Dr. Monchalin is currently working on the expansion and evaluation of an CIHR-funded Indigenous-led reproductive health service access and wraparound support navigation hotline and is the Director of the SSHRC funded Fireweed Project. Born and raised in Fort Erie, Ontario, Dr. Monchalin is a registered member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, whose family comes from Sault Ste. Marie. Dr. Monchalin’s research is grounded in a public health feminist lens, which examines how gender and its intersections with race, class, sexuality, age and ability shape health service access, while centring voices often left out of public health discourse. For over a decade she has worked with communities to understand and improve access to culturally safe health and social services, and she continues to advocate for Métis-specific health services and supports.

Dr. Monchalin is a scientist at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions and Well Living House in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. She is also an Associate Professor (Status-Only) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, where she completed a CIHR-funded PhD in Public Health Science in 2019. Prior to arriving at MAP, she was formerly an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar recipient.