Research Fridays @ Intersections of Gender - Keeyoukaywin as an Intersectionality Praxis: Métis ways of knowing, positioning, and learning with kin

Research Fridays @ Intersections of Gender presents Keeyoukaywin as an Intersectionality Praxis: Métis ways of knowing, positioning, and learning with kin with Keith D. King, moderated by Nat Hurley, on December 10 @ 12:15 P.M. MDT. 

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Keith D. King (he/they) will present the Métis methodology of keeyoukaywin (visiting) as a form of intersectionality informed praxis. This event will be a virtual kitchen table talk, with a short presentation on keeyoukaywin, and how it informs their research in Métis health, followed by practical application of the practice with the group using breakout rooms where we might explore how intersectionality is central to Indigenous knowledge generation. Bring your lunch, your coffee or tea, and get cozy at this table!

Keith D. King (PhD Student, Nursing) is a two-spirit registered nurse and healer, and comes from a long family tradition of being nurses and healers on both sides of his family tree. He grew up on a farm in northern Alberta, in Treaty 8 territory and part of the Métis Homeland. Keith has found that his career in nursing has allowed his natural gifts for helping others, learning with others, and making connections that improve people’s lives to contribute to his community. In his career and life, Keith's greatest accomplishments and the things he is most proud of are the relationships he has built and maintained over time and distance with family, friends, colleagues, and other kin. Having worked in various specialties in nursing, Keith's main areas of expertise are in Mental Health and Substance Use, Sexual Health, and Nursing Leadership. Keith has a Masters of Public Health, and his masters thesis looked at the intersections of mental health and HIV in East London, in the UK. He is currently completing his PhD in Nursing, exploring Métis people’s experiences of HPV-related cancer prevention in Alberta through a Métis Intersectional lens.