@article{92a0a784966647cabb4abcfda856a140,
title = "The Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation Network: approach, activities and reflections of an Indigenous mentorship network programme",
abstract = "The Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation (AIM-HI) Network was developed by Indigenous faculty members as an intergenerational mentorship programme for First Nations, M{\'e}tis and Inuit (FNMI) scholars engaged in health research training programmes. Through activities and funding programmes, the AIM-HI Network provided opportunities for these scholars to strengthen their personal and professional resources and gain resilience along paths to academic success. While generating evidence on wise practices for Indigenous mentorship, we also advocated for systemic change to enable Indigenous scholar promotion and success in academia and in health research more broadly. In this article, we describe the philosophical approach to mentorship and the organizational structure to deliver aligning activities and supports to students. We also reflect on the successes and learnings from our leadership of the Network, including the impact of the coronavirus-19 pandemic on FNMI scholars, and the ways in which the Network adapted to address these challenges.",
keywords = "education, graduate, health research, Indigenous, mentorship",
author = "Cheryl Barnabe and Rita Henderson and Adam Murry and Janelle Baker and Jennifer Leason and Cheryl Currie and Karlee Fellner and Robert Henry and Cora Voyageur and Lynden Crowshoe",
note = "Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and publication of this article: The AIM-HI Network was funded by the Indigenous Mentorship Network Program of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Indigenous Peoples Health. Other contributions were from the Vice-President Research, University of Calgary; the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Lethbridge; the Population, Public and Indigenous Health Strategic Clinical Network{\texttrademark} of Alberta Health Services; the O{\textquoteright}Brien Institute for Public Health. In-kind support was received from Mount Royal University, the Native Centre at UCalgary (now Writing Symbols Lodge) and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta. We also worked in partnership with the Undergraduate Medical Education Program at the Cumming School of Medicine, the Faculty of Nursing, the Faculty of Arts, SAGE (Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement) and ii{\textquoteright} taa{\textquoteright}poh{\textquoteright}to{\textquoteright}p at the University of Calgary. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2023.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1177/11771801231178028",
language = "English",
}