Contact information
Office: BMH 3101
Email: myeengun.henry@uwaterloo.ca
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About Elder Myeengun Henry
As Indigenous Knowledge Keeper, Elder Henry provides strategic leadership to the Faculty of Health and our response to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. He collaborates with the Office of Indigenous Relations and with the Faculty of Health community, and identifies and contributes to building reciprocal and respectful relationships with Indigenous individuals and communities.
Elder Henry comes to University of Waterloo from Conestoga College where he was the Manager of Indigenous Services and a Professor of Indigenous Studies. He is the former Elected Chief and band councilor for Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. In addition to these leadership roles, he currently serves as Chair for the Ontario Provincial Police and Law society of Ontario Indigenous Advisory councils. Elder Henry also serves as an Indigenous ceremony conductor throughout Canada and the United States of America, traditional medicine practitioner, environmental protectionist, Indigenous counsellor, and Pow Wow coordinator.
Elder Henry is a member of the UW Indigenous Advisory Circle, which advises the Office of Indigenous Relations on indigenization and decolonization.
For more information on teachings, resources and events in the Faculty, see Faculty of Health Indigenous initiatives.
Listen to the University's Beyond the Bulletin podcast where Elder Henry shares his goals and motivation as he approaches in this new role at Waterloo.