Biography
Dr. Wayne Inuglak Clark ᐅᐊᐃᓐ ᐃᓄᒡᓚᒃ ᑲᓛᒃ is originally from Churchill, Manitoba and a registered Inuk of the Nunavut Agreement. He is a member of the Voisey family with ties to Tikiraqjuaq ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ and Kangiqsualujjuaq ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᖅ. Dr. Clark is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Director of the Wâpanachakos Indigenous Health Program in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.
His research addresses Inuit health services utilization trends, Inuit data sovereignty, and Indigenous medical education. Dr. Clark’s lectures cover Indigenous experiences in healthcare, Indian Hospitals, Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, and intergenerational trauma. Dr. Clark is a principal investigator for the Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium, which expands Canada’s clinical trials network, emphasizing Indigenous participation in trials.
He is the former Director of Indigenous Health Services at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, serving from 2013 to 2020. Dr. Clark is a board member for the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health and a member of the International Arctic Science Committee Standing Committee on Indigenous Involvement. He lives and works on Treaty No. 6 Territory in Edmonton, Alberta.