Wanda Phillips-Beck
First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba, Canada
Biography
Wanda is Anishinaabekwe (Ojibway) from Hollow Water First Nation in Canada and a research scholar with the First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba. She currently holds a CIHR Chair in Indigenous Health Nursing and is an Associate Professor with the College of Nursing, University of Manitoba. She obtained her PhD in Community Health Science in 2021, focusing on incorporating Indigenous Methodologies and decolonizing population health research. Wanda's approach begins with listening to guidance from Knowledge Keepers and grounding her work in ceremony. Wanda’s current research focuses on implementing the TRC Calls to Action in Nursing/antiracism practices in health systems.
Research Interest
From the perspective both an Indigenous and settler scholar, our talk will be about how colonial policies, systemic racism, and the criminal legal system intersect to shape the health and birth outcomes of First Nations parents, and how advancing social justice and culturally grounded approaches can help restore equity and dignity in perinatal care.