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Ep. 4: Belonging and Healthcare

September 14, 2023 Dr. Lisa Richardson Season 1 Episode 4

Our featured guest this week is Dr. Lisa Richardson, a mixed blood Anishinaabe physician and clinician educator in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and the Associate Dean of Inclusion & Diversity. Lisa also practices internal medicine at the University Health Network and is an education researcher at the Wilson Center. 

Dr. Richardson is a powerful advocate for Indigenous health equity at both local and national levels, and her contributions have been recognized through numerous local, national and international awards. In this episode, she brings us into reflective space and uses the portal of her lived experience, including integration of teachings received from elders, to look at the intersection of belonging and healthcare worker wellbeing.  
  

Read more about Lisa here: 

https://temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/associate-dean-inclusion-diversity  

  

About Our Host  

Dr. Mary Elliott is a Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, and Mindfulness Teacher at Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network. 

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