H.E.A.L. Healthcare

This audio provides a Mindful-Presense Practice session by Heather Ferris, as part of the Present-Moment Awareness curriculum on the HEALhealthcare.ca website ( link to curriculum ). Now is a time of great change and hardship in the world particularly for those who are suffering disease, displacement, unkindness. Many people have experienced bias through colonization and other systems of dominatio...

This video will provide healthcare providers with an understanding of why so many of our people - People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) - are unable to overcome addiction. We will share our journey together through two pandemics (COVID and The Overdose Crisis) and how we supported each other through recovery and through active addiction. Our hope is that people can better understand the multiple layers of t...

This Sm’algya̱x (Ts’msyen Language) story is about two supernatural beings on a berry eating journey. This arts-based learning tool was developed for health care professionals, however anyone is welcome to participate and learn from it. Before you listen along to Maaym Binben, Berry Bellies, go to the storybook to move through the pages with the audio. As well, download the Workbook to respond to...

Round 2 - Lunar Tides, is the second recording in a 3-part series by poet Shannon Webb-Campbell that was created to address racial and sexual biases in healthcare. As a queer Mi'kmaq-settler poet, writer, and editor, I believe all arts are medicine. This project addresses healthcare provider biases via arts-based learning by giving three literary readings from my publications: Lunar Tides (Bo...

Round 3 - Medicines Talk, is the third recording in a 3-part series by poet Shannon Webb-Campbell that was created to address racial and sexual biases in healthcare. As a queer Mi'kmaq-settler poet, writer, and editor, I believe all arts are medicine. This project addresses healthcare provider biases via arts-based learning by giving three literary readings from my publications: Lunar Tides (...

I Am a Body of Lan d , is the first recording in a 3-part series by poet Shannon Webb-Campbell that was created to address racial and sexual biases in healthcare. As a queer Mi'kmaq-settler poet, writer, and editor, I believe all arts are medicine. This project addresses healthcare provider biases via arts-based learning by giving three literary readings from my publications: Lunar Tides (Boo...

Introduction episode of the Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal introduces the series to the listener, sharing how her conversations with Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, will address the biases experienced by Indigenous individuals accesses mental health supports throughout the series. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 1. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins the conversation with Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, will address the biases experienced by Joelene as she accesses mental health supports. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/g...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 2. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discuss tokenism as it pertains to Indigenous culture. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this episode from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 3. In this episode, Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, describes her relationship with her counsellor that reminds her “that she holds the medicine” for her healing and support the family unit rather than individual. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this episode from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://hea...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 4. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, talk about "cloaking" in mental health professionals. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 5. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, talk about tattoos and their connection to culture and identity. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/15...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 6. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discussion homelands and connection to land. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Pod...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 7. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal hears from Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, who talks about first steps for moving forward and the priority she places on education that is historically accurate. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 8. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discuss how counsellors can better meet the needs of Indigenous clients. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/1...

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 9. In this final episode, guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, summarizes her healing journey with  host Devanee Cardinal. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a se...

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare System Episode 2 - Marie Civitarese: Believe My Pain In this episode, Marie shares her story of trying to navigate the Canadian Healthcare System as a young woman battling endometriosis for over 20 years. After decades of being passed between healthcare practitioners, feeling powerles...

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare System Episode 3 - Brittany Clark: What Makes A Woman In this episode, Brittany shares her story as a young woman trying to navigate infertility over the last six years. She describes how repetitive experiences of inconsiderate language, lack of transparency and medical gaslighting le...

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare System Episode 4 - Santanna Hernandez: Intersectionality and How We Can Be Agents for System Change In this episode, Dr. Santanna Hernandez shares her story of navigating the Canadian Healthcare System as an Indigenous Woman, highlighting the complexity of intersectionality in the hea...

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare System Episode 1 - Laura McNab-Coombs Clark: A Little Humanity Can Go a Long Way In this episode, Project Lead Laura provides a brief overview of the Do Her No Harm project and how to best use this learning tool. She then shares her own stories of dehumanization in the healthcare sett...