Presentations
In this July 2018 Northwest ATTC webinar, Dr. Dennis Donovan, PhD, of the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, describes the Healing of the Canoe (HOC) project, a collaborative between the Suquamish Tribe, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (PGST), and the University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) to plan, implement, and evaluate culturally grounded interventions to reduce health disparities and promote health with both Native American tribes. Download the presentation in Powerpoint or PDF format.
Healing of the Canoe: A Culture-Based, CBPR-Developed Preventive Intervention to Reduce Substance Use Among American Indian Youth, a lecture by Dennis Donovan, Ph.D., Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, and Principal Investigator of the Healing of the Canoe Project. September 16, 2017. Presented at the Montana Health Research Summit, co-sponsored by CAIRHE and Montana INBRE.
Program Co-Design with Native American communities: Examples from Healing of the Canoe and Aggression Replacement Training. This was an Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Panel hosted by the University of Washington Division of Public Behavioral Health & Justice Policy. Panelists included Dennis Donovan, PhD and Robin Sigo, MSW. Published on Jan 22, 2016
Additional Presentations
Donovan, D., Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Price, L., Lawrence, N. Lawrence, A.J., & Austin, L. Healing of the Canoe: A culture-based intervention to reduce AOD problems among American Indian/Alaska Native youth. Symposium presented at the 7th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference Auckland, New Zealand, November, 2016.
Donovan, D., Sigo, R., & Lawrence, A. Healing of the Canoe: A culture-based intervention to reduce AOD problems among American Indians/Alaska Natives. Presented in a satellite meeting, Health Disparities in Alcohol and Other Drug Problems and Health Equity Approaches: Theories, Methods and Applications, at the 39th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, New Orleans, LA, June, 2016.
Donovan, D.M., Sigo, R.L.W., Price, L., Lawrence, A., Lawrence, N., Austin, L. & Thomas, L.R. Healing of the Canoe: Cultural Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Practice. Presented in a symposium, Community-based Culturally Adapted SUD Interventions for AI/AN, at the 4th Annual Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference, Reducing Health Disparities through Addiction Science and Practice, San Diego, CA, March 18, 2016.
Lawrence, A. Healing of the Canoe. Presented in workshop session Neurodecolonization: Using Mindfulness Research and Traditional Indigenous Ceremonies to Delete the Neural Networks of Colonialism. Western Washington Native American Education Consortium Educator Conference, Fife, WA, February 26, 2016.
Lawrence, N.W.B., Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Price, L., Donovan, D., Austin, L. Putting the community back in community based participatory research. International Network in Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development (INIHKD), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, October 6, 2014.
Sigo, R.L.W., Price, L., Lawrence, N., Austin, L., Donovan, D. Asking permission to come ashore: Culturally grounded life skills for youth. Juvenile Justice and Suicide Prevention Conference: Transforming Generations Through Hope, In Honor of Our Children, Chehalis, WA, September 9, 2014
Price, L., Lawrence, N. The Healing of the Canoe project, Family and Youth Services Community Healing dinner. Muckleshoot Health and Wellness Center, Auburn, WA, August 28, 2014.
Sigo, R.L.W., Price, L., The Healing of the the Canoe project, Muckleshoot Providers Meeting. Muckleshoot Health and Wellness Center, Auburn, WA, July 30, 2014.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Price, L., Lawrence, N., Austin, L., Donovan, D. Asking permission to come ashore: Navigating a collaborative and equitable research partnership between sovereign Tribes and an academic institution. Community Campus Partnerships for Health, Chicago, IL, May 2, 2014.
Sigo, R.L.W., Price, L., Lawrence, N., Thomas, L.R., Donovan, D., Austin, L. Asking permission to come ashore. Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board quarterly meeting, Poulsbo, WA, April 23, 2014.
