Dr. Lindsay Farrell is Anishinaabe and of mixed White settler descent (she/her). Her mother is Anishinaabe from Whitewater Lake in Northern Ontario and her father is a second-generation White settler of Scottish, Irish, and English descent. Lindsay is a member of Eabametoong First Nation and grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has spent the last several years working within academic health research and health care settings to advance Indigenous cultural safety/anti-racism, the process of Truth and Reconciliation, and supporting improved health and wellness outcomes for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. Dr. Farrell is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology, Irving K Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, with research interests focusing on Indigenous wellness, cannabis and harm reduction, and collaborative culturally attuned models supporting health and wellness of Indigenous Peoples. Dr. Farrell currently serves as Director, Indigenous Mental Wellness & Substance Use, and Community Services at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in British Columbia.

I have/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a for-profit or not-for-profit organization.
- All other investments or relationships that could be seen by a reasonable, well-informed participant as having the potential to influence the content of the educational activity: Changemark Research & Evaluaiton Ltd (Independent contractor providing Indigenous Health & Systems Transformation)

I intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e., “off-label” use of medications).

I am a professor of political science at Carleton University. I was born and raised in Ottawa. My father was Mohawk From Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. My mother is non-Indigenous from Southern Ontario. I have personal experiences with the MAiDS program, along with work as a policy analyst who has worked on projects that focus on addressing racism in healthcare.

I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with any for-profit or not-for-profit organizations.

I intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e., “off-label” use of medications).