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Xylazine is a large animal tranquilizer that is being mixed in with an increasing number of illicit drugs and is being detected in a growing number of overdose deaths, including in First Nations Communities.Today on the Mino Bimaadiziwin, Carol Hopkins is joined for a frank and informative conversation about the impacts of Xlazine by Barbara Ann Horner. Barbara Ann is Thunderbird's regional mental wellness Coordinator for British Columbia. Her post-secondary studies include Women and Genders trauma-based addiction counseling. Her training along with a passion for harm reduction resulted in tenured expertise in frontline crisis intervention. Barbara-Ann is also a strong advocate for safer spaces and unbiased inclusion. Living off the land and holistic healing are close to Barbara-Ann's heart and inform her existence and practice. This has resulted in her special relationship with saging and land-body healing methods. In her private life, Barbara-Ann is proud to be known as a mother, grandmother, auntie and friend. For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

Dan and Janet are thrilled to welcome UBC's Dr. Fergus To to Around the Rheum for a fascinating conversation about Myositis.In this discussion, they delve into the general categories of Myositis that rheumatologists need to know about, important clinical features that help differentiate the subtype before you get the panel back, a broad approach to understanding serologies, establishing a firm diagnosis, most common mimics and how to differentiate them from Inflammatory Myositis, the decision making process when selecting first and second line treatments, when to use IVIG for both induction and maintenance, advances in the treatment of RPILD, as well as prognosis and cancer screening and what's in the pipeline.Dr To is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC and serves as a consultant rheumatologist at Vancouver General Hospital and Saint Paul's Hospital. He started the Vancouver Coastal Health Myositis Clinic for which he was awarded the BC Society of Rheumatology Award for Innovation. His research interests are in QI and novel therapies for myositis.If you have questions you would like answered by the experts, please get in touch through the CRA Twitter account (@crascrrheum) or by email (Info@rheum.ca). And for future Medical Mysteries episodes, please get in touch if you have challenging cases you want to present on the podcast! A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), Dr. Janet Pope (host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca (http://www.rheum.ca/) or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

Your host Kirk Barber is thrilled to welcome Dr Melinda Gooderham back to the podcast for a fascinating conversation about her article on Psoriasis in the November-December issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: “Baseline Characteristics of Canadian Patients in the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry - PSOLAR"Her co-authors on this article are: Robert Bissonnette, Sunil Kalia, Kim A Papp, Lyn C Guenther, Wayne P Gulliver, Vincent Ho, Neil H Shear, Ron Vender, Robert Gniadecki, Vimal H Prajapati, Irina Turchin, Wayne Langholff, Kim Parnell, Scott D Simpson, Nastaran Abbarin, Omair Lakhani and Raed Alhusayen.Dr Melinda Gooderham is Medical Director at the SKiN Centre for Dermatology in Peterborough, Ontario and an Assistant Professor at Queen's University.  She also works as a Consultant Physician at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.caJCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.   Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

"If we took control of our own health, and if we took control of our programs, our services, our funding and redistributed the way we see fit and works with our people, our health outcomes for our people would be much better."Carol Hopkins is thrilled to be joined on this important episode on First Nations health transformation by two experts, Loretta Nootchai and John Scherebnyj.Loretta is a Health Transformation Project Manager with the Anishinabek Nation.John is President of White Rock Consulting, and has decades of experience in finance and management in the health sector, with a particular focus with First Nations.They are helping lead the health transformation that has been ongoing in the Anishinabek Nation since 2016, with the aim to gain greater control over their health and wellness, consistent with the inherent right to self-determination. For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

Kirk is happy to welcome Dr Feras Al Ghazawi to the podcast for a fascinating discussion on Photodnyamic Therapy, based on the article he co-authored in the January-February edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery.It's titled: “A Review of the Dermatologic Clinical Applications of Topical Photodynamic Therapy."He's an Assistant Professor in the division of dermatology at the University of Ottawa Medical school. He's also a Clinician Investigator and a double board certified Dermatologist at the Ottawa Hospital.His co-authors for this article are: Owen Dan Luo, MD,Reetesh Bose, Mohammed A. Bawazir and Thusanth Thuraisingam.This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.   Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Host Dan Ennis has to admit that AI has had him a bit concerned. So he joined up with co-host Janet Pope to talk to a couple of Rheumatologists who have done a lot of thinking about where AI is taking us, to see if they could soothe his fears. Together, the University of Alberta's Dr. Carrie Ye and UBC's Dr. Carson Chin, take a look at the practical applications of AI right now, and what the future may hold for it. It is a fun and fascinating conversation and by the end Dan said he was feeling more hopeful about "how we can use [AI] and make it make us better doctors." Dr. Carson Chin is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Rheumatology at UBC and is a consultant Rheumatologist at Burnaby Hospital. He is the current Vice President of the BC Society of Rheumatologists. He has a special interest in AI. Dr. Carrie Ye is a Rheumatologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta and at the Kaye Edmonton Clinic, where she runs the Rheumatology in Immuno-oncology Clinic. She is a co-author of the Arthritis & Rheumatology journal article: Doctor versus AI: Patient and physician evaluation of large language model responses to rheumatology patient questions, a cross-sectional study. Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

Dr Andrea Sereda is Carol Hopkin's guest discussing safer opioid supply, addiction and recovery on this episode of Mino Bimaadiziwin. Dr Sereda is the lead physician at the London, Ontario Intercommunity Health Centre's Health Outreach program and she is the founding physician for Safer Opioid Supply, which provides pharmaceutical grade opioids to people dependent on unregulated street fentanyl. In her work, Dr. Sereda focuses on caring for people who use drugs, people deprived of housing, women in the survival sex trade, as well as medical street outreach and care in non-traditional settings such as shelters and jails.Her program, Safer Opioid Supply, is a Health Canada recognized and funded, Substance Use and Addiction Program.It is considered a pillar of the Federal government's approach to the overdose crisis.To learn more about safer supply, please visit the National Safer Supply Community of Practice website at https://www.nss-aps.ca/For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.org You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

“Just before we got on the landing craft our officer said, ‘I want to tell you boys you're all good. You know your job. Get out there and get them. But one thing I want to tell you, most of you guys won't be coming back.' So you know what that meant.I said, ‘Sir, I'm coming home. I'm going to go do my job.' ‘That's what I like to hear,' he said.When we hit the beach, the water was red.Don't let anyone ever tell you they weren't scared. You were scared the whole time and you're on the beach and your buddy is yelling at you to help but you can't stop.One thing you have to do when you make it on the beach, you've got to go for yourself, which is hard to do, to get those pillboxes, cement that thick, three machine guns in there. In B Company, there were only 27 of us left out of the whole company (of 125). So that was hard.”   - Métis Veteran Francis Godon (1924–2019) remembering his role as a corporal in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles during the D-Day landing at Juno Beach, Normandy on June 6, 1944. Interview by the Veteran Voices of Canada.  Welcome to our special Remembrance Day episode, One Nation, Many Veterans, as we honour the tens of thousands of Métis men and women who have served in Canada's military, world wars, conflicts, peacekeeping and humanitarian missions, going all the way back to 1884-5 and Canada's first ever involvement in a foreign conflict. In this episode, host Matt LeMay digs into the proud history of Métis military service with two distinguished Métis veterans:   Brian Black served in the Canadian navy including during the first Gulf War. He is a past President of the Métis Nation of Ontario Veterans Council and the current Director of Self-Government for the MNO. His Métis ties are in the Treaty 3 Rainy River-Rainy Lake Area.  Brian Prairie is a veteran of the Lake Superior Regiment and the current President of MNO Veterans Council. A resident of Thunder Bay, his Métis ancestry goes back to the Red River. In this episode we also hear from Métis National Council President Cassidy Caron on efforts by the MNC to get Métis veterans of World War 2, Korea and beyond the recognition and compensation from the Canadian government that they deserve.Host Matt LeMay is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with roots in the Red River, Drummond Island and Penetanguishene. He is a documentary film-maker and co-founder of Indigenous Geographic. Our theme music is "Harry Daniels" by Métis fiddler John Arcand.  "One Nation, Many Stories" is produced by the Métis National Council and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  For more on the work of the Métis National Council, visit metisnation.ca 

In a week where the Manitoba government announced the historic decision that it would formally recognise Métis resistance leader Louis Riel as the province's honorary first Premier, it seems fitting that our latest episode is called "One Nation, Many Leaders."In this episode we're focusing on one specific leader, Métis National Council President Cassidy Caron, two years after she became the first female elected female elected leader of the MNC. In this thoughtful, lively conversation, host Matt Lemay and Caron talk about her meteoric rise to the MNC presidency in her late twenties and the path that took her there. They also get into her childhood in Rossland, BC, the family who grounded her in Métis traditions, her family's deep roots in historic Métis communities of Batoche and St. Louis, Saskatchewan, and those who mentored and continue to advice her in her role as leader, including the acclaimed Métis author Maria Campbell and a group of Kookums who she continues to talk with on a regular basis. They also get into highlights of her time in office, including the Papal visit at the Vatican with Residential School survivors, the ongoing issue of governments recognizing those Métis Residential School survivors, Métis self-government agreements with the federal government and more.Host Matt LeMay is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with roots in the Red River, Drummond Island and Penetanguishene. He is a documentary film-maker and co-founder of Indigenous Geographic. Our theme music is "Harry Daniels" by Métis fiddler John Arcand."One Nation, Many Stories" is produced by the Métis National Council, and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.For more on the work of the Métis National Council, visit metisnation.ca

"I think it's important to ask the patient, 'Are you comfortable with the injection and are you having any discomfort from it?'"Dr Ron Vender is back on the podcast, joining Kirk to discuss his July/August article in the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled:"A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Injection Site Reactions in Randomized-Controlled Trials of Biologic Injections."There are a lot of great clinical pearls in this discussion, and Kirk says he enjoyed the time, expertise and insights Dr Vender brought to this common problem, or not so common problem, as their conversation reveals.Dr. Ron Vender is the founder and director of Dermatrials Research Incorporated and Venderm Innovations in Psoriasis. He is a Dermatologist based in Hamilton, Ontario.His co-authors on this article are Patrick J Kim and Rafael Paolo Lansang.  For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy. Available wherever you listen.  To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca  JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.   Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Trigger Warning: This episode is about the abuses that occurred in residential schools. It may not be suitable for all listeners. If you need emotional support, there is a 24-hour Residential School Crisis line which you can reach at 1-866-925-4419."We lost our names. We were never called by name. We had numbers. My number was 44." - Robert Merasty, Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School Survivor.Tansi and welcome to this first episode of One Nation, Many Stories, the podcast brought to you by the Metis National Council. Every three weeks, we'll be bringing you new episodes including stories and interviews with the amazing people who make up our proud Nation.We begin this series in the northern Saskatchewan historic Métis community of Île-à-la-Crosse. The town and its Métis roots go back hundreds of years, so it seems a good place to begin. Sadly, as we mark Truth and Reconciliation Day, Île-à-la-Crosse is also home to an ongoing injustice; the failure of governments to recognize and compensate the Survivors of the church-run residential school that operated there for generations. The children there experienced systemic mental, physical and sexual abuse, but that history is being ignored by both the federal and Saskatchewan governments as they argue of jurisdictional responsibility. As Métis National Council President, Cassidy Caron, says in the introduction to this episode, "It is imperative that both the federal government and the provincial government of Saskatchewan, alongside the church, come together to finally recognize these Survivors and ensure they can continue their healing paths.""One Nation, Many Stories" host Matt LeMay, welcomes two Île-à-la-Crosse residents, Robert Merasty and Jordyn Burnouf, to discuss the history of the town, the residential school, and the ongoing impact of abuse, and neglect by governments and the church.Robert Merasty is an Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School survivor. He is also a fixture in his community as an announcer of CILX Radio, where he can be heard each weekday, bringing news and interviews in English, Cree and Michif to his listeners in northern Saskatchewan. During his long career, he was also a broadcaster with CBC and APTN.Jordyn Burnouf is proudly Cree and Metis from Île-à-la-Crosse. She serves as a senior advisor to the vice-president and justice minister of the Metis Nation Saskatchewan, taking a special interest in the case of the survivors of the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School.Host Matt LeMay is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with roots in the Red River, Drummond Island and Penetanguishene. He is a documentary film-maker and co-founder of Indigenous Geographic. The voices at the start of this episode are from the following Île-à-la-Crosse Métis Residential School survivors:Lawrence Morin, Pat Desjarlais, Dorothy Dubrule, Antoinette Lafleur, Louis Gardiner, Emile Janvier.Their stories can be found in the "Île-à-la-Crosse Métis Residential School Documentary" produced by Matt Lemay and Crystal Martin-Lapenskie of Indigenous Geographic.Our theme music is "Harry Daniels" by Métis fiddler John Arcand."One Nation, Many Stories" is produced by the Métis National Council, and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.

