Gus Hill

The main focus of my research is the improvement of well-being for Indigenous Canadians. My research practice is guided by holism and the commitment toward placing control of Indigenous knowledge firmly in the hands of Indigenous communities.

Recent projects include “Together We’re Strong: An Investigation into the Health and Wellness Needs of Urban Aboriginal Stakeholders in the Waterloo Region and Wellington County,” which was a partnership between the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre and the Manulife Centre for Community Health Research, and “Urban Aboriginal Youths’ Service Needs in the Kitchener Community,” which was a partnership with Anishnabeg Outreach Inc. that was youth-led.

I am a research partner with the Manulife Centre for Community Health Research and there are research assistantships opportunities for graduate students interested in community-based research.

I am willing to supervise graduate students in the areas of Indigenous health and wellness, Indigenous community capacity building, understanding Indigenous traditional healing, Indigenous social work practice, and explorations of Indigenous decolonization.

• Hill, Gus and Alicia Wilkinson. “Indigegogy: An Indigenous Educational Process.” Canadian Social Work Review. (2014).
• Hill, Gus and Martin Cooke. “How Do You Build A Community: Developing Community Capacity and Social Capital in an Urban Aboriginal Setting.” Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Community Health. (2014).
• Hill, Gus. “A Holistic Aboriginal Framework for Individual Healing.” In T. O’Connor, K. Lund, & P. Berendsen (Eds.), Psychotherapy: Cure of the soul, (pp. 59-69), (2014).
• Hill, Gus. “Understanding Indigenous Canadian Traditional Health and Healing.” Unpublished Dissertation, Wilfrid Laurier University. (2008).
• Hill, Gus and Nick Coady. “Comparing Euro-western Counselling and Aboriginal healing Methods: An Argument for the Effectiveness of Aboriginal Approaches to Healing.” Indigenous Social Work Journal. (2003).