Nel Wieman became the first female Indigenous psychiatrist in Canada.!
Cornelia Wieman
Canadian psychiatrist
Cornelia Wieman | |
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Born | (age6061) Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba, Canada |
Awards | Governor General's Academic Medal Indspire Awards () |
Education | BSc, Kinesiology, , MSc, Biomechanics, , University of Waterloo MD, , McMaster University |
Thesis | Electromyography of the Trunk and Lower Limb Muscles During Gait of Elderly and Younger Subjects: Implications for the Control of Balance |
Institutions | University of British Columbia University of Toronto McMaster University |
Cornelia Gertrude nel Wieman (born ) (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian psychiatrist.
Cornelia (Nel) Wieman, MSc, MD, FRCPC titled, 'A Year in Public Health: The Collision of Three Public Health Emergencies – the COVID-19 pandemic, the toxic drug.
She is the first Indigenous woman to become a psychiatrist in Canada and the First Nations Health Authority deputy Chief Medical Officer.
Early life and education
Wieman was born in [1] in Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba, Canada but was forcefully taken from her family during the Sixties Scoop.
She was subsequently adopted by a