Pascale Kaniasta Annoual, M.A.; Ethnocultural Art Therapist
Haïtian-born, Pascale C. Annoual, art therapist/ethnopsychiatry practitioner understands life as complex world of class, power inequities & spiritualities. She uses identity, narratives, to help practitioners comprehend how the interpersonal-cultural-disciplinary knowledge informs practice. Having studied the impact of oppressions on identity and on mental health.
Prior to teaching Social Sciences courses at the Kiuna College she:
provided training to the mental health support workers at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events in Canada (2012-13, Quebec regional sections): through the making of a collective quilt, she co-facilitated the training of the interdisciplinary mental health workers to support the process of looking at the impact of residential schools and transgenerational trauma.
Worked directly with the families of murdered and missing Aboriginal women (2015): facilitated a quilt with beaded prayers (for Native Women of Quebec
provided mental health support and training for support workers and doctors in Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake: WHO article available
developed the concept of Capacity Bridging: how to attain cultural competence when working across cultures, disciplines and various levels of governan
Published in the textbook: “Tapestry of Cultural Issues in Art Therapy”, Chapter 1.
She founded Arts, Racines & Therapies; a holistic therapy center that integrates traditional cultures, spirituality and creativity into a holistic clinical practice. extends into Kemetic Initiatic courses. She readily using French, English, Creole and Spanish and is learning to speak Medu.
Carrie Martin, Ph.D. Fellow
Carrie Martin is a Mi’gmaq woman from Listuguj, who has spent the past 20 years working in the field of Indigenous women’s health, with a particular focus on HIV. She completed a B.A. in Applied Human Relations and a Graduate Diploma in Community Economic Development at Concordia University, and her B.S.W. at McGill University. Carrie’s leadership is well established; she was the Harm Reduction Coordinator at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal for 12 years (until March 2018), and a tireless advocate for Indigenous women living with HIV. She was also a civil society member of the Government of Canada’s Delegation (CANDEL) at the 2016 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS (HLM) and is an active member of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network’s Community Advisory Committee for a number of years. In 2012 she became a founding member of the Indigenous Health Centre of Tiohtià:ke and was the first President of their
Board of Directors. In March 2018, she transitioned to the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network as the Indigenous Women’s Research Coordinator. She has at Concordia University to formalize her role as an Indigenous academic researcher and is the recipient of Concordia’s Indigenous Graduate Scholarship a Arts and Science Graduate Fellowship, as well as the National CHIWOS Scholar Award. Engaging with many other Indigenous and allied researchers, she capacity in the Indigenous community for grant and research development.
Dr. Sean Yaphe, MD, MPH
Le Dr Sean Yaphe est né et a grandi à Montréal. Il est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en biochimie de l’Université McGill, d’une maîtrise en santé publique de l’Université de Montréal et d’un diplôme en médecine de l’École de médecine de l’Université St. George. Il a effectué sa résidence en médecine familiale à l'hôpital Henry Ford de Détroit, dans le Michigan, avec un certificat de spécialiste du VIH de l'American Academy of HIV Medicine. Vous le verrez mercredi matin en tant que médecin sans rendez-vous au CSAT. La plupart du temps, vous le trouverez à la Clinique L’Actuel, concentrant sa pratique sur la santé LGBTQ+, la gestion du VIH et les soins d’affirmation de genre. Il travaille également au Service des maladies virales chroniques du Centre universitaire de santé McGill.
Les intérêts de recherche de Sean se concentrent sur la prévention du VIH et des IST, un domaine dans lequel les communautés autochtones sont touchées de manière disproportionnée. Il a rencontré Carrie Martin et Kaniasta Annoual tout en en apprenant davantage sur les services de santé mentale pour les peuples autochtones vivant à Montréal. C’est alors que s’est développé son intérêt pour l’amélioration de l’accès aux services de santé pour la communauté autochtone de Montréal. Il a débuté comme coordonnateur du groupe de travail en santé du RÉSEAU communautaire autochtone de Montréal en 2012 et est resté un allié et un défenseur solide pour le développement d'un centre de santé holistique et culturellement sécuritaire. À partir de là, il a été co-fondateur du CSAT et est aujourd’hui médecin de famille du Centre.
Sean Yaphe, MD, MPH
Médecin en médecine familiale - Clinique L'Actuel
Co-fondateur - Centre de santé autochtone de Tiohtià:ke
