This research was funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Co-led by Renée Monchalin, Janet Smylie, and Cheryllee Bourgeois, and supported by Research Assistant Carly Jones, the goal of this planning grant was to advance applied research addressing gaps in the relevance and appropriateness of health and social services for Métis women living, working and using services within urban homelands.

My PhD research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award. The aim of my research was to give space, gather stories, and explore urban Métis women’s perspectives on identity and their experiences with health and social services in Toronto, Canada. It was nested in the project, Our Health Counts Toronto, a longitudinal cohort study that has developed population-based health status and health care utilization databases profiling urban Indigenous Peoples’ health and well-being across four Ontario cities, including Toronto. This work was completed under supervision of Dr. Janet Smylie, and co-led by the Well Living House and Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto.