Position: Assistant Professor

Office:
University of Manitoba
Department of Family Social Sciences
306 Human Ecology Building
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

Phone No.: (204) 480-1464

Fax No.: (204) 474-7592

E-mail: rachel.eni@ad.umanitoba.ca

Education:

1989 BA University of Winnipeg
1998 MSc University of Manitoba
2005 PhD University of Manitoba

Areas of specialization:

Aboriginal health Maternal child health Environmental health impact assessment Program design and evaluation Social determinants of health Social justice

Current Research Projects:

• Social, Cultural and Health Impact Assessments: Environmental Health, Corporate Developments and First Nation Communities
• Manitoba First Nations Strengthening Families Maternal Child Health Program Design and Evaluation
• Infant Feeding within an Ecological Perspective, Health of First Nation mothers and infants
• Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy and Aboriginal Communities within Indigenous and Human Ecological Perspective
• Sexual Health and Development within an Ecological perspective
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
• Access to Health Services for First Nations Persons with Disabilities

Selected Publications:

Eni, R., Guimond, E. & Fonda, M. (eds). (2009). Interrupted Childhood: Teen Motherhood in First Nation Communities. University of Manitoba Press. (In review)

Eni, R. & Benoit, C. (2009). Reclaiming Earth and Spirit: Aboriginal Peer Support Workers as Cultural Brokers. McGill-Queen’s University Press. (In review)

Eni, R., Harvey C & Phillips-Beck W. (2009). In Consideration of the Needs of Our Caregivers: Grandparenting Experiences in Manitoba First Nation Communities. First Peoples Child and Family Review: Vol. 4(2): 85-98.

Eni, R. & Senecal, S. (2009). Pathways to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Aboriginal Communities. Canadian Diversity Journal.

Eni, R. (2009). Bifurcated Conscience: Aboriginal Care Workers in Community Settings. In Benoit, C. & Lallgrimsdottir, HK (eds). The Impact of Neo-Liberalism on Care Work in Different Welfare States: Canada in Cross-National Perspective. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press.

Eni, R. (2009). Health Disparities in Canada: A Focus on First Nations Children. Canadian Supplement to the State of the World’s Children: Aboriginal Children’s Health, Leaving No Child Behind: 10-20.

Eni, R. & Prakash, T. (2009). Trend Setting in Manitoba: The Challenge of Designing the First Nations Maternal Child Health Strengthening Families Program in Manitoba. Canadian Issues Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-being Policy Research Agenda (Winter 2009): 25-30.

Eni, R. (2006). A Search for Meaning in Aboriginal Community-University ‘Partnerships’. Riewe, R & Oaks J (eds). Aboriginal Connections to Race, Environment and Traditions. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press.

Cecilia Benoit, Dena Carroll & Rachel Eni. (2006) ‘To Watch, To Care’: Stories of Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada. Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice. 5(1): 11-17.