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I am a Japanese and Swiss-German Mennonite (heritage and upbringing) researcher, educator, and mediator with experience in Indigenous health and wellness, critical public health, mental health and addictions, community-based and decolonizing research methods and methodologies, and knowledge mobilization. I currently hold a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Community-Driven Knowledge Mobilization and Pathways to Wellness.

Prior to starting at 51±¾É«, I held a CIHR postdoctoral fellowship at Well Living House, St. Michael’s Hospital, and postdoctoral position at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Since 2018, I was a project scientist at CAMH on projects with First Nation communities in Ontario and Labrador. I received a PhD in Medicine (Community Health and Humanities) from Memorial University, MEd (Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning) from Memorial University, BEd from Queen’s University, and BA from 51±¾É«.

My research projects and interests lie in the areas of Indigenous health and wellness, community and culturally-defined indicators of wellness, knowledge mobilization principles and practices in community-based research, mental health and addiction, critical public health, and decolonizing research methodologies.

Ongoing projects involve working directly with First Nation communities in the area of health and wellness; conducting systematic and literature reviews on knowledge mobilization in Indigenous health research and Indigenous community wellness strategies; explicating how ethical guidelines and principles for Indigenous wellness research are put into practice; and defining and implementing FASD prevention in local community contexts.

I have limited research assistantships for students interested in my areas of research. If you are an Indigenous student interested Indigenous health research, please contact me for more information.

• Kennedy, M., Morton Ninomiya, M.E., Morton Ninomiya, M.*, Brascoupé, S., Smylie, J., Calma, T., Mohamed, J., Stewart, P., Maddox, R. (2024). Knowledge translation in Indigenous health research: Voices from the field. Medical Journal of Australia. DOI:  
• Gault, S., McGarrity, M., Star, J., Chaves, D., Macdonald, R., Lee, F., Gilbert, O., Huber, K., Fischer, M., Stefanon, B., & Morton Ninomiya, M.E. (2023). Transitions into Adulthood for People Living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Scoping Review of Promising Practices. Children & Youth Services Review, 155. DOI:
• Morton Ninomiya, M.E., Burns, N., Pollock, N., Linton, J., Brubacher, L.J., Green, N., Keeling, A., Martin, J., Rand, J., & Latta, A. (2023). Indigenous communities and the mental health impacts of land dispossession related to industrial resource development: A systematic review. Lancet Planetary Health, 7(6), e501-517. DOI:
• Morton Ninomiya, M.E., Almomani, Y., Dunbar Winsor, K., Burns, N., Harding, K.D., Ropson, M., Chaves, D., & Wolfson, L. (2023). Trauma-informed approaches for pregnant and/or parenting women who use alcohol: A scoping review. Women’s Health, 19, 1-22. DOI:  
• Morton Ninomiya, M.E., Maddox, R., Brascoupé, S., Atkinson, D., Firestone, M., Robinson, N., Ziegler, C. P., & Smylie, J. K.  (2022). Knowledge translation practices in Indigenous health research: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 301, 114898. DOI: 
• Jull, J., King, A., Mashford-Pringle, A., Manitowabi, D., Walker, J., Brant, L., King, M., Morton Ninomiya, M.E., Gordon, M., & Ferrazzi, P. (March 15, 2021). Indigenous community research partnership can help address health inequities. .
• Morton Ninomiya, M.E., George, J., Linklater, R., Bernards, S., Graham, K., Peach, L., Bull, J. George, N., Plain, S., Stergiopoulos, V., Kurdyak, P., McKinley, G., Donnelly, P., & Wells, S. (2020). A Community-Driven and Evidence-Based Approach to Developing Mental Wellness Strategies in First Nations: A Program Protocol. BMC Research Involvement and Engagement, 6(1), 1-12.
• Katz, A., Hardy, B., Firestone, M., Lofters, A., & Morton Ninomiya, M.E. (2019). Vagueness, power and public health: use of 'vulnerable ' in public health literature. Critical Public Health.

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