Former Vice-Provost (Aboriginal Initiatives) at Lakehead University

Nexen Chair in Aboriginal Leadership at the Banff Centre in Alberta

Status Only Asst. Professor at the Faculty of Social Work  University of Toronto

Adjunct Asst. Professor at Lakehead in the Department of Anthropology

Former Advisory Member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada

Member of the Board of Healthy Minds Canada

Member of the Board for Teach for Canada

Honourary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Member of the Governing Circle for the Centre For Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Winnipeg

Ministers Special Representative on Child & Family Welfare

"Reconciliation Social Work"

"Why Wise Practices?”

“Reconciliation in Thunder Bay”

“Translating Words into Action”, chapter submission to Universidad Intercultural Maya De Quintana Roo, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Women Walking in Beauty

Literature Review on Academic Transitions Programs

Thunder Bay Anti-Racism: Build Right Relations

“Mining Our Lives for the Diamonds”

“If We Look Today: What Can We See?”

“In a time without ceremonies how will they come of age?”

Spirituality and Myth

“Respect, Reflect and Watch the Ideas Flow: What can our First Nations teach us about respecting and protecting water?”

“Healing Trauma in Aboriginal Worlds”, chapter in Fourth World literatures

“This is the Future of My Canada”

“Viewing Violence, Mental Illness and Addiction through a Wise Practices Lens”

Best Practices in Aboriginal Community Development: A Literature Review and Wise Practices Approach

“Narrative as Lived Experience”

“Trauma to Resilience: Notes on Colonization”

“Historic Trauma” International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs

“Inside Looking Out, Outside Looking In”

“Zhiibaayaa-Niimidwin – Dancing Through Time”

Historic Trauma and Aboriginal Healing

“Aboriginal Governance and Jurisdiction in Education Report”

“Consultation on Education in Ontario”

The Harper Factor "Stephen Harper and Indigenous Peoples

Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux is the former Vice-Provost (Aboriginal Initiatives) at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay. She held the Nexen Chair in Indigenous Leadership at the Banff Centre in Alberta for four years, is a Status Only Asst. Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Asst. Professor at Lakehead in the Department of Anthropology. She is a former Advisory Member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and a member of the Board of Healthy Minds Canada and Teach for Canada. She is a Honourary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and a member of the Governing Circle for the Centre For Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Winnipeg. She is a retired member of the Lake Simcoe Science Advisory Committee because of her move to Thunder Bay, a Lady of the Lake, and an active and engaging media representative. Cynthia is interested in environmental and humanitarian causes and is actively engaged in a variety of initiatives across Canada. Her teaching and academic writing is directed towards understanding Historic and Intergenerational Trauma and Grief within the Indigenous community. She is a member of the Chippewa of Georgina Island First Nation in Lake Simcoe. Cynthia has dedicated her life to building bridges of understanding, and sees endless merit in bringing people from diverse cultures, ages, and backgrounds together to engage in practical dialogue. She is deeply committed to public education and active youth engagement, and co-founded and Chairs the Canadian Roots Exchange out of the University of Toronto, Lakehead and the University of Saskatchewan.

Indigenous Community

Intergenerational Trauma

Community Outreach

Community Development

Teaching

Government

Humanitarian

Leadership

Policy

English

Huffington Post - author's page 

Lakehead University - profile page 

Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux Blog

Smoke Signals (CTV News): Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux 

"What does reconciliation mean?" 

Finding solutions to youth suicide crisis in Saskatchewan

Lakehead names Wesley-Esquimaux Truth and Reconciliation chair

Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux named Lakehead University chair for truth and reconciliation

We Must End The Cycle Of Trauma In Indigenous Communities

Shedding Light On The Indigenous Curriculum Controversy

Wesley-Esquimaux: Aboriginal youth find their voice in Idle No More

Keynote Speaker

Chair on Truth and Reconciliation

Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Vice Provost of Aboriginal Initiatives of Lakehead University was the keynote speaker at the Ramadan Intercultural Friendship Dinner organized on June 18th, 2015 by IDI GTA, York Region Children's Aid Society and Aurora Cultural Centre. The topic of her talk was "Truth and Reconciliation: The Canadian Experience".

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Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux speaks about Truth and Reconciliation

Keynote Address: "Acknowledging the Past" by Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
Indigenous Research Gathering (Northern Ontario School of Medicine, 2016)

"Acknowledging the Past," Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux

Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux  ABS

At the end of the Truth and Reconcilation Commission in June 2015, Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux , a renowned educator, offers her perspective on the path toward healing families who still bear the scars of the residential school experience.

Healing families

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