"The patient was a 36 year-old male [...] He presented to the emergency department with a witnessed first-time, generalized tonic-clonic seizure. From the chart, he had a two-week history of poor sleep, worsening headache, and an inability to read." And with that, we're off on our third edition of Medical Mysteries! The CRA's Holmes and Watson team, Drs. Janet Pope and Daniel Ennis take in the history of this challenging case from the University of Alberta's rheumatology trainee physician Dr. Justin Smith. Will they solve it before Dr. Smith reveals the diagnosis? As well as presenting a fascinating case, this episode is full of great clinical pearls from our resident experts and guest. Justin Smith is a PGY-5 resident completing his Rheumatology training at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He is originally from Calgary, and has an interest in connective tissue diseases, particularly SLE, and pediatric-to-adult transition. Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), and Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit www.rheum.ca or check out our X (Twitter) account - @CRASCRRheum

Kirk is very happy to have Dr Raed Alhusayen back on the podcast to discuss the fascinating article about melanoma surveillance he co-authored in the September-October issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery: "Surveillance After a Previous Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnosis: A Scoping Review of Melanoma Follow-Up Guidelines." There are a lot of great pearls to be found in this interview.The article is open access on the JCMS website.His co-authors are: Leah Johnston, Samantha Starkey, Ilya Mukovozov, Lynne Robertson and Teresa Petrella.Dr Raed Alhusayen is a Clinician Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Toronto. He is also an Associate Scientist at the Odette Cancer Research Program, Staff Dermatologist at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Women's College Hospital in Toronto.  For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy and available wherever you listen.  And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca  JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.   Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

David McGuffin is host of Canadian Geographic's Explore Podcast, a contributing editor at Canadian Geographic magazine and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He is the founder of Explore Podcast Productions, working with a range of clients including a number of national Indigenous organizations. Before making the switch to podcasting in 2019, David spent over 20 years as a foreign correspondent and senior producer for CBC News, NPR News, NBC News, CTV News and the PBS NewsHour, working from bureaus in Moscow, Beijing, Rome, Nairobi and Washington. He now lives in Chelsea, Quebec. Adam Shoalts Episode Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kirk is thrilled to welcome Dr Vincent Richer back to the podcast to talk about a vitally important issue, in an episode Kirk describes as "a real treat." The two of them discuss the fascinating article Dr Richer co-authored in the September/October issue of the JCMS titled: “Preventing Eye Injuries From Light and Laser-Based Dermatologic Procedures: A Practical Review.” The article is open access on the JCMS website.  Dr Richer's co-author is UBC's Dr Caitlyn Glover. Dr. Vincent Richer is a medical and cosmetic Dermatologist at Pacific Derm in Vancouver and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science at the University of British Columbia.  For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy - available wherever you listen. And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca   JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.   Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Kirk is thrilled to have Dr Steven Feldman back on the podcast for a fascinating and wide ranging conversation on Papular Dermatitis, or as it's more broadly known, Itchy Red Bump disease. The conversation is based on the letter Dr Feldman published in the July/August 2023 issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: Characterizing the Treatment of Papular Dermatitis: A Retrospective Chart Review.His co authors are Rachel E. Tao, Mallory L. Zaino, Katherine R. Salisbury and Joseph L. JorizzoDr Feldman is a Professor of Dermatology, Pathology and Public Health Sciences at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. And he's a dermatologist and skin pathologist at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Be sure to check out his 2021 episode on JCMS Author Interviews. A lively discussion on projecting empathy in a virtual medicine age.For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy - available wherever you listen to podcasts. And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.  Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

We're thrilled to have Dr Marlene Dytoc back on the podcast. In this episode she and Kirk discuss the fascinating article she co-authored in the March/April edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: "Pharmacological Interventions for Primary Psychodermatologic Disorders: An Evidence Mapping and Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials." Kirk and Marlene really bring the world of psychodermatology alive in this thoughtful and wide ranging discussion. Dr Dytoc's co-authors are Tarek Turk, Chaocheng Liu, Esther Fujiwara, Sebastian Straube, Reidar Hagtvedt, Liz Dennett and Adam Abba-Aji. Dr Marlene Dytoc is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta. She is also director for U of A's undergraduate medical education and medical director of specialty clinics for psychodermatology, occupational and hand eczema and vulvar dermatology.Dr Dytoc was also Kirk's guest in episode 60 discussing why empathy is good medicine. Be sure to check that out.For more great CDA podcasts, be sure to check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy - available wherever you listen to podcasts.For more on the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca  JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.  Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

"Recent research proved that ChatGPT shows more empathy when they reply to patient messages than real physicians."Today we'll be talking about a truly fascinating topic, something that is really front and center in medicine, academia and almost every walk of life, Artificial Intelligence.What is AI? What are its benefits and dangers? How will it change the way we work and live, and practice as dermatologists and academics.We're lucky to have as our guest someone who is doing a lot of ground breaking work and thinking on this topic.Dr Zhuo Ran Cai is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Dermatology at Stanford University.There he focuses on cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, remote monitoring of cutaneous conditions in older adults, and explainable artificial intelligence in dermatology.He received his medical degree from the University of Montreal. After graduation he completed his dermatology residency training at the University of Montreal Hospital Center and Sainte-Justine Hospital Center. For more great CDA podcasts, be sure to check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy - available wherever you listen to podcasts.For more on the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca  JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.  Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Carol is thrilled to be joined by Gilbert Whiteduck andJamie Carle for another in our series of discussions about successful Indigenous Treatment Centres and what lessons they provide. Gilbert and Jamie are the Program and Services Team Lead and Nurse, respectively, delivering harm reduction programing at Wanaki Centre, located in the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg community next to the town of Maniwaki, Quebec. Under their leadership, Wanaki was granted Accreditation of Exemplary Status in the Qmentum program of Accreditation Canada, an impressive achievement. The Wanaki Center provides an important wellness program that supports First Nation and Inuit people to discover the strengths they carry and learn how to balance life's challenges, seeking to heal from alcohol and substance addiction.​The center first opened its doors in 1991 with the mission to provideprogramming for substance abuse and to promote the physical,mental, spiritual and emotional well-being for First Nations and Inuitpopulations. The wellness services are provided over a 4-weekperiod in French and English on a rotational basis.Gilbert Whiteduck is Anishinabek from the Kitigan Zibi First Nation. He has served as chief of his community. He holds a bachelor of social work, a bachelor and masters of education, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa. He is currently completing an Indigenous law certificate from University of Ottawa. He has worked as a clinical coordinator, residential counselor and now as the program and services team lead at the Wanaki Centre.Jamie Carle is a nurse from the Kitigan Zibi. Jamie has been a nurse for over ten years in her community and is passionate about Indigenous health. Her work has included acute care palliative care, community care, maternal and child health, midwifery and she now works in treatment of substance abuse..For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation

What role does Virtual Treatment play in drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation? A fire four-and-a-half years ago at the Native Horizons Treatment Centre in the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation meant they had to find that out well before COVID made virtual care a widespread reality. Their Executive Director, Wanda Smith, joins host Carol Hopkins for a discussion on what she and her team have learned in those years, including what differences virtual outreach treatment services have made to programming and clients, are thereinnovations arising from virtual treatment delivery, and how have connections to culture been facilitated through virtual services?For 35 years Wanda Smith has been the Executive Director for Native Horizons Treatment Centre. Her career in the field of First Nations addictions has spanned 45 years in various positions from Community Youth Counsellor, to Native Addictions Program Teaching Master at Northern College in Timmins, to Executive Director for White Buffalo Youth Treatment Centre, Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. Native Horizons focuses on healing individuals, families andcommunities challenged by substance use and the related mentalhealth issues for over thirty years. It does this with virtual andResidential, culturally-centered services in a nurturing, home-likeatmosphere, ideal for long-lasting healthy lifestyles.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

Host Carol Hopkins is very happy to be joined by Theresa Crow-Spreading-His-Wings and Sandra Malcolm from the Native Addictions Council of Manitoba, for a lively and fascinating discussion about the addictions workforce, specifically the certification in addictions core competencies and the investment their organization is making in their workforce. They also talk about the role of treatment centers in addressing the opioid and meth addiction crisis faced by many First Nations and the importance of traditional knowledge and ceremony in that. This conversation is part of a series of conversations highlighting the good work of First Nations treatment centres in offering quality services. Theresa is the Executive Director of NACM. She is a Blackfoot First Nations woman from the Blood Tribe in Treaty 7 Territory in Standoff, Alberta. Theresa grew up in the Child Welfare System, as part of the 60's scoop and the heart-work of her healing journey has been anchored in being a mother of two adult children and two grandchildren. Theresa moved to Winnipeg in 2004 where she has been serving the inner-city community, as an advocate for adults, youth and families that are struggling with addictions, poverty and mental wellbeing.Sandra Malcolm is the Program Coordinator at NACM. Sandra's background is in nursing and specialization in mental health and addiction. She obtained extensive experience working in a variety of addiction treatment centers, health sectors, and with marginalized individuals struggling with addictions and mental health challenges.  For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.org You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

Host Carol Hopkins is thrilled to be joined by Deb Dell and Karen Main in a conversation highlighting the quality of addictions services for First Nations youth, how they know there is quality, what that looks like and their processes for facilitating continuous improvements.Karen and Deb both work with YSAC, a network of 10 First Nation Youth Residential Treatment Centres across Canada, offering holistic, culturally grounded addiction services that are centred in First Nations ways of knowing and being. For 27 years Debra Dell has been working at the Y-S-A-C and at its member centres. She is a founding member and currently the organizations Executive Director. She focuses on research and practises quality, as well as human resource training and competency work. She has a dual masters in counselling psychology and adult education and a doctorate in distance education. She is a first generation settler from Scotland who works in Treaty Six territory in Saskatchewan. Karen Main is Associate Director for the Y-S-A-C where her focus is providing support to their ten centres in accreditation, board governance and life promotion training programs. She spent 15 years as Executive Director of Leading Thunderbird Lodge – part of the Y-S-A-C network.She is a proud member of the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in southern Saskatchewan.***And related to this conversation, please take a moment to take part in The​ Standards Council of Canada and the Mental Health and Substance Use Standardization Collaborative, questionnaire related to mental health and substance use from the perspective of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis. The questionnaire can be accessed through the following link:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VCMHZQLMahihkan Management has been contracted to create awareness among First Nations, Inuit, and Metis knowledge holders, and mental health and substance use experts, and allied professionals to gatherinformation about mental health and substance use services. This information will be used to inform a report on standardization of Mental Health and Substance Use Health services and other future work.Please complete the survey before June 30th. Further engagement sessions will take place in the fall.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

We're thrilled to have Dawna Prosper on the podcast.She is Executive Director of the Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Counseling Association and a proud member of the Eskasoni First Nation of Cape Breton. Since 1971 NACADA has run addiction prevention and treatment programs in First Nations communities across Atlantic Canada. It has been accredited for the last thirteen years. In this conversation with Thunderbird Partnership Foundation CEO Carol Hopkins, Dawna describes both the challenges and benefits that come with accreditation in terms of funding, empowerment of staff, workload, and services delivered to clients. They also discuss the challenges of funding in terms of keeping staff by paying competitive wages, and the importance of cultural practices in treatment.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.org You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

This month, we're thrilled to have Dr. David Fajgenbaum on our podcast. He is a clinician scientist, rare disease patient, author, and all-around incredible human being.  On this episode, he tells the riveting true story of his battle with Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman's Disease (IMCD), including his brush with death (a priest gave him last rites), and his subsequent journey to discovering his own cure. David later wrote a book about his journey called ‘Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action” and co-founded ‘Every Cure,' a nonprofit organization aimed at unlocking the full potential of every approved medicine to treat every disease possible. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, CNN, The Today Show, The BBC… and now Around the Rheum!  Dr. Fajgenbaum is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine in translational medicine and human genetics at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman Medical School.    Special Thanks: Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Associations Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.  For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca 