Thomas, L.R., and the Healing of the Canoe Team. Asking permission to come ashore: Healing of the Canoe. National Indian Health Board Summit, Billings Montana, April 2, 2014
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Lawrence, N. Healing of the Canoe journey. Presented at the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians meeting, Coeur d’Alene, ID, September 17, 2013.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Lawrence, N., Price. L., Austin, L. & Donovan, D. Healing of the Canoe project: A community based and culturally grounded research partnership to improve Native youth health. Presented at the 2013 International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health, Portland, OR, April 20, 2013.
Thomas, L.R., & Price. L. Healing of the Canoe. Presented at the 4th Oregon Tribal Stakeholders Meeting On Evidence Based Practices, at the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Portland, OR, November 8, 2012.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Lawrence, N., Ahvakana K., Bagley, L., Donovan, D., Austin, L., Lonczak H., and the Suquamish Tribe. Asking permission to come ashore: Partnering with Native communities to engage in the scientific enterprise. Presented in a symposium Science in Context: Biomedical and Behavioral Research to Benefit Native People and Other Diverse Groups. Presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Seattle, WA, October 12, 2012.
Donovan, D.M., Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R., & Price. L. Addiction prevention: Canoe Journey/Life Journey. Presented at the Indian Health Service Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Training, Seattle, WA, September 6, 2012.
Thomas, L.R., Strickland, J., Sigo, R., Lawrence, N., Ahvakana, K., Bagley, L., Price, L., Baze, K., Purser, A., Kinsey, K., & Donovan, D. Respectful and collaborative Indigenous/academic research partnerships: Learning to ask permission to come ashore. Panel Presentation at the 24th Annual Native Health Research Conference, “Asking Permission to Come Ashore: Journeys to Indigenous Health and Health Research”, Seattle, WA, July 27, 2012.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Lawrence, N., Ahvakana K., Bagley, L., Allen, M., Donovan, D., Austin, L., Lonczak H.; and the Suquamish Tribe. Asking permission to come ashore: The role of Tribal sovereignty in the Healing of the Canoe research project. Presented in a symposium A Call to Action: Tribes Using Community Driven Research to Address Local Priorities. Presented at the National Congress of American Indians Mid-Year Conference and Tribal Leaders/Scholars Forum, Lincoln City, NE, June 19, 2012.
Thomas, L.R. and Lawrence, N. The Healing of the Canoe project. Presented in a panel Bringing Honor and Strength to Our Elders and Youth Through Research. Presented at the National Congress of American Indians Mid-Year Conference and Tribal Leaders/Scholars Forum, Lincoln City, NE, June 19, 2012.
Thomas, L.R. Pulling together for healthy Native communities: Asking permission to come ashore. Presented at the National Children’s Research Exchange Conference, Denver, CO, September 8, 2011.
Thomas, L.R. Asking permission to come ashore: Respectful research partnerships between Native communities and academic institutions. Presented at the 23rd Annual Native Health Research Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, June 28, 2011.
Thomas, L.R., & Lawrence, N. Respectful Indigenous-academic research partnerships in the Pacific Northwest: Researcher and community member perspectives. Presented at the Quarterly Meeting of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Quinault, WA, April 26, 2011.
Thomas, L.R. Asking permission to come ashore: Respectful Indigenous-academic research partnerships in the Pacific Northwest. Presented at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Contemporary Northwest Tribal Health Conference, Portland, OR, March 26, 2011
Thomas, L.R., Donovan, D.D., Sigo, R.L.W, Price, L., Baze, K., Lonczak, H. & Bagley, L. Asking permission to come ashore – Tribal Participatory Research: Necessary components. Presented at NIDA Building Bridges: Advancing American Indian/Alaska Native Substance Abuse Research (State of the Science and Grant Development Workshop), Rockville, MD, October 6, 2010.
Donovan, D.M. Substance abuse research in Indian Country: Building a science that meets the need. Presented at Building Bridges: Advancing American Indian/Alaska Native Substance Abuse Research – A State of the Science and Grant Development Workshop. Rockville, MD, October 6, 2010.
