Melody Morton Ninomiya
Associate Professor
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Community-Driven Knowledge Mobilization and Pathways to Wellness
Faculty of Science
Health Sciences
Waterloo, Ontario
mmortonninomiya@wlu.ca
Office:
(548) 889-4446
Expert In
Languages
English
Japanese
Japanese
Bio/Research
I am a Japanese and Swiss-German Mennonite (heritage and upbringing) researcher, educator, and mediator with experience in Indigenous health and wellness, critical public health, mental health and addictions, community-based and decolonizing research methods and methodologies, and knowledge mobil...
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Bio/Research
I am a Japanese and Swiss-German Mennonite (heritage and upbringing) researcher, educator, and mediator with experience in Indigenous health and wellness, critical public health, mental health and addictions, community-based and decolonizing research methods and methodologies, and knowledge mobilization. I currently hold a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Community-Driven Knowledge Mobilization and Pathways to Wellness.
Prior to starting at Laurier, I held a CIHR postdoctoral fellowship at Well Living House, St. Michael’s Hospital, and postdoctoral position at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Since 2018, I was a project scientist at CAMH on projects with First Nation communities in Ontario and Labrador. I received a PhD in Medicine (Community Health and Humanities) from Memorial University, MEd (Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning) from Memorial University, BEd from Queen’s University, and BA from Wilfrid Laurier University.
My research projects and interests lie in the areas of Indigenous health and wellness, community and culturally-defined indicators of wellness, knowledge mobilization principles and practices in community-based research, mental health and addiction, critical public health, and decolonizing research methodologies.
Ongoing projects involve working directly with First Nation communities in the area of health and wellness; conducting systematic and literature reviews on knowledge mobilization in Indigenous health research and Indigenous community wellness strategies; explicating how ethical guidelines and principles for Indigenous wellness research are put into practice; and defining and implementing FASD prevention in local community contexts.
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Prior to starting at Laurier, I held a CIHR postdoctoral fellowship at Well Living House, St. Michael’s Hospital, and postdoctoral position at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Since 2018, I was a project scientist at CAMH on projects with First Nation communities in Ontario and Labrador. I received a PhD in Medicine (Community Health and Humanities) from Memorial University, MEd (Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning) from Memorial University, BEd from Queen’s University, and BA from Wilfrid Laurier University.
My research projects and interests lie in the areas of Indigenous health and wellness, community and culturally-defined indicators of wellness, knowledge mobilization principles and practices in community-based research, mental health and addiction, critical public health, and decolonizing research methodologies.
Ongoing projects involve working directly with First Nation communities in the area of health and wellness; conducting systematic and literature reviews on knowledge mobilization in Indigenous health research and Indigenous community wellness strategies; explicating how ethical guidelines and principles for Indigenous wellness research are put into practice; and defining and implementing FASD prevention in local community contexts.
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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