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Michaela McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah

Michaela McGuire (Jaad Gudgihljiwah) is a Vanier scholar and PhD Candidate in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. She is a citizen of the Haida Nation. Her research interests include state crime and injustice, Haida justice, racism against Indigenous peoples, decolonization, resurgence, Haida identity, Indigenous rights and self-determination, Indigenous women and corrections. Michaela lives and works in her home community of Skidegate, Haida Gwaii with her husband and dog.

Haida Gwaii Forest Image by Cory Schadt

Let’s Talk about Indigenous Mental Health: Trauma, Suicide & Settler Colonialism

ON A DAY designated for talking about mental health, let’s talk about the mental health crisis Indigenous people face resulting from colonialism. While the term itself has been adopted by federal officials, it often seems an effort to manipulate meaning. When “colonialism” or even “genocide” are interpreted in abstract and sanitized ways, it becomes easy …

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