Season 2 Episode 3: Amy Shawanda

In this episode, Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into Western medicine and shares her methodology for incorporating dreams into research.

Amy Shawanda’s published work on Anishnaabe dream methods:

• Shawanda, A., & Manitowabi, J. (2023). Anishinaabe Dream Methodology. Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health, 1 (3) (read here)

• Shawanda, A. (2020). Baawaajige: Exploring Dreams as Academic References. Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health. 1. 37-47 (read here)

Season 2 of Guardians of Sleep is written and hosted by Sharon Sliwinski and edited by Erin MacIndoe Sproule and Rebecca Nolan, with original music by Andrew Braun.

Funding support was provided by the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.