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Braden Te Hiwi
(He, Him, His)Assistant Professor
Indigenous Studies
Currently on leaveOther Titles: Program Coordinator for the Indigenous Studies Program
Office: ART 252
Phone: 250.807.8038
Email: braden.tehiwi@ubc.ca
Graduate student supervisor

Research Summary
Indigenous Health, Indigenous peoples sport and physical activity, Indigenous History, Community based research, Indigenous methodologies.
Courses & Teaching
INDG: 100 Introduction to Indigenous Studies; INDG: 309 Indigenous Perspectives on Health; INDG: 319 Indigenous Perspectives on Health and Physical Activity
Biography
Ko Oroua te awa (Oroua is the river)
Ko Tararua ngā maunga (Tararua is the mountain)
Ko Tainui te waka (Tainui is the canoe)
Ko Ngāti Raukawa te iwi (Ngāti Raukawa is the tribe)
Ko Ngāti Kauwhata te hapū (Kauwhata is the tribal unit)
Ko Kauwhata, Ko Aorangi, Ko Tūkorehe ngā marae (Kauwhata, Aorangi, Tūkorehe are the marae)
Ko Braden Te Hiwi ahau (I am Braden Te Hiwi)
Ngā mihi and welcome to my website page.
I am an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies. As a Maori (Ngāti Raukawa) of the Manawatu region of Aotearoa/New Zealand, I am happy to be a guest on the unceded and traditional territories of the Syilx Peoples.
The central aim of my research is to further promote and understand how Indigenous peoples’ health and physical activity are to be grounded in Indigenous realities, worldviews, and experiences, while also attending to historical and contemporary impacts of colonialism. My research has two interconnected streams. My primary focus reframes Indigenous Peoples, cultures, knowledges, and capacities as central to a promising health future. This includes first, that my research is locally focused, community-based, and co-created in partnership with Indigenous and community leadership, vision, and voice. And second, that an Indigenous research agenda, methodologies, theory, ethics and protocols are its foundation.
Degrees
2015, Ph.D., (Kinesiology) The University of Western Ontario
2009, M.H.K .,(Sport Management), University of Windsor
2004, B.Ph.Ed., (Sport and Leisure Studies), Otago University, New Zealand
Research Interests & Projects
Project Title: Indigenous Digital Wellness: Indigenous Masculinity, Identity, and Wellbeing in Male Youth
- Primary Investigator: Braden Te Hiwi
- Co-Investigator(s): Ali MacManus
- Community partner(s): Indigenous Programs and Services
- Funder: Canadian Health Institutes of Research
Project Title: Patient-engaged priority setting and mental health data in the Okanagan Nation
- Primary Investigator: Braden Te Hiwi
- Co-Investigator(s): Jeannette Armstrong and Mike Evans
- Community partner(s): Okanagan Nation Alliance
- Funder: BC Support Unit
Project Title: Urban Indigenous Wellness
- Primary Investigator(s): Donna Kurtz and Gabrielle Legault
- Co-Investigator(s): Shawn Wilson, Braden Te Hiwi, Peter Hutchinson, Sarah de Leeuw, Margo Greenwood, Skye Babic
- Community partner(s): Interior Health, Cariboo Friendship Society, Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society, Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society, Lillooet Friendship Centre, Metis Community Services Society of BC, and the North Okanagan Friendship Center Society.
- Funder: UBC: Eminence fund for Clusters of Research Excellence
Selected Publications & Presentations
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