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Cornelia Wieman
Canadian psychiatrist
Cornelia Wieman | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba, Canada |
| Awards | Governor General's Academic Medal Indspire Awards (1998) |
| Education | BSc, Kinesiology, 1988, MSc, Biomechanics, 1991, University of Waterloo MD, 1993, McMaster University |
| Thesis | Electromyography of the Trunk and Lower Limb Muscles During Gait of Elderly and Younger Subjects: Implications for the Control of Balance |
| Institutions | University 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