Thomas, L.R., Donovan, D.D., the Suquamish Tribe & the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Post-colonial, neo-colonial and decolonizing research approaches: Lessons learned in a CBPR/TPR research partnership. Presented at the SAMHSA Native American Center for Excellence Indigenous Research and Evaluation Summit, Honolulu, HI, September 1, 2010.
Lonczak, H., Sigo, R.W.L, Austin, L., Thomas, L.R., Donovan, D. & the Suquamish Tribe. What Does the “C” in CBPR stand for anyway? A Study of how tribal and university research partners navigate collaborative processes in a CBPR-based project. Poster presented at the 118th Annual APA Convention, San Diego, CA, August 2010.
Thomas, L.R., Price, L. & Sigo, R.L.W. Indigenous medicines: Resistance, resilience and decolonizing research. Presented at the International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development Conference, Suquamish, WA, May 26, 2010.
Donovan, D., Thomas, L.R., Lawrence, A. & Price, L. Healing of the Canoe: Adapting an evidence-based practice for use in Native American communities. Presented at the NIDA Blending Addiction Science and Practice Conference: Evidence-Based Treatment and Prevention in Diverse Populations and Settings, Albuquerque, NM, April 23, 2010
Lawrence, A., Baze, K., Thomas, L.R., Donovan. D. Healing of the Canoe: The community pulling together, the Strong People pulling together. Presented at the Washington State Prevention Summit, Yakima, WA, October 31, 2009.
Donovan, D.M., Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W. & Baze, K. Healing of the Canoe: Community pulling together – Charting a life course guided by tribal tradition, culture and values. Presented at the Washington State Prevention Summit, Yakima, WA, October 31, 2009.
Thomas, L.R. Taking the tools back down from the shelf: Building tribal-academic partnerships from the ground up. Presented at the National Institutes of Health, Staff Training in Extramural Programs Forum: Nuts and Bolts of Community Engagement in Research, Bethesda, MD, October 28, 2009.
Donovan, D.M., Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R. LW. & Price, L. Healing of the Canoe: Community pulling together – Charting a life course guided by tribal tradition, culture and values. Presented at a National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Grantees Meeting held in conjunction with the NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, Washington, D.C., December 15, 2008.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.LW., Donovan, D.M., Austin, L.M., Lincoln, G., Jackson, L. & Lonczak, H.S. Community pulling together: Promoting cultural identity and preventing substance abuse in a tribal community. Presented as part of a symposium, American Indian and Alaska Native Health Issues from North to South. American Public Health Association Conference, San Diego, CA, October 27, 2008<
Thomas, L.R. & Donovan, D.M. Community/Tribally Based Participatory Research: Developing trust in research partnerships to understand Native pathways to sobriety. Presented at the Native Health Research Conference, Portland, August 27, 2008.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.L.W., Donovan, D.M., Lincoln, G., Austin, L., Jackson, L., Lonczak, H. & the Suquamish Tribe. Preventing youth substance abuse and promoting cultural identity: A collaborative project between a tribal community and a research institution. Poster presented at the 116th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Boston, MA, August 2008.
Thomas, L.R. & Donovan, D.M. Lessons learned: A culturally-grounded CBPR program in a tribal community. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 15, 2008.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.LW., Donovan, D.M., Lincoln, G., Griffeth, C.T., Jackson, L., Lonczak, H.S., Austin, L.M. & Marlatt, G.A. A community-based, culturally grounded public health approach to health promotion and substance abuse prevention in a tribal community. Presented at the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 2007
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R., Santos, B., Lincoln, G., Donovan, D.M. & the Suquamish Tribe. Tribal healing through Indigenous focused Community-Based Participatory Research practices. Presented at the 3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Network of Indigenous Health and Knowledge Development, Rotorua, Aotearoa, New Zealand, October 2007.
Austin, L.M. & Thomas, L.R. Measuring the quality of collaborative research partnerships: Healing of the Canoe. Presented as part of a symposium, Reducing Health Disparities in a Native Community: Healing of the Canoe. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 19, 2007.
