On this year’s National Indigenous Languages Day (March 31, 2025), we highlight Dr. Pat Camp’s important work in incorporating Indigenous language into culturally safe healthcare and research practices.
Dr. Pat Camp, a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), reflects on her research helping people manage chronic lung conditions through exercise, education, and support – a process called pulmonary rehabilitation.
Through collaboration with Carrier Sekani Family Services, Dr. Camp shares how her team is learning to respectfully incorporate Indigenous knowledge into pulmonary rehabilitation research. This includes using the Carrier (Dakelh) language to name body parts—an approach to make pulmonary rehab more culturally safe, respectful, and healing.
“There’s a lot more that we can do”
— Dr. Pat Camp, HLI Principal Investigator
Watch Dr. Pat Camp’s Story
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