Valerie Ward’s research with Indigenous youth living in northern B.C. explores whether existing online mental health resources are age and culturally appropriate
Mental health collaboration with First Nations: Who is steering the canoe?
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Dr. Rod McCormick says current Aboriginal health in Canada is a direct result of previous Canadian government policies — and that we must help communities reclaim their own healing resources
Life-long focus on Inuit culture, and art in the everyday, drives creative purpose
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A lifetime spent immersed in the art, culture and everyday lives of Canada’s Inuit and east coast maritime communities has helped make John Houston into a Canadian renaissance man
Local Farmers Markets launch new season, team up to better serve customers
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Island Roots Market Co-operative has partnered with Bowen Road Farmers Market and there are plans for a single indoor year-round market open 5 or 6 days each week in Nanaimo
Friends Empowerment Society aims to address stigma, alternate therapies, human rights
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After two years of planning, a Nanaimo-based nonprofit society, managed by persons who have had or currently have mental health or addictions issues, held its public launch
Nanaimo’s inaugural people’s poet is raising the profile of literature and poetry
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Naomi Wakan, a former psychotherapist turned author, artist and poet, has been laying the groundwork for a new generation of poets during her tenure as Nanaimo’s first poet laureate
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