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Dr. Lisa Goldberg
Dr. Lisa Goldberg teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs in the SON, Dalhousie University. Her provincially and nationally funded research program builds on her clinical expertise and uses innovative feminist methodologies to explore the taken-for-granted practices of nurses in their relationships with women in contexts of birth and beyond—specifically against the institutional backdrop of gender, power, and heteronormativity. More recently, her scholarship has broadened to examine the invisibility of LGBTQ+ identities in nursing through application of a caring science framework.
Erin Fair
Erin Fair is the Coordinator of the Volunteer Doula Program and is a Certified Birth Doula, PCANS Childbirth Educator, and CIMI Infant Massage Instructor. She has worked in the maternal health field for over 15 years, and is heavily involved in the Women’s Wellness Within initiative for women who have been incarcerated here in NS. Erin is the proud mom of two adorable little people.
Hazel Ling
Hazel Ling is a Social Worker in the community. She has worked in the areas of Child Welfare and Health Care in both urban and remote rural settings. She has a keen interest in all things to do with Mothering and Attachment Parenting, including attending women during birth and providing breast feeding and parenting support during the post partum period. She has been involved with Women's Wellness Within since September 2015.
Amy Bombay
Amy Bombay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University. Amy is Anishinabee from Rainy River First Nation and completed her PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience, followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research. Her research focuses generally on issues related to the well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada, but her primary areas of inquiry have explored the links between historical trauma, contemporary stressor exposure, and mental health among Indigenous peoples in Canada. One of her main programs of research has explored the different pathways by which Indian Residential School trauma is transmitted across generations, which has garnered extensive media interest and has been influential in influencing policy and practice related to Indigenous health.
Amanda Bradshaw
Community Mobilizer at CeaseFire Halifax
Amanda is originally from Cole Harbour, with roots in North End Dartmouth, and has recently attained a Bachelor’s degree in Health Promotion from Dalhousie University. It is her belief that our health and wellbeing is influenced heavily by social circumstances. She will be talking about the Cure Violence model and how the organization builds collective efficacy throughout communities.
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Delton Cain
Outreach Worker at CeaseFire Halifax
Delton Cain, better known as Del, was born and raised in North Preston. He has recently moved back from Toronto and brings unity to his community with his contagious smile and vibrant personality. In addition to his role as an Outreach Worker, he works in the community as a Violence Interrupter very frequently. He will be speaking on his perspective from the front lines working directly with clients.