Another semester end has snuck up on me! This semester brought a lot of personal challenges, and I am grateful to have had the space to learn here. It was interesting how closely aligned the topics were in this course with learnings in my career. Being able to attend the First Nations Health Managers Conference in the middle of the semester was such an incredible opportunity to listen and learn from lived experiences and apply what I had heard to assignments and reflections.

The midpoint for this course is shaped by a lot of humility and an openness to learn and do better moving forward. This week I had the utmost privilege of attending the First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) Conference where I experienced a very moving (and full) two days. Being surrounded by Indigenous peoples sharing their stories, community successes, and lived experiences was both inspiring and difficult to hear, knowing that my people (I identify as Caucasian)

The Seed Oil Scare The example of health misinformation I chose is how seed oils are "toxic". There have been many recent postings claiming that “seed oils are poison” which is a trend that is being amplified by influencers and public figures (Grassa, 2025). Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that Americans are being “unknowingly poisoned” by seed oils earlier this year (Snape, 2025). Following his speech there was an increase in influencers sharing that seed oils such as canola,