About the Authors

S. Michelle Driedger

michelle.driedger@med.umanitoba.ca

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Elizabeth Cooper

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Cindy Jardine

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Chris Furgal

Affiliation Indigenous Environment Studies Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Judith Bartlett

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMD EC CJ CF JB. Performed the experiments: SMD EC CJ CF JB. Analyzed the data: SMD EC CJ CF JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMD EC CJ CF JB. Wrote the paper: SMD EC CJ CF JB.