Fun Run is an annual event, held on Homecoming, for the University and wider community. Join us for Fun Run 2026 to Move. Run. Just have fun!
Dr. Nel Wieman is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) in British Columbia, where she has worked for the past 8 years. She is Anishinaabe (Miishipaawitiik First Nation, Treaty 5 Territory) and lives, works and plays on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples – the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. She completed her medical degree and psychiatry specialty training at McMaster University. Canada's first female Indigenous psychiatrist, Dr. Wieman has more than 30 years of clinical and senior leadership experience, working with Indigenous (FN/M/I) people both in-community and away from home. Dr. Wieman served as the President of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada (IPAC) from 2016 - 2022. Recently, Dr. Wieman was selected as a recipient of the inaugural Dr. Barry Lavallee Indigenous Health Advocacy Award by Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada. She is a recognized public health leader and antiracism advocate in BC and Canada.