A radio interview that captures the application of the Wellness Model to urban and reserve communities. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-37-mainstreet-ns/clip/16068351-colonization-disease-community-medicine
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The Community is the Medicine: 1-Hour Conference Presentation
This is the recording of a one-hour conference presentation at the “Chen Chen Stway – Standing together and Moving Forward in Cultural Humility – Respect, Dignity and Equality for All” Virtual Summit hosted by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority in October 2020.
A Brief Interview About Loneliness and Friendship
Here is a clip from an upcoming documentary on Loneliness and Wellness created by Glen Brauer. View Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uOJGWPkeAM
Suicide Prevention Gathering in Northern Saskatchewan
Media coverage from a meeting made up of youth, Elders, and community workers seeking a community-based and culturally rooted response to youth suicide. “You’re the Medicine” CTV short video and article: “The two-day event is in response to the recent suicides of six girls, between 10 and 14 years old, in northern Saskatchewan.” Read and… Read more »
The “Cure” for Indigenous Youth Suicide
It is usually claimed that Indigenous youth suicide is a “mental health” crisis—it is not. COLONIZATION IS THE CAUSE OF YOUTH SUICIDE If there is a single source of Aboriginal suicide, it is colonization. According to The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Suicide in Canada’s report: Suicide is… the expression of a kind of collective anguish–part… Read more »