Treena Delormier
Biographic Data
| ID | 159470 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Treena Delormier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Treena |
| FAMILY NAME | Delormier |
| SIGNATURE | DELORMIER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3811-8659 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 194 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
An exploration of cultural grounding in Indigenous health promotion
This article explores the evolving field of Indigenous health promotion, highlighting the use and endorsement of conventional health promotion models despite ongoing efforts toward decolonization. Although some Indigenous-led initiatives exist, such as the Kahnawà:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP), deeply entrenched funding models perpetuate dependency on colonial governments, marginalizing traditional knowledge and leadership within…
Recentering Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous health promotion is increasingly recognized as a distinct paradigm that challenges colonial structures and reclaims approaches grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems. However, there remains a limited understanding of how Indigenous scholars and communities are actively redefining health promotion. This narrative review examines 60 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2015 and 2025 to explore how Indigenous health promotio…
"If you show them respect, you’re going to [get] respect back"
This research can inform the strategic use of community engagement in research for KT among FNs. This study is the first to generate a middle-range theory using primary data collection for supporting KT through community engagement approaches in Indigenous health research
Honoring Indigenous self-determination, and Canada’s responsibility to address health inequities
Indigenous Health Research in Quebec
As a response to the need for more supportive research environments for Indigenous health research, CIHR created the Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR). The Tahatikonhsontóntie’ Québec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (QcNEIHR) is driven by, and grounded in, Indigenous communities in Quebec. This manuscript aims to provide a reflexive account of the QcNEIHR. Using implementation analysis as a methodology…
Interregional Differences in Agricultural Development across Circumpolar Canada
In response to the circumpolar region’s high levels of food insecurity, many Canadian communities have identified the development of local agriculture as a means to resolve the issue. Agricultural development is varied across the circumpolar region, an area which includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik (Quebec), and Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador). This review explores the interregional differences in circumpolar agric…
Understanding how Indigenous culturally-based interventions can improve participants’ health in Canada
There is increasing recognition that culturally-based diabetes prevention programs can facilitate the adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviours in the communities in which they are implemented. The Kahnawake School Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) is a health promotion, community-based participatory research project aiming to reduce the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in the community of Kahnawake (Mohawk territory, Canada), with a large ran…
Indigenous Peoples' food systems, nutrition, and gender
Indigenous Peoples, especially women and children, are affected disproportionately by malnutrition and diet-related health problems. Addressing this requires an investigation of the structural conditions that underlie unequal access to resources and loss of traditional lifestyles and necessitates inclusive approaches that shed light onto these issues and provide strategies to leverage change. Indigenous Peoples' food systems are inextricably conn…
Reclaiming food security in the Mohawk community of Kahnawà
Indigenous Peoples are reclaiming their food security, nutrition, and well-being by revitalizing food systems, livelihoods, knowledge-systems, and governance. Our food security research is guided by sustainable self-determination that focuses on restoring Indigenous cultural responsibilities and relationships to land, each other, and the natural world (Corntassel, 2008). Our Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) research team from Kahnawà:ke, in Quebec, Canada…
Enhancing Indigenous Health Promotion Research Through Two-Eyed Seeing
The intention of this article is to demonstrate how Indigenous and allied health promotion researchers learned to work together through a process of Two-Eyed Seeing. This process was first introduced as a philosophical hermeneutic research project on diabetes prevention within an Indigenous community in Quebec Canada. We, as a research team, became aware that hermeneutics and the principles of Haudenosaunee decision making were characteristic of …
Influences on eating
To address nutrition-related issues such as obesity and iron-deficiency anemia in Peruvian adolescents, further research is warranted to elucidate the roles of certain factors shaping behavior, particularly that of family, cited numerous times as having a positive influence. Addressing nutrition-related issues such as obesity and iron-deficiency anemia in this population requires consideration of the effect of social and environmental factors in …
Social-relational understandings of health and well-being from an Indigenous Perspective
