Pride in Health 2024 – Two Spirit History and Health

Authors

  • Elder Albert McLeod Two-Spirited People of Manitoba
  • Elder Charlotte Nolin
  • Danielle Hart

Keywords:

Two Spirit , Indigenous health, 2SLGBTQ+, queer

Abstract

In October 2024, the Centre for Human Rights Research and the Queer & Trans Graduate Student Group at the University of Manitoba hosted Pride and Health 2024. As part of the interdisciplinary health research conference, we hosted a panel titled “Two-Spirit History and Health” on the land colonially called Winnipeg. The panel was held on Friday, October 25, 2024, at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus in honour of 2SLGBTQIA+ History Month in Canada.

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Author Biographies

  • Elder Albert McLeod, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba

    Elder Albert McLeod is a Status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Métis community of Norway House in northern Manitoba. He has over thirty years of experience as a human rights activist and was one of the directors of the Two-Spirited People of Manitoba. 

    Albert began his Two-Spirit advocacy in Winnipeg in 1986 and became an HIV/AIDS activist in 1987. He was the director of the Manitoba Aboriginal AIDS Task Force from 1991 to 2001. In 2018, Albert received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Winnipeg. 

    Albert lives in Winnipeg, where he works as a consultant specializing in Indigenous peoples, cultural reclamation, and cross-cultural training. 

    Find out more about Albert here.

  • Elder Charlotte Nolin

    Elder Charlotte Nolin (she/her) is a 73-year-old Tastawiniyew Otipemisiwak (Two-Spirit Métis) with Ojibway and Cree background. She has devoted her life to teaching younger people about being Two-Spirit, Trans, and Indigenous. A survivor of the Sixties Scoop, she walks with first-hand knowledge of the trauma that Indigenous peoples continue to overcome today. After training as a Community Social Service Worker in 1990, Elder Charlotte worked for 30 years helping families, youth, and children in the areas of child and family services and the housing industry. 

    Retiring from her work in child and family services in September 2020, Elder Charlotte continues to be busy with numerous projects and shares her knowledge and teachings with communities across Turtle Island and beyond. Her accomplishments include the “Spirit of the Earth Award” presented to her by Manitoba Hydro and the 2014 “Keeping the Fires Burning Award” presented by Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. for dedication to her people.

    Find out more about Charlotte here.

  • Danielle Hart

    Danielle Hart is French, Cree (Norway House), and Ukrainian. She identifies as queer and Two Spirit. She is a recent Master’s of Science graduate from the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Danielle’s education and career has focused on heart work, harm reduction, and community-based approaches to health and healing.

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Published

2026-04-01

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026): Volume 5

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2026 Elder Albert McLeod, Elder Charlotte Nolin , Danielle Hart

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Pride in Health 2024 – Two Spirit History and Health. (2026). At The Forks, 5(1). https://ojs.lib.umanitoba.ca/index.php/forks/article/view/1270