Creative Entanglement Collaboratory
Podcaster in Residence Program
Meet Dr. Lyana Patrick, our inaugural Podcaster in Residence.
“I’ve long incorporated creative practices into my research and education and podcasting is a natural extension of this work.”
Introducing, From Ceremony Up, coming January 15, 2026.
From Ceremony Up is a three-episode mini-series that explores Lyana’s work with the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia. Join us as we share stories of frontline workers and their future-making practices that are grounded in Indigenous justice and healing.
Telling Stories Together
Lyana and the CEC team first came together to share stories together when she joined us as a guest on Season 3 of On Being Ill.
I’m thrilled to be the inaugural Podcaster in Residence. I’ve long incorporated creative practices into my research and education and podcasting is a natural extension of this work. I’m grateful to the CEC team for their efforts to share diverse perspectives and make important connections across topics and themes. I look forward to building a strong community of listeners with the team and exploring new ways to push creative boundaries in audio storytelling.
– Dr. Lyana Patrick
Lyana Patrick is Dakelh from the Stellat’en First Nation and Acadian/Scottish. She has worked in communications and education for over two decades. She was Education Coordinator in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia where she worked on curriculum development, managed education programs, and promoted knowledge translation of Indigenous research findings to health care providers and health sciences students. She has worked on evaluation projects connected to Indigenous health and education, including for the City of Vancouver where she helped design community engagement for a municipal poverty reduction strategy. She received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship to pursue a PhD in the School of Community and Regional Planning where in 2019 she became the first Indigenous PhD graduate. Lyana is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University where her work focuses on the intersection of Indigenous health, planning and justice. She incorporates film and other multimedia in her work and is committed to public scholarship as a creative and collaborative process of exploration with Indigenous communities.
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