Indigenous Health Conference to focus on cultural humility – Daily News-McMaster

January 23, 2017

On Saturday, January 28th students, faculty, community members, and Six Nations representatives are invited to attend the McMaster Indigenous Health Conference. The theme of the day will be Indigenous Youth Mental Health: Sharing Realities and Exploring Strategies.

In attendance will be keynote speakers from North Dakota who will speak about the Standing Rock resistance and Dakota Access Pipeline and how both of these have affected mental health of Indigenous youth.

“You can never fully understand another individual 100%,” says Neha Malhotra, third year Health Sciences student and event co-chair administration.

“The best thing you can do is try to empathize with them and that’s why cultural humility is such a big part of the conference.”

Read More: http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/article/indigenous-health-conference-to-focus-on-cultural-humility/

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