Posts by Christina Vlahopoulos

November 2020

At the in-person meeting in Thunder Bay, the group highlighted the importance of strengthening capacity initiatives for the partnership. To address this need, Mamow Ahyamowen collaborated with ICES to provide the Indigenous Health Data Training Program.

November 2020

Christine Luza recently joined Mamow Ahyamowen to lead and assist with writing a research paper for the partnership based on the results from the mortality analysis.

Ahneen, whachay, and respectful greetings, my name is Christine Luza and I am very excited to support the Mamow Ahyamowen Partnership. I am an Anishinaabe woman whose Indigenous ancestry is rooted in Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

November 2020

Maureen Gustafson recently joined Jen Walker’s team at Laurentian University as a Knowledge Translation and Exchange (KTE) Specialist.
Maureen will work with the partnership to take the data from the upcoming analyses and present them in meaningful ways to our partners and communities.

May 2020

The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

April 2020

At the January 2019 in-person meeting in Thunder Bay, we had the opportunity to take a look at the first draft of the mortality analysis. After looking at the preliminary reports, we decided to take a deeper dive into three areas: mental health, injuries, and chronic diseases. 

April 2020

The Mamow Ahyamowen Steering Committee is pleased to share the updated overall report from our partnership’s first analysis together. The March 2020 version of the report contains additional information that was not available for the May 2019 version.

March 2020

Mamow Ahyamowen held its in-person planning meeting in Thunder Bay on March 10th and 11th this year. The group was able to reflect on the partnership’s vision, strengths & accomplishments, and the future role of the partnership.

February 2020

Over the winter months, we initiated the process to hire Steve’s replacement as Project Manager. After a competitive application process, Christina Vlahopoulos was chosen as the successful candidate.

February 2020

We are pleased to welcome Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA) to Mamow Ahyamowen. IFNA serves the First Nations of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Lac Seul, Muskrat Dam, Pikangikum, and Whitesand.