Melissa Stevenson
Melissa Stevenson is Anishnaabe-Cree kwe from Peguis First Nation in Manitoba. She is Bear Clan and has a strong connection to her traditional ways of knowing. Her career has been focused on urban Indigenous health and wellbeing, aiming to support her community as they navigate their health and healing journey. She is very much committed to advocating for better access to traditional healing services as a way to improve Indigenous peoples’ overall health and wellbeing. She feels spiritual healing is vital in helping us understand how to care for our physical health. It is through our teachings and ceremonies that we are reminded of our sacredness, and we can live Mino Bimaadiziwin or that good life.
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Nursing at TMU: Power of our voices (external link, opens in new window)
TMU nursing professor Melissa Stevenson is committed to helping students understand the power of their voices when advocating for others.
As a First Nations person, she shares her learnings and experiences to foster the next generation of nurses and their ability to provide new understandings of health and healing for diverse communities.
- Indigenous health and wellbeing
- Whole-person care
- Traditional healing
- Chronic illness management/type 2 diabetes care
- End of life care
- Indigenous data sovereignty
- Decolonizing learning
- (PDF file) Stepping Up: Stories of nurses from the communities feature (external link) , Community Health Nurses of Canada, December 2022.
- Nominate a Nurse or Midwife campaign nomination (external link) , Indigenous Nurses Association of Canada, October 2020.
- Rising Stars of Research and Scholarship invited student poster presentation, Sigma Theta Tau Congress, November 2019.
- Excellence in Community Service Recognition Award, Intercultural Dialogue Institute GTA, March 2017.
