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        3. A First Nations psychiatrist shares her story growing up in a non-native world and how she reclaimed her indigenous culture as an adult.
        4. Noted as Canada's first female aboriginal psychiatrist, Dr. Cornelia Wieman, earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the University of Waterloo.

          5. Cornelia Wieman

          Canadian psychiatrist

          Cornelia Wieman

          Born1964 (age 60–61)

          Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba, Canada

          AwardsGovernor General's Academic Medal
          Indspire Awards (1998)
          EducationBSc, Kinesiology, 1988, MSc, Biomechanics, 1991, University of Waterloo
          MD, 1993, McMaster University
          ThesisElectromyography of the Trunk and Lower Limb Muscles During Gait of Elderly and Younger Subjects: Implications for the Control of Balance
          InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
          University of Toronto
          McMaster University

          Cornelia Gertrude nel Wieman (born 1964) (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian psychiatrist.

          She is the first Indigenous woman to become a psychiatrist in Canada and the First Nations Health Authority deputy Chief Medical Officer.

          Early life and education

          Wieman was born in 1964[1] in Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba, Canada but was forcefully taken from her family during the Sixties Scoop