"The patient in this case is a 73-year-old woman. [She] was previously healthy and not on any medications... She developed exertional shortness of breath for a few months, which prompted her to visit [the] emergency room. It was discovered that she had bilateral pleural effusion." And so begins our latest episode of our popular new segment, Clinical Pearls and Medical Mysteries, in which two UBC Rheum Fellows try to stump Dan and Janet with this case, laying out increasingly complex details piece by piece. No spoilers, but we will say that Dan describes Janet's approach to the case in this episode as "Lebron James-like." Our guests are Dr. Angela Hu, who is finishing her final year of Rheumatology Fellowship at UBC. She is from Vancouver and completed medical school at McMaster University and internal medicine training in Toronto. She has an interest in lupus and will be pursuing an additional fellowship in this. Dr. Danya Al Nujaidi is also in her final year of her Rheumatology Fellowship at UBC. She completed medical school and Internal Medicine Board at IAU in Saudi Arabia. Special Thanks: Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), Erin Stewart (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca

"In our communities we need to do more ceremony. Those ones that are lost, they can come to the ceremony, the doorway is not closed to anyone. If they need that help from ceremony, they are welcome." Elder Hector Copegog, spiritual teacher, ceremonial chief and healer is our guest in this second conversation on managing grief through ceremony. In this powerful talk, Carol and Hector discuss how ceremony can honour lost family members through the use of fire, food, tobacco and language as a way of connecting with those lost spirits. This can be especially powerful now, coming out of COVID, where people died without funerals being held. Wes says having a ceremony on the year anniversary, or two year anniversary of a death is a strong way to connect to those we lost and in managing our grief as individuals, families and communities. Hector is a fourth degree Midewiwin, or spiritual advisor and traditional healer and a spiritual consultant with the Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle.He has decades of experience practicing traditional ceremony and culture as part of the process of loss and healing. And he is a proud member of the Beausoleil First Nation in Ontario. For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.org You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

"Whatever you are suffering with, don't give up. Hang in there. There's a lot of people who've suffered. Just look back at the history of our peoples, the things we've survived and come through. Don't give up. There is help and you will find your way."We're thrilled to have Wes Whetung on the podcast for this episode on the importance of ceremony and culture to manage grief, loss and many other challenges First Nations people are facing today.This conversation was sparked by the recent Thunderbird Survey on Grief and Loss Among First Nations People. And the number one thing respondents to the survey wanted was to better understand grief and loss through the lense of culture. Which is why we turned to Wes. He is a ceremony maker, Knowledge Keeper, teacher, and helper. He originates from the First Nation community of Curve Lake Ontario and resides in the community of Mississauga number 8.His training is extensive, but he says his most valuable skills are derived from the Sacred Teachings, and ceremonial healing practises of the Anishinabe Midewin. He has actively supported the Three Fires Society Midewin Lodge for over 40 years. And is currently working with Indigenous inmates at the Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst, Ontario. In this smart and thoughtful conversation, Wes and Carol talk about the historical impact of the loss of land, language, identity among First Nations people, caused by Residential Schools and other forms of systemic racism.They discuss how a connection to culture helps us to move through grief and the experiences of loss. And the remedy through ceremony. What works best and what resources are available.This conversation was sparked by the recent Thunderbird Survey on Grief and Loss among First Nations People. And the number one thing respondents to the survey wanted was to better understand grief and loss through the lense of culture.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.org You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by Thunderbird and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. 

On this episode of Around the Rheum, we're thrilled to have Dr. Elie Karam as our guest talking about his journey with Axial Spondyloarthritis, a form of arthritis that causes inflammation and pain of the spine as well as other parts of the body, including the peripheral joints, entheses, gut and eyes. Dr. Karam is Chair of the Canadian Spondylitis Association (CSA): a patient-led, not-for-profit organization focused on advocacy for Canadians living with this disease. www.spondylitis.caHe is a self-described Ankylosing Spondylitis warrior, advocating as both a physician and a patient with the condition. In this fascinating conversation, Dr. Karam describes his own journey with spondylitis, the challenge in getting a diagnosis, and finally his experience with treatment. He and Dan talk about the difficulties in dealing with this "invisible disease," how patients can better advocate for themselves, and what more can be done by doctors and the healthcare system to help patients.Dr. Karam is currently completing his family medicine residency at the University of Ottawa, after having switched out of orthopedic surgery after his diagnosis. Please join us for his inspiring tale! Around The Rheum (ATR) is produced by the CRA Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), and David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) for leading production. Our theme music is by Aaron Fontwell. You can claim podcasts as a scanning activity under the Section 2 MOC Program for 0.5 credits per podcast. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), please visit www.rheum.ca

"When they come in they are broken, they are so broken. That's why we use so much compassion at work and with what we do every day. And we tell them we're proud of them every single day. And that's when they start to regain that hope, is when we tell them 'You're one day sober and I'm proud of you.'" We're thrilled to have Barbara Michel-Ballantyne on the podcast, talking about a successful land based and traditional knowledge treatment program that has helped her First Nations Saskatchewan community overcome a devastating crystal meth addiction epidemic. She is the manager at Camp Hope, the Montreal Lake Child and Family Agency where she is Director for the Land Based Crystal Meth Rehab Centre. She has close to twenty years of First Nations Child and Family services experience, focused around mental health, addictions and recovery.  Camp Hope is a Land Based Therapeutic program, a family oriented facility located in a remote area of Montreal Lake Cree Nation in Treaty Six territory in Saskatchewan, that has helped hundreds of families with children to access recovery services. For more on the work of Thunderbird, please visit our website at thunderbirdpf.org  You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

We're thrilled to be joined by Dr. Dissanayake for this episode on Autoinflammatory Disorders. And we're also happy to have Janet Pope back in the host chair again with Daniel Ennis.Together, Dilan, Daniel, and Janet have a fascinating conversation, taking on basic questions like what defines an autoinflammatory disease and how is it distinct from an Autoimmune disease? What is the interplay between autoinflammatory and autoimmune disease? How can we group or arrange the different autoinflammatory diseases to make them a more approachable topic? How to take a proper autoinflammatory disease history? How to confirm a suspected autoinflammatory disease and rule out common mimics? Finally, treatment principles and possible long-term consequences. Dr. Dilan Dissanayake is a staff rheumatologist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and a Transition Clinician-Scientist at SickKids Research Institute. Dr. Dissanayake's current research interests include using high-dimensional methods to better characterize the immune cells that cause rheumatologic diseases and investigations into the functional consequences of genetic changes that lead to inflammatory diseases. Around The Rheum (ATR) is produced by the CRA Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), and David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) for leading production. Our theme music is by Aaron Fontwell. You can claim podcasts as a scanning activity under the Section 2 MOC Program for 0.5 credits per podcast. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), please visit www.rheum.ca 

