A grounded schedule to help you plan your time at the IPAC Annual Mentorship Gathering. Select any item to expand for more details, including room locations.
Refreshments and appetizers available.
Leaving from the Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre.
Travel time is approximate.
Route: Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre → Lakehead University (955 Oliver Rd)
Registration will be in the Agora.
Breakfast will be served in the Residence Dining Hall.
Opening in a good way, with welcomes and remarks.
The day opens with words from an Elder, offering gratitude to the land and guidance to help us begin our time together in a good way.
Beyond Survival Cultivating Joy, Strength, and Connection in Medicine
Dr. Becky Neckoway is a First Nations physician from Thunder Bay with roots in Eabametoong First Nation and Fox Lake Cree Nation. Through her keynote, Beyond Survival: Cultivating Joy, Strength, and Connection in Medicine, explores what it means to move beyond survival in medicine and toward practices grounded in joy, strength, and relationship.
Room: UC2011
Refresh, visit, and transition.
Location: Lakehead University
AGM for IPAC Physician, Resident, and Medical Student members only, with NIHSC meeting running concurrently.
All IPAC Physician, Resident and Medical Student members are welcome to attend the AGM. For Associates and non-members, please refer to this guide to things to do in Thunder Bay during this time.
St. John Ambulance
Lunch will be served in the Residence Dining Hall.
Location: Residence Dining Hall
Attend the breakout session you selected during registration.
Transition to the next session.
Location: Lakehead University
Traditional Medicine in modern healthcare.
Join Dr. Karenna’onwe (Gaw-law-naw-oo-way) Hill, a Mohawk physician from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, and Dr. Don Wilson, a member of the Heiltsuk Nation, for a powerful breakout session on the integration of Traditional Medicine in modern healthcare. Dr. Hill and Dr. Wilson will share their insights on how Indigenous healing practices, rooted in cultural traditions and the natural world, complement and enhance contemporary medical approaches. This session will explore the importance of blending Western medicine with Indigenous knowledge to foster holistic healing, respect for the land, and a deeper understanding of health and wellness.
Room: UC2011
Return to Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre.
Travel time is approximate.
Route: Lakehead University → Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre
Evening program at Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre.
Location: Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre
Leaving from the Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre.
Travel time is approximate.
Route: Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre → Anemki Wajiw
Morning meal.
Location: Anemki Wajiw
Opening in a good way.
Location: Anemki Wajiw
The day opens with words from an Elder, offering gratitude to the land and guidance to help us begin our time together in a good way.
Location: Anemki Wajiw
Location: Anemki Wajiw
Location: Anemki Wajiw
Medicine walks, artisans, and time to reconnect on the land.
Location: Anemki Wajiw
Helen Pelletier, an Anishinaabe knowledge holder from Fort William First Nation, will facilitate medicine walks that explore the cultural, medicinal, and relational gifts of maple and birch on the land at Anemki Wajiw.
Guests can also visit our Indigenous artisans area to browse and shop beautiful, locally made creations, or spend this time walking, visiting, and reconnecting with one another, the territory, and the teachings carried by this place.
A powerful sharing of song.
Location: Anemki Wajiw
Young Thunder Singerz, a youth drum group from northern Ontario, will lift their voices and drums in a powerful sharing of song, honouring the heartbeat of the land, the strength of our youth, and the living traditions passed through generations.
Location: Anemki Wajiw
Return to Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre.
Travel time is approximate.
Route: Anemki Wajiw → Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre
Leaving from the Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre.
Travel time is approximate.
Route: Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre → Lakehead University
Breakfast will be served in the Residence Dining Hall.
Location: Residence Dining Hall
All IPAC Physician, Resident and Medical Student members are welcome to attend the Special Meeting. For Associate and non-members, please refer to this guide to things to do in Thunder Bay during this time.
Location: Main room UC2011
Location: Lakehead University
All IPAC Physician, Resident and Medical Student members are welcome to attend the Special Meeting. For Associate and non-members, please refer to this guide to things to do in Thunder Bay during this time.
Location: Main room UC2011
Closing in a good way.
The day closes with words from an Elder as we gather to offer gratitude for the time spent together, honour the connections made and reflect on the teachings shared.
Room: UC2011
Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Residence Dining Hall.
Room: Residence Dining Hall
