In late September and early October, Professor Richard Budgell was a passenger on a small-ship cruise that visited western Greenland, northern Labrador and Newfoundland. The voyage included talks on Inuit archaeology and history, geology, botany, and climate change, among other topics. Greenland (known as 鈥淜alaallit Nunaat鈥� in Inuktitut) and Labrador Inuit are culturally closely related. Professor Budgell provided a guest lecture on 鈥淚nuit Health in Canada,鈥� which generated many questions and comments.
The audience were the 200 travellers on the ship, namely the 鈥淥cean Endeavour.鈥�
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About Prof. Richard Budgell 
Richard Budgell is a Labrador Inuk and lectures, writes and researches on Inuit health. Prior to joining 平特五不中鈥檚 Department of Family Medicine, he was a federal government public servant in First Nations and Inuit health, and other Indigenous fields, for more than thirty years. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 for exemplary public service in his role in the creation of the Aboriginal Head Start program, an early childhood development program for First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis children and families. He has a Master of Arts degree in Canadian Studies (Aboriginal concentration) from Carleton University and began doctoral studies in History at 平特五不中 in 2021. He is involved in a variety of research projects, including Inuit cultural safety in health care and the Inuit community in southern Quebec. Prof. Budgell was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine in 2020.
