Exploring and Healing Paediatric Chronic Pain in Indigenous Youth & Families Through Two-Eyed Seeing

Heather Talbot is an Anishinaabe woman and nurse from Sheguiandah First Nations who uses a two-eyed seeing approach to care for patients; braiding both Western and Indigenous medicines into patient care. Heather has been a facilitator for the Paediatric Chronic Pain programs Indigenous focus groups and brings a unique perspective as a parent of an Indigenous child who experiences chronic pain.

Fatima Di Valentin is a registered social worker with the Paediatric Pain Team at Children’s Hospital, co-Lead of the KTOC committee, member of the OCPN Education subcommittee, and adjunct professor at Western University. Her interests are in providing caregivers with knowledge and skills in their role as comfort coaches for their children experiencing chronic pain.

Dr. Jonathan Gregory is an Associate Program Director, the General Psychiatry Residency Program and an Assistant Professor, in the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry for the Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, and a Child and Adolescence Psychiatrist with the Paediatric Pain Team at Children's Hospital in London, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Abirami Kandasamy is a clinical and health psychologist and co-lead of the Paediatric Pain Program. Dr. Kandasamy’s clinical and research focus is on the validation of novel assessment and therapy techniques and promoting equitable healthcare for marginalized children and families.