Meet Kathy Moscou

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Assistant Professor Kathy Moscou’s research of pharmacogovernance and comparative health policy addresses equity in drug safety and governance to foster healthy communities. Recent community-based participatory action research with Indigenous youth explored their perspectives on success, leadership and the intersectionality between holistic health and a healthy neighborhood.   

Her Urban Garden project was a community-based research partnership with Indigenous organizations in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba. The goal of the project was to improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth by identifying culturally relevant indicators for holistic health. The research also investigated the holistic health benefits of urban gardening for individuals and neighbourhoods. 

Kathy’s Health and Aboriginal Land-based Education Research (HEALER) project was aimed at developing an interdisciplinary collaboration of university, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI), and VOICE Project partners to identify research priorities to improve health literacy and the health status of FNMI communities. The HEALER project specifically examined the role of Aboriginal knowledge-based programs, such as land-based education and cultural proficiency, on literacy and health literacy. 

At OCADU, Kathy’s research focus will expand to explore BIPOC perspectives of the intersectionality between governance, African and Indigenous ontology and human-centred design to foster social justice, health equity and healthy communities. 

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Photograph of Kathy Moscou

Assistant Professor Kathy Moscou’s research of pharmacogovernance and comparative health policy addresses equity in drug safety and governance to foster healthy communities. Recent community-based participatory action research with Indigenous youth explored their perspectives on success, leadership and the intersectionality between holistic health and a healthy neighborhood.   

Her Urban Garden project was a community-based research partnership with Indigenous organizations in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba. The goal of the project was to improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth by identifying culturally relevant indicators for holistic health. The research also investigated the holistic health benefits of urban gardening for individuals and neighbourhoods. 

Kathy’s Health and Aboriginal Land-based Education Research (HEALER) project was aimed at developing an interdisciplinary collaboration of university, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI), and VOICE Project partners to identify research priorities to improve health literacy and the health status of FNMI communities. The HEALER project specifically examined the role of Aboriginal knowledge-based programs, such as land-based education and cultural proficiency, on literacy and health literacy. 

At OCADU, Kathy’s research focus will expand to explore BIPOC perspectives of the intersectionality between governance, African and Indigenous ontology and human-centred design to foster social justice, health equity and healthy communities. 

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