Sylvia Abonyi, PhD

Phone: (306) 966-2194
Fax: (306) 966-6487

Email: sylvia.abonyi @ usask.ca

Dr. Sylvia Abonyi is an anthropologist working primarily in the area of Aboriginal health. She was recently awarded a Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Health at the University of Saskatchewan. Over the next five years she will be undertaking a research program on Cultural Vitalization as a Health Determinant among Aboriginal Canadians.

This program of study will explore the role of culture in health, generally, and in the health and wellness of Aboriginal peoples, specifically. Her research will focus on Aboriginal health in northern and remote contexts, specifically northern Saskatchewan. Projects within this program of study will be community-based, capacity-building and participatory in orientation.

 Research areas of interest include

• The use of video and other multi-media technologies as knowledge exchange/translation tools
• Medical/health anthropology
• Qualitative research methods
• Aboriginal health
• Population health
• Community-based research methods and ethics
• Culture as a health determinant