Monday, June 23, 2025
Rylee Restoule is Bridging Health Gaps for Indigenous Communities in Northern Ontario
Health Sciences North and Health Sciences North Research Institute are proud to honour and celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. In the spirit of respect and solidarity, we would like to shine the spotlight on a staff member whose mission it is to build and lead a research team that centres Indigenous voices, needs, and health outcomes in a system that has long overlooked them.
When Rylee Restoule first stepped onto the Laurentian University campus, she was a young Ojibwe-Kwe woman from Dokis First Nation, fluent in French and deeply aware of her First Nations identity — but still searching for a deeper connection to her culture.