This article presents the findings from a research project that examined how well-being, especially with regard to diabetes prevention, was understood within an Indigenous community, Kahnawà:ke, a Kanien’kehá:ka community on the St. Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Both philosophical hermeneutics and Indigenous ways of knowing were used to achieve a decolonized research approach to undertaking and analysing interviews from key stakeh…
Food and eating as social practice - understanding eating patterns as social phenomena and implications for public health
Globally, public health agencies recognise obesity trends among populations as a priority. Explanations for population obesity patterns are linked to obesogenic environments and societal trends which encourage patterns of overeating and little physical activity. However, obesity prevention and nutrition intervention focus predominantly on changing individual level eating behaviours. Disappointingly, behaviour-based nutrition education approaches …
Community governance of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project, Kahnawake Territory, Mohawk Nation, Canada
Health promotion emphasizes the importance of community ownership in the governance of community-based programmes, yet little research has been conducted in this area. This study examined perceptions of community ownership among project partners taking responsibility for decision-making related to the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP). Project partners were surveyed cross-sectionally at 18 months (T1) and 60 months (T2) into t…
Implementing participatory intervention and research in communities
Dietary Characteristics of Eastern James Bay Cree Women
Food use and nutrient intake were studies with Cree women of Wemindji and Eastmain, Quebec. During summer 1994 and winter 1995, 24-hour recalls and food frequency questionnaires were collected from 219 women of three age groups (20-40; 41-60; >60 years). While reported energy intakes were somewhat low, 94% of the women exceeded 2/3 of the recommended nutrient intake (RNI) for protein, and 80% exceeded 2/3 of the RNI for iron. However, 44% of the …
Participatory Research with Native Community of Kahnawake Creates Innovative Code of Research Ethics
Food and eating as social practice - understanding eating patterns as social phenomena and implications for public health
Globally, public health agencies recognise obesity trends among populations as a priority. Explanations for population obesity patterns are linked to obesogenic environments and societal trends which encourage patterns of overeating and little physical activity. However, obesity prevention and nutrition intervention focus predominantly on changing individual level eating behaviours. Disappointingly, behaviour-based nutrition education approaches …
Participatory Research with Native Community of Kahnawake Creates Innovative Code of Research Ethics
Implementing participatory intervention and research in communities
Enhancing Indigenous Health Promotion Research Through Two-Eyed Seeing
The intention of this article is to demonstrate how Indigenous and allied health promotion researchers learned to work together through a process of Two-Eyed Seeing. This process was first introduced as a philosophical hermeneutic research project on diabetes prevention within an Indigenous community in Quebec Canada. We, as a research team, became aware that hermeneutics and the principles of Haudenosaunee decision making were characteristic of …
Participatory Research with Native Community of Kahnawake Creates Innovative Code of Research Ethics
Dietary Characteristics of Eastern James Bay Cree Women
Food use and nutrient intake were studies with Cree women of Wemindji and Eastmain, Quebec. During summer 1994 and winter 1995, 24-hour recalls and food frequency questionnaires were collected from 219 women of three age groups (20-40; 41-60; >60 years). While reported energy intakes were somewhat low, 94% of the women exceeded 2/3 of the recommended nutrient intake (RNI) for protein, and 80% exceeded 2/3 of the RNI for iron. However, 44% of the …
Community governance of the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project, Kahnawake Territory, Mohawk Nation, Canada
Health promotion emphasizes the importance of community ownership in the governance of community-based programmes, yet little research has been conducted in this area. This study examined perceptions of community ownership among project partners taking responsibility for decision-making related to the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP). Project partners were surveyed cross-sectionally at 18 months (T1) and 60 months (T2) into t…
Implementing participatory intervention and research in communities
Food and eating as social practice - understanding eating patterns as social phenomena and implications for public health
Globally, public health agencies recognise obesity trends among populations as a priority. Explanations for population obesity patterns are linked to obesogenic environments and societal trends which encourage patterns of overeating and little physical activity. However, obesity prevention and nutrition intervention focus predominantly on changing individual level eating behaviours. Disappointingly, behaviour-based nutrition education approaches …
Social-relational understandings of health and well-being from an Indigenous Perspective
