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July 10th to 15th, 2022
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The Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2022 will take place July 10-15, 2022 at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre in Vancouver B.C., on the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish: the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. This year’s theme is Connecting to the Spirit of the Land.
Schedule at a Glance
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The PRIDoC Council Retreat will take place on Sunday, July 10, 2022 at the VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver B.C. This event is for PRIDoC Council members from ‘Ahahui ‘o nā Kauka, Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (TeORA), The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP), The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA), The Indigenous Physicians Assocation of Canada (IPAC) and The Medical Association for Indigenous People of Taiwan (MAIPT).
The third biennial Indigenous Faculty Development Forum (IFDF) is being held in conjunction with PRIDoC 8:00am-4:00pm on Monday, July 11, 2022 at Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue on the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish: the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
580 West Hastings St. Entrance off of Seymour St.
This pre-conference workshop is a collaboration between the National Consortium for Indigenous Medical Education and the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada (IPAC) and was created so that those Indigenous physicians and medical learners whom are interested in an academic career can connect with Indigenous medical educators, gain support and find community, and develop skills to successfully navigate an academic career.
Register for IFDF here. The CA$110.00 registration fee includes breakfast and lunch.
[Image by A C via Flickr]
The Student & Resident Track is developed by Indigenous medical learners for Indigenous medical learners who are registered for PRIDoC 2022. Made possible by our generous sponsors, these events offer an opportunity to connect and learn in Indigenous ways.
Sunday July 10, 2022
Meet fellow medical students and residents for an evening picnic at the beach! The famous Salmon and Bannock will be providing boxed meals for this casual, outdoor meetup. Join the group walking from the hotel at 4:30pm or meet at Sunset Beach at 5:00pm.
Monday July 11, 2022
You will receive a packed breakfast as you board the bus outside the hotel at 8:30am. Group A will begin with Elders and Dr. Mike Dumont at L’uma Medical Centre and Group B will begin with Knowledge Keeper T’uy’tanat-Cease Wyss at Stanley Park. The day will be filled with traditional and western medicine teachings. Both groups will meet for lunch at Trout Lake Park before switching venues.
Your bus will take you directly to the welcome reception at the Bill Reid Art Gallery 5:30-7:30pm. There will be time to socialize and enjoy the gallery while we enjoy light refreshments before we are welcomed onto territory by representatives from the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. As we continue to connect and reconnect, we will have the pleasure of experiencing Spoken word artist Shauntelle Charleson and and a warm welcome from IPAC. After the welcome reception the night is yours. The Bill Reid Art Gallery is walking distance from the hotel.
Students & residents will participate in all regular PRIDoC 2022 programming July 11-15, 2022.
In honour of PRIDoC 2022's theme, Connecting to the Spirit of the Land, we will be going off-site for a rejuvenating day of nature and wellness at Whey-ah-Wichen/Cates Park in North Vancouver on Wednesday July 13, 2022. Delegates will have the opportunity to join in on family-friendly wellness activities like canoeing, botanical education, beach and forest walks, crafts and other cultural activities with our partner Takaya Tours. Takaya Tours is owned and operated by the Tsleil-Waututh (slay-wah-tuth) Nation.
Transportation will be provided to and from the hotel. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Please dress for the weather. We recommend bringing a towel and a change of clothes in case you get wet on the canoes. Sign-up sheets for specific activites will be at the registration desk on Tuesday. You can sign up for an am and a pm session, just one, or none at all. This is YOUR day for wellness. You are welcome to chill at the beach, rest under a shady tree, or join oe of the scheduled activities.
NEW: Dr James Makokis (Nehiyô, Plains Cree), his husband Anthony Johnson (Dinè, Navajo), and Dr. Marlyn Cook (Nehiyô, Cree) are also inviting you to a matotisân (sweat lodge ceremony) at Soowahlie First Nation, in what's now called Cultus Lake in Chilliwack British Columbia on Wednesday, July 13. This unique spiritual experience is limited to 24 delegates (due to the lodge capacity) and takes place as part of the PRIDoC 2022 Day of Wellness. There will be a sign up sheet for this event available on Tuesday as well.
The Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada's 2022 Annual General Meeting will take place after our Day of Wellness 3:30-5:00pm Wednesday July 13, 2022, at Whey-ah-Wichen/Cates Park , the same location as the Day of Wellness (see above). IPAC members in good standing are encouraged to participate. Delegates will be bused back to the hotel after the meeting.