June has maternal blood ties to the Ketegaunseebee Anishnabai, Garden River First Nation in Northern Ontario. June is currently a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia (UBC), with a focus on critical pedagogy, e-learning and nursing informatics. She earned both her Bachelors and Masters of Nursing from UBC and has taught BSN nursing students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) since 1989. She is currently the Curriculum Coordinator for a hybrid BSN Post Baccalaureate program which integrates Indigenous content and processes throughout the curriculum. In 2016, June was awarded the KPU Distinguished Teaching Award. She also teaches a course for the UBC Institute for Indigenous Health and UBC Indigenous Health and Community Administration program about information management, digital literacy, and community planning for information technology theory for community managers and health professionals. June has developed expertise in nursing informatics and is involved in a number of initiatives to support informatics competencies in nurses in Canada and internationally.
In 2012, June received the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) and Canada Health Infoway’s inaugural Nursing Faculty E-Health Award. This award recognizes nursing school faculty who demonstrate exceptional leadership and commitment to e-health in nursing education, and was part of a Clinicians-in-Training Initiative, aimed at improving the preparedness of graduates to work in a technology-enabled environment.June is President of the Canadian Nurses for Health and the Environment (CNHE), and encourages all Canadian nurses to become involved in promoting ecological sustainability on a national level. She feels the most logical source of sustainability wisdom that promotes ecological wholeness are traditional Indigenous teachings and philosophies.June is working as a Research Coordinator at Arthritis Research Canada, helping Dr. Diane Lacaille to develop and pilot culturally-relevant arthritis wellness programs in partnership with Haida Gwaii and Kwakiutl District Council communities. She is also working on a Case Manager pilot project with these two communities to promote comprehensive community-based care for people with arthritis. She is dedicated to promoting Indigenous health, education, and self-governance. She is also keenly interested in the use of emerging technologies to promote holistic health for all Canadians, including e-health, mobile devices, wearable tools, and telehealth initiatives.