In this episode, we continue our series of conversations on an important topic, Indigenous Health in Canada. Today, we will focus on the care of patients with rheumatic disease who live in remote communities. We will be visiting with Cynthia Munger, Community Health Representative at the Stellat'en First Nation in northern British Columbia, for a discussion on what remote communities are looking for in their relationship with visiting doctors, how to win the trust of First Nation communities to best serve patients there, and what the experience is like for visiting doctors who commit to this kind of work. For this conversation, our host Daniel Ennis is joined by his friend and colleague Dr. Brent Ohata, a rheumatologist at UBC. Brent is passionate about Indigenous Health and health equity and has been working as a visiting rheumatologist in Stellat'en First Nation for the past ~8 years. In 2017, Brent won the Innovation Award in the UBC Division of Rheumatology for championing telehealth as a means of improving access to rheumatologic care in rural BC.  Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia. Around The Rheum (ATR) is produced by the CRA Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), and David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) for leading production. Our theme music is by Aaron Fontwell. You can claim podcasts as a scanning activity under the Section 2 MOC Program for 0.5 credits per podcast.  For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), please visit www.rheum.ca.

As we continue our series on harm reduction, we are thrilled to be joined by three guests who are leading an incredible effort in drug harm reduction with their organization, "Fire with Fire," a response in eight First Nations communities in Treaty 1 territory in southeastern Manitoba to substance misuse causing harm and overdose."Fire with Fire" responds to individual needs of community members with the support of peer mentors who form quick response teams in each of the communities served. The main purpose of the peer mentors is to educate, support and train those in community toward more helpful health outcomes in dealing with opioid and meth addiction.Our guests are:Allen Contois is Project Coordinator of Fire with Fire and a proud member of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation Tahl East is Fire With Fire mental wellness programs manager and developer. She was born in Jerusalem and is an ally of First Nations across Turtle Island.And Helene San Pedro is the Tribal Health Educator for Harm Reduction for the Southeast Resource Development Council and a settler to Treaty 1 territory from the Philippines.For more on the work of Thunderbird, please visit our website at thunderbirdpf.org  You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPF  Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.  Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation. 

We're thrilled to be joined today by Audra Stonefish for this smart, thoughtful conversation about the importance of harm reduction with Thunderbird Partnership Foundation CEO, Carol Hopkins.Audra is the Cultural Harm Reduction Outreach Supervisor for Chippewas of the Thames First Nation located in southwestern Ontario.Audra's program is in its fifth year. It focuses on meeting the relatives wherever they are, promoting mental wellness and safe drug use.Culture based harm reduction carries the same goal with every interaction, and that is promoting inclusivity and facilitating connection because they believe those things will help people take charge of their own wellbeing and move towards recovery, whatever that looks like for the individual. Working with the crisis response line and the community wellness worker, Audra's long term goal is to provide education on the impact of harm reduction and eliminate stigma.For more on the work of Thunderbird, please visit our website at thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

Guest host Dr Brenda Restoule is joined by one of her Indigenous mental health mentors, Danny Manitowabi, for a fascinating conversation about the lessons learned from his long and impressive career in First Nations mental health.Almost fifty years ago, Danny set up the first mental health clinic in a First Nation. He worked with the community to address a suicide epidemic and later also supported communities in Sioux Lookout to address suicide. Danny went on to work with other local First Nation communities to set up their own mental health services and was responsible for the vision and creation of First Nation mental wellness teams in Canada. And he is a proud member of the Wikwemikong First Nation on Manitoulin.Guest host Dr Brenda Restoule a psychologist, Chief Executive Officer of the First Peoples Wellness Circle and a proud member of the Dokis First Nation and the Eagle Clan in northern Ontario.For more on the work of Thunderbird, please visit our website at thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

Dr. Hugues Allard-Chamard from the University of Sherbrooke joins Dan to take a fascinating deep dive into the world of IgG4-related disease. Together they tackle the basics, like what IgG4-related disease is, the clinical spectrum of the disease, the phenotypes that we should look for clinically, an approach to diagnosis, the best tissue to biopsy, and what to look for on pathology. They discuss common mimics of the disease, how to treat it, a look at the recently published open label study on use of Abatacept (of which Hugues was an author), how and when to use Prednisone, and what's in the pipeline for IgG4-related disease.Dr. Hugues Allard-Chamard is a Rheumatologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Sherbrooke where his research focuses on immunology and IgG4-related disease.Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.Co-host Dr Janet Pope is off for this episode and back again with us next time.Around The Rheum (ATR) is produced by the CRA Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), and David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) for leading production.Our theme music is by Aaron Fontwell.You can claim podcasts as a scanning activity under the Section 2 MOC Program for 0.5 credits per podcast. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), please visit www.rheum.ca.

"The Patient is a 19-year-old woman of Filipino descent but born in Canada, previously healthy apart from a history of eczema, for which she is not taking any treatment. She had traveled to France on a gap year and while she was there she developed a skin rash that was worse on sun exposure. She also noticed increased hair loss, shortness of breath, dry cough, and arthralgias."  Dr Sarah Hansen, a recent graduate from the UBC Rheumatology program and an incoming Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) joins Dan and Janet for our first Medical Mysteries episode. Step-by-step, Sarah lays out what proves to be an increasingly difficult case to our in-house Holmes and Watson. Will Janet and Dan crack it?  You'll have to listen to find out, but we can guarantee you an episode 'chock-full' of clinical pearls.  Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London. Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia. Special Thanks: Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), Leslie Ishimwe (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production.Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell. For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca

