Elder Myeengun Henry

Dr. Myeengun Henry, is an Indigenous Knowledge Keeper who provides strategic leadership Indigenization and decolonization for the Faculty of Health and throughout the University of Waterloo.  

Dr. Henry is a former elected Chief of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, band councillor, Manager of Indigenous Services, and Professor of Indigenous Studies at Conestoga College. He conducts Indigenous ceremonies such as weddings, funerals, healing, and naming. He is the current elder for the Ontario Provincial Police Indigenous advisory circle, and Chair of the Elder council for the Law Society of Ontario. He created the Waterloo Region Hospital Indigenous Advisory Council and is currently creating a Southern Ontario Indigenous Traditional Healers consortium, further strengthening Indigenous representation and advocacy in health and healthcare spaces. Dr. Henry has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Waterloo and received Canada’s King Charles III Coronation Medal.