Indigenous Spaces and Places in Health Care
September 8, 2025
This initiative focuses on incorporating Indigenous artwork and into health-care spaces across the region and recognizing the importance of representation within these environments.
“It can be really difficult and challenging when you walk into a health-care space and you don’t see yourself reflected anywhere,” shared Pytor Hodgson, CEO of Three Things Consulting. “It is important that we create these spaces where people are seen so that when our relations walk through those doors, they may see a little bit about themselves. So that when Indigenous Peoples who work in these spaces see it, they see themselves. When non-Indigenous folks see it, they're reminded of our presence—that we're still here.”
Indigenous artists from Tyendinaga, Napanee, and Kingston were engaged to create artwork that will be installed in several health-care locations across the FLA region. Each piece will include a teaching or narrative to help move health equity forward. Unveiling events for these pieces have been taking place this summer with community members celebrating this milestone in Indigenous health equity.
FLA OHT partners with commissioned artwork unveiled:
- Kingston Community Health Centres
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre
- Cancer Care Ontario
- Addiction and Mental Health Services KFL&A
- Queen’s Family Health Team
Artwork to be unveiled soon by these FLA OHT partners:
- Lennox and Addington County General Hospital
Explore the commissioned art by Indigenous artists
Blooming - sikkersoq by Channel Blair
Unveiled at Kingston Health Sciences Centre |
 The Sacred Hoop by Judi Montgomery |
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7 Spheres by Mance Granberg |
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Connected by Spirit by Dakota Ward and Jaylene Cardinal |
 The Choice to See by Jaylene Cardinal and Dakota Ward |
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Tipi by Sheldon Travis |
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The Medicine Connection by Jaylene Cardinal and Dakota Ward