Anna Aude
Anna Aude (She/´They/Them) is mixed from the Cree nation and have French ancestry. They are a (re)connecting adult who grew up away from their culture and territory. Anna Aude identifies as 2S and non-binary person. They have more than 10 years of experience working in community health and have strong relations with urban communities here in Tiohtià:ke. Anna Aude is now working as a Health Navigator for the Indigenous Health Centre of Tiohtià:ke.
Carrie Martin
Carrie Martin is a Mi’gmaq woman from Listuguj, who has spent the past 20 years working in the field of Indigenous women’s health, with a particular focus on HIV. She completed a B.A. in Applied Human Relations and a Graduate Diploma in Community Economic Development at Concordia University, and her B.S.W. at McGill University.Carrie’s leadership is well established; she was the Harm Reduction Coordinator at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal for 12 years (until March 2018), and a tireless advocate for Indigenous women living with HIV. She was also a civil society member of the Government of Canada’s Delegation (CANDEL) at the 2016 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS (HLM) and is an active member of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network’s Community Advisory Committee for a number of years. In 2012 she became a founding member of the Indigenous Health Centre of Tiohtià:ke and was the first President of their Board of Directors. In March 2018, she transitioned to the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network as the Indigenous Women’s Research Coordinator. She has also started her PhD at Concordia University to formalize her role as an Indigenous academic researcher and is the recipient of Concordia’s Indigenous Graduate Scholarship and the Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Fellowship, as well as the National CHIWOS Scholar Award. Engaging with many other Indigenous and allied researchers, she builds well-needed capacity in the Indigenous community for grant and research development. Carrie is the proud mother of a 2-year old boy.
Dominick Mikkelson
Dominick is a Two-spirit Cree-Mohawk person from a community on Treaty 6 territory near Edmonton, Alberta. They were adopted during the millennial scoop and grew up without their culture, but after years of soul searching, they started learning the Red Path. They found themselves as a co-facilitator of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise in 2021 after attending a Exercise and finding it resonating with them. They have 3 years working in community as outreach and program support. They are coming back from taking a sabbatical, which focused on their culture and heritage, and is excited to be working with the IHCT Team as the Administrative Assistant.
