Wanda Philips-Beck

Wanda is Anishinaabekwe from Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba and advocate for anti-racism in health systems. As a nurse and research scholar with the First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba and CIHR Chair in Indigenous Health Nursing, she works to challenge and transform colonial and racist structures in healthcare through Indigenous-led approaches in research. An adjunct professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Manitoba, Wanda earned her PhD in Community Health Sciences in 2021, with a focus on Indigenous methodologies and decolonization of population health research. Her work is informed by ceremony and the guidance of Knowledge Keepers. Wanda’s current research advances the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action in nursing, with a particular emphasis on embedding anti-racist practice at all levels of health systems.