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Empowering First Generation Immigrant Mental Health: 4 Insights for Authentic Belonging

What does it mean to be a first-generation immigrant woman in Winnipeg?

Patlee Creary

May 13, 20245 min read

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Portrait of a Black woman drapped in a green blanket sitting with her back uncovered exposing a large white handprint on her upper back.

An English Lesson on Why Race Matters (or Doesn't)

How do you teach your children about race? If you are a person of colour, the task is especially tricky. This story unpacks that.

Patlee Creary

Dec 11, 202012 min read

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Land & Water Acknowledgment

Based in Winnipeg, Dr. Patlee Creary lives and works on Treaty 1 territory—the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the national homeland of the Red River Métis. Clean water supporting her daily work and life is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty 3 territory.

As a first generation Canadian immigrant of Jamaican heritage and African decent, she is dedicated to understanding and honouring her commitments to Treaty principles and to educating others.

© 2026 by Patlee Creary. All rights reserved.

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