This article presents the findings from a research project that examined how well-being, especially with regard to diabetes prevention, was understood within an Indigenous community, Kahnawà:ke, a Kanien’kehá:ka community on the St. Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Both philosophical hermeneutics and Indigenous ways of knowing were used to achieve a decolonized research approach to undertaking and analysing interviews from key stakeh…
Influences on eating
To address nutrition-related issues such as obesity and iron-deficiency anemia in Peruvian adolescents, further research is warranted to elucidate the roles of certain factors shaping behavior, particularly that of family, cited numerous times as having a positive influence. Addressing nutrition-related issues such as obesity and iron-deficiency anemia in this population requires consideration of the effect of social and environmental factors in …
Indigenous Peoples' food systems, nutrition, and gender
Indigenous Peoples, especially women and children, are affected disproportionately by malnutrition and diet-related health problems. Addressing this requires an investigation of the structural conditions that underlie unequal access to resources and loss of traditional lifestyles and necessitates inclusive approaches that shed light onto these issues and provide strategies to leverage change. Indigenous Peoples' food systems are inextricably conn…
Reclaiming food security in the Mohawk community of Kahnawà
Indigenous Peoples are reclaiming their food security, nutrition, and well-being by revitalizing food systems, livelihoods, knowledge-systems, and governance. Our food security research is guided by sustainable self-determination that focuses on restoring Indigenous cultural responsibilities and relationships to land, each other, and the natural world (Corntassel, 2008). Our Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) research team from Kahnawà:ke, in Quebec, Canada…
Enhancing Indigenous Health Promotion Research Through Two-Eyed Seeing
The intention of this article is to demonstrate how Indigenous and allied health promotion researchers learned to work together through a process of Two-Eyed Seeing. This process was first introduced as a philosophical hermeneutic research project on diabetes prevention within an Indigenous community in Quebec Canada. We, as a research team, became aware that hermeneutics and the principles of Haudenosaunee decision making were characteristic of …
Understanding how Indigenous culturally-based interventions can improve participants’ health in Canada
There is increasing recognition that culturally-based diabetes prevention programs can facilitate the adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviours in the communities in which they are implemented. The Kahnawake School Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) is a health promotion, community-based participatory research project aiming to reduce the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in the community of Kahnawake (Mohawk territory, Canada), with a large ran…
Interregional Differences in Agricultural Development across Circumpolar Canada
In response to the circumpolar region’s high levels of food insecurity, many Canadian communities have identified the development of local agriculture as a means to resolve the issue. Agricultural development is varied across the circumpolar region, an area which includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik (Quebec), and Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador). This review explores the interregional differences in circumpolar agric…
Indigenous Health Research in Quebec
As a response to the need for more supportive research environments for Indigenous health research, CIHR created the Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR). The Tahatikonhsontóntie’ Québec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (QcNEIHR) is driven by, and grounded in, Indigenous communities in Quebec. This manuscript aims to provide a reflexive account of the QcNEIHR. Using implementation analysis as a methodology…
An exploration of cultural grounding in Indigenous health promotion
This article explores the evolving field of Indigenous health promotion, highlighting the use and endorsement of conventional health promotion models despite ongoing efforts toward decolonization. Although some Indigenous-led initiatives exist, such as the Kahnawà:ke Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP), deeply entrenched funding models perpetuate dependency on colonial governments, marginalizing traditional knowledge and leadership within…
Recentering Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous health promotion is increasingly recognized as a distinct paradigm that challenges colonial structures and reclaims approaches grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems. However, there remains a limited understanding of how Indigenous scholars and communities are actively redefining health promotion. This narrative review examines 60 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2015 and 2025 to explore how Indigenous health promotio…
"If you show them respect, you’re going to [get] respect back"
This research can inform the strategic use of community engagement in research for KT among FNs. This study is the first to generate a middle-range theory using primary data collection for supporting KT through community engagement approaches in Indigenous health research
Honoring Indigenous self-determination, and Canada’s responsibility to address health inequities
Indigenous (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Community Health and Development (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (6 works) · Health promotion (6 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (6 works)