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Aaron Iny   

MPH Practicum Student, Faculty of Health Sciences

Areas of interest

Aaron is passionate in exploring and advocating for health equity and sovereignty for 2SLGBTQI+ and Indigenous communities through community-led, strengths-based approaches.

Education

• BA in Health Sciences (honours degree), Queen's University
• Master of Public Health (MPH), 91ÅÝܽ (in-progress) 

Biography

Aaron Iny (he/him) is a second-generation settler of mixed Middle Eastern and European descent. He currently resides as an uninvited guest on the unceded and occupied territories of the xÊ·məθkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), sÉ™lÌ“ilwÌ“É™taʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. 

Aaron is in his first year of the Master of Public Health Program at 91ÅÝܽ and previously completed his Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours degree at Queen's University. He is passionate about advocating for health equity and sovereignty for 2SLGBTQI+ and Indigenous communities through community-led, strengths-based approaches.

In his current role as a practicum student, Aaron is dedicated to Indigenizing and decolonizing structural systems and policies to promote Indigenous health, wellness, and self-determination. Through his work on the Convening and Collaborating (C2) project, Aaron aims to identify and implement actionable priorities to addressing First Nations-specific racism in the BC health care system.