre in 2021.((//Board of Directors.// George Jeffrey Children’s Centre. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/zVrKA))+Mushquash joined the board of directors for the [[George Jeffrey Children’s Centre]] in 2021.((//Board of Directors.// George Jeffrey Children’s Centre. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/zVrKA))
  
 ==== Government of Canada ==== ==== Government of Canada ====
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 ==== Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre ==== ==== Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre ====
  
-Mushquash is also the President of Research at [[Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre]] and Chief Scientist at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute.((Walker, B. (2019, August 29). //Lakehead University receiving $742k to support seven important research projects.// Lakehead University. https://archive.ph/obyzy)) ((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#mushquash-christopher-2))+Mushquash is also the President of Research at [[Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre]] and Chief Scientist at the [[Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute]].((Walker, B. (2019, August 29). //Lakehead University receiving $742k to support seven important research projects.// Lakehead University. https://archive.ph/obyzy)) ((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#mushquash-christopher-2))
  
 ==== University of Ontario ==== ==== University of Ontario ====
  
-Mushquash is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the [[University of Ontario]] Institute of Technology.((//Executive team.// Lakehead University. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from https://archive.ph/f9hCz))+Mushquash is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the [[University of Ontario Institute of Technology]].((//Executive team.// Lakehead University. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from https://archive.ph/f9hCz))
  
 ===== COVID-19 ===== ===== COVID-19 =====
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 ==== Advocacy for School Funding ==== ==== Advocacy for School Funding ====
  
-Mushquash was a speaker at a September 2020 "Kids in Crisis Town Hall" event hosted online by [[Children's Health Coalition]], a group "calling on the Ontario government to invest $375 million in children’s health and social care."((The Children’s Health Coalition. (2020, September 17). //Kids in Crisis Town Hall.// Vekeo. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127172942/https://vekeo.com/event/childrenshealthcoalition-61250-2/)) +Mushquash was a speaker at a September 2020 "Kids in Crisis Town Hall" event hosted online by [[Children's Health Coalition]], a group "calling on the Ontario government to invest $375 million in children’s health and social care."((The Children’s Health Coalition. (2020, September 17). //Kids in Crisis Town Hall.// Vekeo. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127172942/https://vekeo.com/event/childrenshealthcoalition-61250-2/)) ((childrenshealthcoalition (@CHCOntario). (2020, September 16). //Children are victims of a health-care crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic is only making worse. For some, it’s a matter of life and death. Join our panel discussion and share your concerns. The #kidsincrisis Town Hall is Sept 17, 7PM - 8PM. [Tweet].// Twitter. https://archive.ph/ydNEZ))  
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 +Fellow speakers included Rita Celli of [[CBC News]], Dr. [[Peter Rosenbaum]], Pediatrician and Childhood Development and Disability Expert; Dr. [[Javeed Sukhera]], Child and Youth Psychiatrist; [[Ivona Novak]], Co-chair of the Holland Bloorview Family Advisory Committee; [[Alex Munter]], CEO of [[Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario]]; and [[Christine Elliot]], Deputy Premier of Ontario and [[Ontario Minister of Health]].
  
 The coalition membership includes [[SickKids]], [[McMaster Children's Hospital]], [[CHEO]], [[London Health Sciences Centre]] Children's Hospital, [[Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital]], [[Kids Health Alliance]], [[Children's Mental Health Ontario]] and [[Empowered Kids Ontario]].((Lauren Ettin (@LaurenEttin). (2022, January 12). //Kids are headed back on Monday. We know that on balance, this is where they should be. And should stay. So everyone needs to make prudent decisions to keep community spread low. [Tweet].// Twitter. https://archive.ph/T9smE)) The coalition membership includes [[SickKids]], [[McMaster Children's Hospital]], [[CHEO]], [[London Health Sciences Centre]] Children's Hospital, [[Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital]], [[Kids Health Alliance]], [[Children's Mental Health Ontario]] and [[Empowered Kids Ontario]].((Lauren Ettin (@LaurenEttin). (2022, January 12). //Kids are headed back on Monday. We know that on balance, this is where they should be. And should stay. So everyone needs to make prudent decisions to keep community spread low. [Tweet].// Twitter. https://archive.ph/T9smE))
  
 +==== Opioid Crisis ====
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 +Mushquash co-authored a paper discussing the impact of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] on opioid use treatment for Indigenous people. He argued that "expanded telemedicine" and "flexible prescriptions" had helped these patients and should continue after the pandemic.((Wendt, D. C., Marsan, S., Parker, D., Lizzy, K. E., Roper, J., Mushquash, C., Venner, K. L., Lam, A., Swansburg, J., Worth, N., Sorlagas, N., Quach, T., Manoukian, K., Bernett, P., & Radin, S. M. (2021). //Commentary on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid use disorder treatment among Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada.// Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 121, 108165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108165))
 ===== Research Funding ===== ===== Research Funding =====
  
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