This project considers the complex social, political and economic factors that contribute to the prevalence of diabetes by approaching the disease through culturally-appropriate teachings and practices related to traditional foods.
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Trauma-Informed Schools in Indigenous Contexts Module
Building upon the success of the Trauma-Informed Schools Toolkit produced in 2015 -- which is being used in public schoo...

Enhancing Health Outcomes for Indigenous Survivors of Sexualized Violence
This project assesses the culturally specific supports available to Indigenous survivors of sexualized violence who atte...

Bail Reform
This project examines the impact of current bail, remand and other justice-related processes on urban Indigenous communi...

Indigenous Education – Knowledge Network in Applied Education Research (2019)
Local mentors were hired at the Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre, Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre, Can-Am Indian ...

Urban.Indigenous.Proud
Urban.Indigenous.Proud is a film project partnership between the OFIFC, five Friendship Centres and the National Film Bo...

Our Inheritance: Reflections on Leadership in the Friendship Centre Movement (2018)
This project examines the legacy of leadership within the Ontario Friendship Centre movement. The OFIFC interviewed Frie...

Wiisinadaa: Let’s Eat! (2016)
This project considers the complex social, political and economic factors that contribute to the prevalence of diabetes ...

Gidizhigiizhwewinaanan (Our Languages): Language Transfer Practices in Urban Indigenous Communities (2015)
“Language is who you are. That’s one of the first things. If you don’t know your language, how do you know who you are?”...

Breaking Free, Breaking Through (2015)
Breaking Free, Breaking Through, co-designed with the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA), asks Indigenous women t...

Walking Through the Door of a Friendship Centre (2015)
Over the past 50 years, the Friendship Centre movement has grown to meet urban Indigenous needs. This project, conducted...

We are Li’l Beavers – (2015)
Children who participated in the L’il Beavers of Ontario program, which ran from 1976 to 1995, are affectionately known ...

Bidwewidam – Indigenous Masculinities, Identities, and Mino-Bimaadziwin (2013)
In collaboration with a collective of researchers, this project explored ideas about Indigenous men’s identities and mas...

Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
The Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF) was established in 2003 to explore policy questions facing urban Indigenous commu...






