Indigenous scholar speaker Series Colloquium, March 25, 2026

Dr. Vicky Lomay | Tsinajini Psychology Services, PLLC

The events on this page are being organized by the Department of Psychology Indigenous Reconciliation Committee. We  thank the Department for its asstance in funding this event.  

The events are offered free. If you would like to make a donation in appreciation of the events and other materials that will be proviced after the event, you may wish to consider some of the following options:
- the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, visit: https://www.irsss.ca/
Indspire, visit: https://indspire.ca/ways-to-give/donate/

ABOUT THE EVENT

Dr. Vicky Lomay will be offering an Online Public Colloquium (~1h45min) and an additional followup Online Small Group Meeting with Indigenous students and scholars (~45min)

The colloquium will take place:
May 25th, 2026: 1:30-2:45
The small group meeting will take place:
May 25th, 2026: 2:45-3:30 

A link to request the Zoom link to attend the colloquium will be provided here.
A link to express interest in the small group meeting for Indigenous students/scholars will be be provided here.

Abstract for the main colloquium: 

Details of the colloquium will be provided here. 

ABOUT Dr. Vicky Lomay:

Vicky T. Lomay, Ph.D. is a Dinè (Navajo) licensed psychologist in Arizona,  She is the owner of Tsinajini Psychology Services, PLLC. She is the current president of President, APA Division 35 Section 6 AIANI Women and is Secretary for the Society of Indian Psychologists. She completed her doctoral studies at Arizona State University in counseling psychology. She completed an APA-accredited clinical internship at the Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium in Columbia, Missouri. She went on to finish a research fellowship and postdoctoral residency in clinical neuropsychology at Barrow Neurological Institute/St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She focuses her clinical practice on developing and interweaving culturally appropriate methods into assessment, evaluation, psychological and neuropsychological testing, and individual psychotherapy. For over two decades, she has worked with tribal communities in the Southwest U.S. She co-edited the book Understanding Indigenous Perspectives: Hallucinations, Visions, and Dreams, and she coauthored chapters about multicultural neurorehabilitation and neuropsychology. .

If you are interested in additional resources on topics around Reconciliation/Decolonization/EDI, you may also interested in visiting the SFU Psyc IRC Resources page and links. They are continually being updated: https://www.sfu.ca/psychology/about/indigenous-reconciliation/resources.html. Additional links are also provided at the Department's JEDAI workgroup website:  https://www.sfu.ca/psychology/about/edi/resources.html

In addition to the above events, if you are thinking about graduate school pathways, you may also be interested in material and events organized by the SFU Psychology Department JEDAI  (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Accessibility  & Inclusion) Workgroup. For more information about the JEDAI workgroup and planned events, please visit: Upcoming JEDAI Event - Conversations with Psyc Profs Oct 2023 - Psychology - Simon Fraser University (sfu.ca)