On Feb. 1, Carrie Bourassa became the scientific director of the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health, one of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. A Métis scholar, she has spent the past 15 years as a professor of indigenous health studies at the First Nations University of Canada. Dr. Bourassa, who completed a PhD in social studies at the University of Regina, researches the impacts of colonization on the health of indigenous peoples and the need to deliver culturally safe care. She is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada and a public member of the Royal College Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In 2012, Dr. Bourassa received the Wiichihiwayshinawn Foundation Inc. Métis Award in Health and Science. In her new role, she will work with the indigenous health research community and stakeholders to help implement CIHR’s new 10-point plan to “Build a healthier future for indigenous peoples.”