Shkaabe Makwa Scientific Director

Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH is Canada's first hospital‑based centre designed to drive culturally‑responsive systems initiatives to achieve health justice and wellness for First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities through the advancement of research, workforce development and innovative healing models that harmonize traditional knowledge and medical expertise.

The Centre is seeking a full‑time, permanent Scientific Director to shape the research portfolio and develop a transformational research agenda that supports Indigenous self‑determination in health and contributes to policy, practice and systems change. The Scientific Director will support research teams working closely with Indigenous communities, organisations, service providers, leaders, people with lived experience and other partners to co‑develop and implement culturally grounded research that is underpinned by strong ethical values, decolonial approaches and intentional ef...