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Mino Bimaadiziwin - Conversations on Addictions and Mental Wellness

Health EN ↓ 30 episodes

This podcast aims to seek and share insight about Indigenous addictions and mental health issues. It takes a fearless approach in exploring the tough issues with some of the leading voices in Indigenous wellness. thunderbirdpf.org

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Ep 5: Jonathan Peltier - An Opioid Survivor Story 07.04.2022 44:16

"You have to be honest. Not a lot of people are going to respect your story. Not a lot of people are going to like your story. But what they are going to respect is your truth and your honesty. So if anything, just be honest and make sure your truth is your strength and not your dysfunction." Jonathan Peltier is an opioid survivor who now works in helping people come through drug and alcohol addic...

Ep 4: Dr Evan Adams - Transforming Health Care 03.03.2022 29:58

We’re really thrilled to have Dr Evan Adams as our guest on this podcast. He is the deputy chief medical officer at Indigenous Services Canada, where he has helped lead their on-going national COVID-19 response, while ensuring culturally safe and efficient service delivery. And for many of you, he is a familiar face and voice from his days as an actor, before he began practicing medicine, especial...

Ep 3: Tackling the Opioid Crisis in Communities with Tim Ominika 03.02.2022 38:33

"We are naturally outdoors people and getting that understanding and learning our history and our culture about all of the traditional medicine, the history of our land, our teachings, hunting, all of those areas that have been proven to be effective in mental health and addictions, this has been very impactful in our First Nations community." Our guest this episode is Tim Ominika, Deputy Chief of...

Ep 2: Systemic Racism in Health Care with Dr Alika Lafontaine, the first Indigenous CMA President 17.12.2021 31:37

We're thrilled to have Dr Alika Lafontaine, the first Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association, as our guest on this episode of Mino Bimaadiziwin. In this frank and thoughtful conversation, host Sherry Huff and Dr Lafontaine talk about the barriers to health and wellness caused by systemic racism, what the death of First Nations woman Joyce Echaguan in a Quebec hospital revealed ab...

Ep 1: Addressing the Worst Substance Use Crisis in Modern History with Carol Hopkins 19.10.2021 40:45

Welcome to the first episode of Mino Bimaadiziwin – a podcast by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, thunderbirdpf.org Mino bimaadiziwin means living the good life in the language of the Anishinabe. We chose that as a name for our podcast because it captures what we all hope for. This podcast aims to seek and share insight about addictions and mental health issues that many of our families and...