Lonczak, H.S, Griffeth, C.T. & Donovan, D.M. Instrument development processes and preliminary findings from a CBPR study within a Native community. Presented as part of a symposium, Reducing Health Disparities in a Native Community: Healing of the Canoe. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 19, 2007.
Sigo, R.LW., Lincoln, G. & Marlatt, G.A. Life’s journey: A tribal adaptation of a life skills intervention for Native youth. Presented as part of a symposium, Reducing Health Disparities in a Native Community: Healing of the Canoe. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 19, 2007.
Donovan, D.M., Griffeth, C.T. & Jackson-Nickel, L. Issues of concern to a Pacific Northwest reservation community. Presented as part of a symposium, Reducing Health Disparities in a Native Community: Healing of the Canoe. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 19, 2007.
Thomas, L.R. & Sigo, R.LW. (chairs). Symposium title: Reducing Health Disparities in a Native Community: Healing of the Canoe. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 19, 2007.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.LW., Griffeth, C.T., Jackson-Nickel, L., Donovan, D., Austin, L. & Lonczak, H. The Community pulling together: Preventing youth substance abuse and promoting cultural identity and belonging using Community Based Participatory Research methodology. Presented at the National Congress of American Indians’ Policy Research Center Tribal Leader/Scholar Research Forum, Anchorage, Alaska, June 12, 2007.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.LW., Donovan, D.M., Lincoln, G. & Austin, L. Healing of the Canoe: The community pulling together to prevent youth substance abuse and promote cultural identity and belonging. Presented at the Indian Health Service and Native Research Network 19th Annual Indian Health Research Conference: Multiple Perspectives on AI/AN Research Policy, Phoenix, AZ, June 6, 2007.
Griffeth, C.T. Overcoming unintentional racism: Striving for cultural competency in helping professions. Presented as part of a symposium, Needs of American Indian/Alaskan Native Treatment Programs: How Evidence-Based Practices and Research Fit into the Community. 6th NIDA Blending Conference, “Blending Addiction Science & Practice: Bridges to the Future.” Seattle, October 17, 2006.
Thomas, L.R. Respecting the science and practice of American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Presented as part of a symposium, Needs of American Indian/Alaskan Native Treatment Programs: How Evidence-Based Practices and Research Fit into the Community. 6th NIDA Blending Conference, “Blending Addiction Science & Practice: Bridges to the Future.” Seattle, October 17, 2006.
Donovan, D.M., Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R.LW, Griffeth, C.T. & the Suquamish Tribe. The Healing of the Canoe: The community pulling together. Presented as part of a symposium, Strategies for Successful Collaborative Research and Interventions with Native Communities. American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, August 11, 2006.
Thomas, L.R. (chair), Donovan, D.M., Gray, N., Wolf, D., Mohatt, G. & Gonzalez, J. (2006). Symposium Title: Strategies for Successful Collaborative Research and Interventions with Native Communities. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, August 11, 2006.
Donovan, D.M., Sigo, R. LW, Thomas, L.R., Griffeth, C.T., Marlatt, G.A. & the Suquamish Tribe. The Community pulling together: A tribal community-university partnership project to reduce substance abuse and promote good health in a reservation tribal community. Presented at the Culturally Based Substance Abuse Treatment for American Indians/Alaska Natives and Latinos Conference, April 18, 2006, Tucson, Arizona.
Thomas, L.R., Donovan, D.M., Sigo, R. LW, Griffeth, C.T. & the Suquamish Tribe. Healing of the Canoe: The community pulling together. Poster presented at the Culturally Based Substance Abuse Treatment for American Indians/Alaska Natives and Latinos Conference, April 17, 2006, Tucson, Arizona.
Thomas, L.R., Sigo, R. & Griffeth, C.T. Healing of the Canoe project. Presented at the meeting of the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State, February 3, 2006, Puyallup, WA.
Thomas, L.R. The Healing of the Canoe: The community pulling together. Presented at the meeting of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Indian Policy Advisory Committee, January 12, 2006, Olympia, WA.