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Author makes third Great Lake Walk

September 15th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Andy Sibbald will walk to benefit Columbian Centre Society and its mental health programs on Saturday September 17

Andy Sibbald is a Nanaimo author with an interest in the Canadian arctic, mental health, addictions and satire. He’s been working on a trilogy of books for teens called Ishigaq. Andy is also working on a book called The Trubble with Normall that is about a man who struggles with mental health and addictions issues throughout his life.

The Great Lake Walk and Ultramarathon is a 56 kilometre walk or run around Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It takes place each September; the next walk is Saturday September 17th. Andy plans to participate, for the third time, in the Great Lake Walk, and he while he walks he raises funds for Columbian Centre Society. (more…)

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Arctic history makes waves in China

July 28th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

The history of the Arctic is retold, from an Inuit perspective, and the project creates interest at an international conference

A University of British Columbia research study was presented at a recent international conference in Shanghai, China. Fourth year sociology student April Dutheil shared her experiences with the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project at the Universitas 21 undergraduate conference—hosted by an international network of 23 research-intensive universities.

The archival project began after a UBC social work professor was approached by Inuit elders from Arviat, Nunavut, who asked for help in passing on their experiences to a younger generation. A plan grew to document the experience and history of colonization—from the Inuit point of view. (more…)

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Musician traveller back on the road

June 30th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Simon Walls has resumed his cross-Canada pilgrimage, a journey focused on music, meditation, and meaning

After a winter’s pause, singer-songwriter Simon Walls has resumed his cross-Canada walk, setting out from Toronto at the end of May, and heading for Canada’s eastern coast. Simon has been blogging about his pilgrimage, his music, and his experiences online. The coast-to-coast trek developed in the aftermath of a friend’s suicide—and a similar pilgrimage across Spain. (more…)

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Healing through expression

June 30th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Healing through expression)

Marika Swan’s work with Redwire Native Youth Media has shown her the importance of healing through expression

Marika Swan is a Tla-o-qui-aht woman who was born out in the wilds of the west coast. Marika says she believes in a deeply profound relationship with the land that she comes from and a responsibility to its survival, health, and freedom. Marika is an artist who has also worked with Redwire Native Youth Media Society for the past five years.

We speak with Marika Swan about healing through expression. (more…)

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Writing for the health of it

June 16th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

From the two-minute miracle to writing your memoirs—expressive writing holds the promise of health benefits

Life Writing is an organic process—living and vital—with interrelated functions. In simple terms, it’s anything you write about your life. Life Writing’s genres and practices include autobiography, biography, memoir, diaries, letters, testimonies, autoethnography, personal essays and digital forms such as blogs and email [source: Wikipedia].

But what are the benefits of writing about your life…your experiences…your emotions…your thoughts?  Author and life writer Sharon Lippincott says that results from three decades of research are clear: expressive writing is good for you, however you go about it. And research by Chad Burton and Laura King [opens to PDF] found that—amazingly—health benefits follow from just two minutes of written expression. (more…)

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Journey in from the wilderness

May 19th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

A candid account of one person’s transgender experience, grounded in faith, pilgrimage, and hope

“In from the Wilderness” is the story of a transgender man who has been an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church since 1984 and has quietly served his congregations for twenty-eight years before sharing his story and spiritual journey with his congregation, denomination, and the world.

Rev. David Weekley stepped into the pulpit of the Epworth United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon, on August 30, 2009, to share his story for the first time. When he finished his message, the congregation burst into applause. Now, David shares his story in a new book from Wipf and Stock Publishers. (more…)

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