On today's episode, we're going to explore life promotion & suicide prevention.Indigenous people in Canada die by suicide at a rate three times the national rate. The rate of suicide among young First Nations is six times higher.Thunderbird has been working with youth to develop a response to suicide, mental wellness and substance use in Indigenous communities. The result is a new resource, called: Strengthening our Connections to Promote Life: A Life Promotion Toolkit by Indigenous Youth. And we're thrilled to welcome two of the young people who played a key role in putting the toolkit together.Gabrielle Jubinville, is a Hope Ambassador with We Matter, a former US Division One college basketball player and a proud member of the EEE-knock Cree Nation, in Treaty Six territory in Alberta. We reached her in Brandon, Manitoba… where she workes for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Westman and works at the Women's Resource Centre.And Connor Lafortune is an Anishinaabek writer, poet, and activist from the Dokis First Nation on Robinson Huron Treaty territory of 1850. He just finished his third year at Nipissing University with a Double Honours Major in Indigenous Studies and Gender Equality and Social Justice with a minor in Legal Studies.You can see the Life Promotion Toolkit on our website, thunderbirdPF.orgYou can also order hard copies there.If you'd like to request a presentation by a member of Thunderbird's Youth Action Group for Life Promotion, email us at info@thunderbirdPF.orgThere's also more culturally-safe information to support Life Promotion on one of our websites - wisepractices.caYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

Today's episode is all about language – its connection to our mental, emotional, spiritual & physical wellness.In fact, just look at the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum, on our website, ThunderbirdPF.org and you'll see that language is considered to be one of the Indigenous social determinants of health. It's considered as vital to our wellness as access to health care, housing & education.Sherry's guest today, Dr. Lorna Wanosts'a7 Williams, is an inspiration in her fearless and determined pursuit of the power of Indigenous languages.For more than 50 years, Dr. Williams of the Lil'wat First Nation has been an Indigenous educator and language specialist. A survivor of Residential Schools, she has worked from the grass-roots to the national levels helping Indigenous peoples overcome the damage done to language and culture by colonization. In doing so, she has developed Indigenous language undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the University of Victoria where she serves as the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Education. She was awarded the Order of Canada for her work.To learn more about the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

In this fascinating second part of our ATR conversation about osteoarthritis (OA), Dan and Janet engage with Western University's Dr. Tom Appleton on both the traditional and more groundbreaking ways to treat OA. These include pharmacological management options like steroid, hyaluronic acid, PRP, dextrose, and stem cell injections and disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs (DMOADs) and non-pharmacological treatments, including physical therapy, exercise, and surgical options.Bios:-Dr. Tom Appleton is a rheumatologist at St. Joseph's Health Care in London Ontario, and a Clinician-Scientist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Western University, where his research focus is Osteoarthritis.-Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London. -Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.Special Thanks:Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee.A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions), Kevin Baijnauth and Leslie Ishimwe (Marketing and Communications Director, CRA) for leading production.Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca. 

"I hope that people can integrate harvesting from the land into the healing process. Instead of just being in a building focusing on why you have an addiction, maybe you can get on the land and let some of these plant nations heal you too."We're thrilled to have Metis Chef Jenni Lessard on the podcast to discuss the nourishing power of Indigenous cooking and harvesting from the land. One of Canada's top chefs, Chef Jenni and Sherry have a fun and lively conversation about the healing powers of food, how to harvest responsibly from the land and delicious ways to serve up ingredients you can find around you.Having run and owned several restaurants, Chef Jenni Lessard now runs her own catering firm, Inspired By Nature. She is the Indigenous Culinary Consultant at Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon, Secretary of the Indigenous Culinary of Associated Nations, and she lives in Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle Valley, Treaty Four Territory and homeland of the Metis.To learn more about the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

On this special Ask the Expert episode of Around the Rheum, Daniel Ennis and his newly promoted co-host (!) Janet Pope, take a deep dive into Osteoarthritis (OA) with Dr. Tom Appleton, Janet's colleague at Western University and a leading OA specialist.In this first of two episodes Daniel, Janet, and Tom address important questions about Osteoarthritis, including how to define and diagnose it, why early diagnosis is important, do OA subtypes matter, why it affects some joints and not others, and does it belong to Rheumatology?Be sure to check out part two of this OA conversation with Tom Appleton, about best practices for treatment.If you have any questions you'd like to ask in our possible upcoming "Ask the Expert" episodes on Sjogren's Syndrome, Autoinflammatory Diseases, and/or Ig4-Related Disease, please send us an e-mail at info@rheum.ca (mailto:info@rheum.ca) or tag us on social media at @CRASCRRheum (https://twitter.com/CRASCRRheum).Bios:-Dr. Tom Appleton is a rheumatologist at St. Joseph's Health Care in London Ontario, and a Clinician-Scientist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Western University, where his research focus is Osteoarthritis.-Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London. -Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.Special Thanks:Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee.A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) and Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca (http://rheum.ca)

On this special Ask the Expert episode of Around the Rheum, Daniel Ennis and his newly promoted co-host (!) Janet Pope, take a deep dive into Osteoarthritis (OA) with Dr. Tom Appleton, Janet's colleague at Western University and a leading OA specialist.In this first of two episodes Daniel, Janet, and Tom address important questions about Osteoarthritis, including how to define and diagnose it, why early diagnosis is important, do OA subtypes matter, why it affects some joints and not others, and does it belong to Rheumatology?Be sure to check out part two of this OA conversation with Tom Appleton, about best practices for treatment.If you have any questions you'd like to ask in our possible upcoming "Ask the Expert" episodes on Sjogren's Syndrome, Autoinflammatory Diseases, and/or Ig4-Related Disease, please send us an e-mail at info@rheum.ca (mailto:info@rheum.ca) or tag us on social media at @CRASCRRheum (https://twitter.com/CRASCRRheum).Bios:-Dr. Tom Appleton is a rheumatologist at St. Joseph's Health Care in London Ontario, and a Clinician-Scientist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Western University, where his research focus is Osteoarthritis.-Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London. -Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.Special Thanks:Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee.A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) and Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca (http://rheum.ca)

