Ep43: Chronic Pain in Canadian Indigenous Communities: Lived Experiences, Health Inequities, and Indigenous Perspectives with Dr. Jaris Swidrovich
About this episode
This episode discusses chronic pain in Indigenous communities, focusing on health inequities and lived experiences.
In this episode, we talked about Current healthcare gaps in managing pain in Indigenous populations + underlying causes of disparity in pain experience Clinical pearls for treating chronic pain in Indigenous communities Dr. Jaris Swidrovich, BSP, PharmD, PhD, AAHIVP, RPh (he/they) is an Assistant Professor, Tenure Stream, and Indigenous Engagement Lead in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. He is a queer, Two Spirit, Saulteaux and Ukrainian pharmacist from Yellow Quill First Nation (Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan). His mother was a 60s Scoop survivor and his grandmother and great-grandmother both survived Indian Residential Schools. He received a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Saskatchewan (2010), a post-baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Toronto (2013), and a PhD in education from the University of Saskatchewan (2024), which earned him the Governor General’s Gold Medal. His primary areas of research and practice include Indigenous health, pain, HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, and 2SLGBTQ+ health. As a Two Spirit, First Nations, and disabled person himself, Dr. Swidrovich brings a strong lens of…
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Jaris Swidrovich
Topics covered
- Chronic Pain
- Indigenous Health
- Health Inequities
- Pain Management
- Social Justice
- Healthcare Disparities
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Canadian Physiotherapy Association Pain Science Division
Places: Canada, Yellow Quill First Nation, Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan
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