qualifications: MD candidate
contribution: wrote the first draft, original concept
position: Medical student
Medical student at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Research interests include interprofessional education, wilderness medicine and community-integrated practice.
qualifications: Medical doctorate
contribution: contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Associate professor
Canada
qualifications: PhD
contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Associate professor
Canada
Marion Maar is a medical anthropologist and Associate Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Canada. She is a faculty coordinator for a unique cultural emersion experience for medical students in Aboriginal communities. She has lead and collaborated on many research projects, including Aboriginal research ethics, diabetes care and prevention, mental health and health services research. Her current research continues to focus on Aboriginal community-based health research with a focus on chronic illnesses prevention. Prior to her faculty appointment she worked as a Research and Evaluation Coordinator for an Aboriginal Health Access Centre on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario for eight years. Her work there focused on community-based Aboriginal health research based using a participatory action model.
qualifications: Medical doctorate
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Assistant professor
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10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium, 8 & 9 October 2025, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
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Indigenous Wellbeing Conference 2025, 20–21 October 2025, Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia
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2025 Health Leadership Congress, 22–24 October 2025, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Medicine Australia Conference (RMA25), 22–25 October 2025, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2025 (RMHC25), 5–7 November 2025, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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OECD Latin American Rural Development Conference, 25–28 November 2025, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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SARGA 2026, Rural Generalist Anaesthetist Conference, 12–14 February 2026, Barossa Valley, South Australia
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21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference, 10–13 April 2026, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
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33rd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference, 16–18 April 2026, Quebec City, Canada
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4th EURACT Medical Education Conference, 23–25 April 2026, Iasi, Romania
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11th Health Promotion Conference, 10–12 June 2026, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Harstad, Norway
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9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026, 10 & 11 September 2026, Gaborone, Botswana
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18th National Rural Health Conference, 14–17 September 2026, Adelaide, SA, Australia
World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2026, 17–19 September 2026, Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), New Zealand
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