About Us
The Feast Centre is a national, community-driven research centre responding to sexually transmitted blood-borne infections in Indigenous communities.
Our research is grounded in non-hierarchical, Indigenous knowledge and community identified concerns, and is the culmination of 20 years of community-based research.
The Feast Centre’s work is guided by a Council of Elders, a Governing Council and an Operations Team and brings together many partners including researchers, clinicians, community members, Indigenous Elders, people with living and lived experience of STBBI, advocacy groups and non-profit agencies.
The Co-lead of the Feast Centre Randy Jackson (Principal Investigator) has decades of experience in Indigenous Community-Based STBBI Research.
Randy Jackson
Principal Investigator
Marjorie Beaucage
Elder (Past Member)
Sharp Dopler
Elder (Past Member)
Michael Parsons
Governing Council
Tracey Prentice
Governing Council (past)
Charlotte Loppie
Governing Council (past)
Margo Pearce
Knowledge User
Renée Masching
Principal Knowledge User (past) Knowledge User
Audrey Steenbeek
Co-Investigator
Bernice Downey
Co-Investigator
Charlotte Loppie
Co-Investigator (past)
Marni Amirault
Knowledge User
Sheila Nyman
Knowledge User
Anita Benoit
Co-Investigator
Bonnie Freeman
Co-Investigator
Chelsea Gabel
Co-Investigator
Michael Parsons
Knowledge User
Sherri Pooyak
Knowledge User
Alexandra King
Co-Investigator
Carmen Logie
Co-Investigator
Cathy Worthington
Co-Investigator
Darrell H. S. Tan
Co-Investigator
Doe O'Brien-Teengs
Co-Investigator
Debbie Martin
Co-Investigator
Eric Mykhalovskiy
Co-Investigator
Denielle Elliot
Co-Investigator
Denise Lambert
knowledge User
Jack Janvier
Co-Investigator
Julie Bruneau
Co-Investigator
Jessy Dame
Knowledge User
Keith Fowke
Co-Investigator
Greta Bauer
Co-Investigator
John Schellenberg
Co-Investigator
Laura Warren
Co-Investigator
Nathan Lachowsky
Co-Investigator
Robert Henry
Co-Investigator
Sharla Peltier
Co-Investigator
Viviane Namaste
Co-Investigator
Curtis Cooper
Knowledge User
Richard Jenkins
Knowledge User
Margaret Robinson
Co-Investigator
Rachel Landy
Co-Investigator
Saara Greene
Co-Investigator
Trevor Hart
Co-Investigator
Amy Bombay
Knowledge User
David Welsely
Knowledge User
Lane Bonertz
Knowledge User
Mona Loutfy
Co-Investigator
Renée Monchalin
Co-Investigator
Sean Hillier
Co-Investigator
Vera Cain
Co-Investigator
Candice Lys
Knowledge User
Michael Keschane
Knowledge User
William Gooding
National Director
Valerie O'Brien
Research Coordinator (Past)
Aaron Li
Research Assistant (Past)
James O'Grady
Research Assistant (Past)
Doris Peltier
Community Engagement Coordinator
Miranda Black
Research Coordinator (Past)
Bridget Marsdin
Research Assistant (Past)
Kamryn Beers
Research Assistant (Past)
Catherine Booker
Research Coordinator
Courtney Atlee
Research Assistant (Past)
Esther Kim
Research Assistant (Past)
Kusum Bhatta
Research Assistant (Past)
McMaster University
Partner
McMaster Indigenous Research Institute
Affiliated Research Centre
CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks
Affiliated Research Centre
Aboriginal HIV and AIDS Community-Based Research Collaborative Centre (AHA Centre)
Affiliated Research Centre