Distinguished Anishinaabe researcher talks adverse childhood experiences – Anishinabek News
March 17, 2026
THUNDER BAY — Pays Plat’s Chris Mushquash highlighted how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are increasing among First Nations people during Lakehead University’s Distinguished Researcher Talk: Community-led Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction Research on Feb. 26. Mushquash, professor in the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, clinical psychologist at Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, vice president research at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, chief scientist and chief operating officer at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute, director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research at Lakehead University and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction, delivered his presentation at the CASES Building Atrium on the Thunder Bay campus as part of Lakehead University’s Research and Innovation Week.
