Tea and Talks / Li Tii Minihkwaytaak Piikishkwaytaak: A Métis Health Series

Welcome to the MN–S Monthly Métis Health Series!

Each month a new topic will be discussed with guest speakers who are experts in their fields. These sessions will provide a valuable opportunity to ask questions that are most important to you. Each culturally sensitive session will be hosted on Zoom and live-streamed on Facebook.

The nineteenth Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) online Tea and Talks / Li Tii Minihkwaytaak Piikishkwaytaak: A Métis Health Series features Bonny Marwood, patient advocate at MN-S!

Bonnie Marwood

Bonnie Grace Marwood is a proud member of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan. Bonnie’s academic focus is on criminal law as it pertains to sentencing. As an educator, scholar, researcher, and Indigenous warrior, she studies the legacy of colonization and the intergenerational trauma caused by the residential school system, 60’s scoop and 150 years of colonialization. The scars from this legacy include disconnection from the land, loss of culture and loss of relations—factors inextricably linked to the mass incarceration of Indigenous people. The current system isn’t working and Bonnie’s work advocates for a multi-disciplined approach with a coordinated health-informed response that ends the war on drug addicts. Bonnie’s mission is to see addiction treated like the medical crisis it is as opposed to the criminal one it is currently viewed as.

Bonnie attended the Native Law Summer Program at the University of Saskatchewan in 2001 as student and again the following year as a teaching assistant. She returned 18 years later to teach the Indigenous Property Law course. Bonnie received an LLB from the University of Calgary in 2004, was called to the Alberta Bar in 2005 and Saskatchewan Bar in 2006. She went on to practice law in Calgary, Edmonton, Stony Plain and Spruce Grove, Alberta. Bonnie missed her kin and moved back to Saskatoon in 2017. Bonnie was fortunate to complete a summer contract for the Department of Justice, reporting to Asst. Deputy Minister Laurie Sargent. Bonnie will defend her thesis in the spring of 2024, Saskatchewan’s Dangerous Offenders Gamble on Justice.

Join the conversation Thursday, February 22nd at7PM!

Please note: This webinar will be recorded and may be shared publicly by MN–S following the event. Participating in or attending this online video conference grants MN–S the right to record and use your voice, likeness, and live video feed. A participant’s attendance and/or participation in the session constitutes agreement that the session may be recorded and distributed by MN–S and waives any claim to remuneration for use of the participant’s image, voice, or written comments.