May is Sun Awareness month and to mark the occasion we are thrilled to welcome UBC's Dr Sunil Kalia to the podcast to take questions about all things related to sun safety, awareness and what the CDA has planned for this month. And because it's a special episode, we'll be mixing things up a bit by taking questions from both Derm Residents and the general public. It's a lot of fun.Dr Kalia is an associate professor of dermatology at the University of British Columbia and chairman of the sun awareness working group at the Canadian Dermatology Association. For more information on Sun Awareness Month and helpful summer sun tips, visit the CDA website: www.dermatology.ca This is our final episode of season 3 of Dermalogues.We'll be back with Season 4 next fall. See you then!For more great CDA podcast content, be sure to check out JCMS Author Interviews hosted by Dr Kirk Barber, available wherever you listen. Dermalogues is produced by the CDA along with David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions

There are few people in our lives that have as big an impact on our careers as mentors. So, in this episode, we're thrilled to have Dr. Janet Pope back to discuss the importance of the mentor-mentee relationship in Rheumatology. Daniel and Janet discuss the benefits - and occasional challenges - of mentorships, as well as the mentors who have made a difference in their lives, how best to find and connect with a mentor early in your career, who the right mentor is for you, the difference between mentors and teachers, and what they love about being mentors themselves. If you have any questions you'd like to ask in our possible upcoming "Ask the Expert" episodes on Sjogren's Disease, Autoinflammatory Diseases, and/or IgG-4-Related Disease, please send us an email at info@rheum.ca or tag us on social media at @CRASCRRheum. Bios: Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London.  Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia. Special Thanks: Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee.A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) and Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production. Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca

"(Harm reduction) is not just giving people safer equipment to keep using drugs, it's also to develop relationships and develop that trust. And eventually some people choose to get off, not all. Sometimes the success of harm reduction is the quality of life of that person went up and they were connected to community."We're so happy to have harm reduction expert Trevor Stratton on the program, talking about the importance of harm reduction as a life saving and altering tool in the ongoing meth and opioid use crisis affecting Indigenous communities.Trevor is the Coordinator for the International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS at Communities, Alliances and Networks (caan.ca) is a 56-year old, two-spirit citizen of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation near Toronto.***Warning, this episode features discussion around suicide which may be triggering for some listeners.For more on this topic, check out our episode with Dr Evan AdamsTo learn more about the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website www.thunderbirdpf.org You can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

"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 addiction as a reintegration worker in the Wikwemikong Justice Program, in the Wikwemikong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, in northern Ontario. Jonathan spent decades addicted to opioids. It had crippling effects on his own health, his life and his family. In this moving and thoughtful interview, Jonathan takes us through his descent into addiction, the impact that had, and his own journey to recovery, the importance of First Nations traditions and ceremony in doing that, and helping others to follow his path.***Please note: Dr Alfred Nkut, who is mentioned in this interview, was found guilty in 2013 of defrauding the Ontario Health Insurance Plan of $800,000 and, in a separate trial, of sexual assault. He was facing a hearing over allegations of professional misconduct with the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons later that year, when he passed away.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website www.thunderbirdpf.orgYou can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

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, especially from his role in the hit 1998 hit film "Smoke Signals," playing a character with a very specific catchphrase! “Hey Victor!”Since then, Dr Adams has dedicated his life to health and health policy.Prior joining Indigenous Services Canada, he was Chief Medical Officer with the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia, which has transformed Indigenous health care delivery in recent years.In this smart and fascinating conversation, Sherry Huff and Dr Adams discuss the success of the FNMHA, how that can be replicated across the country, his take on the impact of the opioid and meth crisis, the importance of harm reduction in tackling that crisis, why traditional medicine can sometimes play a more important role than its western counterpart, and his decision to run for the presidency of the Canadian Medical Association.Dr Adams is a Coast Salish physician and a proud member of the Tla'amin First Nation near Powell River, BC.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website www.thunderbirdpf.organd you can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

"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 the Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island, and the new Stakeholder Coordinator at the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.In this fascinating and engaging conversation, host Sherry Huff and Tim discuss his work at ground level, combatting opioid and methamphetamine use, including making sure his community had health care workers and doctors willing to embrace traditional healing methods and ceremony, the importance of using a community based approach instead of just focusing on the individual, the role of connecting with the land in overcoming addiction, and more.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website www.thunderbirdpf.organd you can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

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 about the obstacles that exist to overcoming systemic racism and what changes need to happen at both the individual and institutional level. They also discuss the importance that traditional medicine and practices play in improving outcomes for First Nations patients, and how that can be better integrated into the mainstream health care system.As well as being President of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Lafontaine, is an anesthesiologist practicing in Grand Prairie, Alberta. He has won many awards over his career and previously served as President of the Indigenous Physicians Association. A proud member of the Métis Nation Alberta, he has Anishinaabe, Cree, Métis and Pacific Islander ancestry and was born and raised in Treaty 4 territory in southern Saskatchewan.For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website www.thunderbirdpf.organd you can find us on social media by searching for ThunderbirdPFOur theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation.

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 communities are dealing with. We're going to be fearless in exploring the tough issues with some of the leading voices in Indigenous wellness. Our aim is the same as Thunderbird's – to work with communities to address substance use and addictions issues by taking a wholistic approach to healing and wellness; one that is grounded in culture, Indigenous ways of knowing, respect, community, and above all, kindness and compassion. This podcast is recorded at Eelūnaapèewi Lahkèewiit, the home of the Lenape, in Southwestern Ontario, where Thunderbird houses its head offices. On this episode, host Sherry Huff is joined by Thunderbird's CEO Dr. Carol Hopkins to discuss the opioid and methamphetamine crisis that is raging through many Indigenous communities. It is described as the worst public health crisis in modern history. Carol and Sherry discuss the roots of the crisis, and tools communities can use to get out if it, including the role of Indigenous culture, and if declaring a state of emergency is the answer. Sherry Huff is a former reporter and producer at CBC Radio and a proud member of Eelūnaapèewi Lahkèewiit. Today, she works for Thunderbird, managing communications. Dr. Carol Hopkins is the chief executive officer of Thunderbird. Carol is also Lenape. She has spent more than twenty years working in the field of First Nations addictions and mental health, with a special focus on the use of traditional knowledge and healing. She holds both a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto and a degree in sacred Indigenous Knowledge, equivalent to a PhD in western-based education systems. She is a First Nations Representative to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has recently been recognized with an honorary Doctor of Laws from Western University. She's also someone many people turn to for information about Indigenous addictions and mental health issues. Theme music by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. Produced by David McGuffin, Explore Podcast Productions.