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Episode two welcomes research director of the Yellowhead Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University, Eva Jewell and director of education, outreach and public programming at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Kaila Johnston. As we enter National Truth and Reconciliation Week, we discuss Canada's progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action and the meaning of reconciliation and reclamation in this settler-colonial state. Reflecting on Canada's progress on reconciliation, Johnston says: “It's been the low hanging fruit or the easy Calls to Action that have been addressed to date … A lot of the work that I have seen is through grassroots organizations and others who've been working away at the Calls to Action.” Speaking about two key aspects of reconciliation, Jewell says: “The first is for Canadians. They have to reconcile with themselves and with what their country has done … And then there's the work that we have to do as Indigenous Peoples … and that is reclaiming, recreating our world through our language practices, our cultural practices, our political practices, repopulating our political systems that were destroyed by Residential Schools.” About today's guests:  Dr. Eva Jewell is Anishinaabe from Deshkan Ziibiing (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) in southwestern Ontario, with paternal lineage from Oneida Nation of the Thames. Her research is in areas of care, cultural reclamation, and accountability in reconciliation. Dr. Jewell is an assistant professor in the sociology department at Toronto Metropolitan University and research director at Yellowhead Institute.Follow Yellowhead Institute's work on yellowheadinstitute.org.  As the director of education, outreach, and public programming, Kaila Johnston oversees matters related to the support of educators, development of resources, establishment of outreach initiatives, as well as public engagement on residential schools and their legacy. Prior to joining the NCTR, Kaila worked with the TRC as a statement gatherer and coordinator to support statement gathering activities. She holds a BA (Hons.) in Criminal Justice from the University of Winnipeg and a MSc in International Crimes and Criminology from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Follow the NCTR at: https://www.facebook.com/nctr.ca https://x.com/nctr_um https://www.instagram.com/nctr_um/ https://ca.linkedin.com/company/nctr-um Transcript of this episode can be accessed at georgebrown.ca/TommyDouglasInstitute Image: Eva Jewell, Kaila Johnston  / Used with permission. Music: Ang Kahora. Lynne, Bjorn. Rights Purchased.  Intro Voices: Ashley Booth (Podcast Announcer); Bob Luker (Tommy)  Courage My Friends Podcast Organizing Committee: Chandra Budhu, Ashley Booth, Resh Budhu.  Produced by: Resh Budhu, Tommy Douglas Institute and Breanne Doyle, rabble.ca.  Host: Resh Budhu. 

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.

"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.

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.

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.

"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. 

"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.

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.

Chatham-Kent police are investigating a crash just north of Ridgetown that claimed the life of a dirt biker last night, a Chatham-Kent woman and a Stoney Point man who were both in their 20s have both died after a tragic boating accident in Northern Ontario, and Delaware of the Thames First Nation at Moraviantown will be a busy spot this weekend.

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.

"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.

"(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.

There have been promises in the past. And committees, and commitments and commissions and no shortage of apologies. But in the wake of the 215 children found buried where a residential school once operated near Kamloops, there's a growing sense among Canadians that none of the past work has been enough. Is this reckoning real? Do Indigenous peoples across the country believe it could be different this time? Will average Canadians demand better from their government? And if this time really is different, what happens next? And how horrific will real Truth and Reconciliation be when we learn all there is to learn about that not-so-distant past? GUEST: Eva Jewell, Associate fellow at the Yellowhead Institute, Anishinaabekwe from Deshkan Ziibiing, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation  (Learn more about the Yellowhead Institute here.)

On our 30th episode, Leslee White-Eye of the First Nations with Schools Collective in Ontario and former Chief of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation joins us along with StrategyCorp Senior Advisor Gabe Sekaly. On this episode we discuss the StrategyCorp Institute's latest paper "A Critical Perspective on the Canadian Education Gap: Assessing First Nation Education Outcomes in Canada" and its recommendations around curriculum, recruiting teachers, and providing more funding autonomy for First Nations leaders. Check out the paper here: https://strategycorp.com/2021/05/assessing-first-nation-student-education-outcomes-in-canada/

“We’re all treaty people. I do believe that, because all of our ancestors signed this agreement together. So it’s our responsibility, it’s not a one sided-agreement, to learn about the treaties and to be able to speak about them.”  - Falen Johnson   In this Conversatorio, we present a discussion on performance, interpretation, and making treaty from the 2014 RUTAS International Multi-Arts Festival. Originally part of a festival conference event called Restaging Treaty: Embodied Memories, Written Records, and Living Archives, the event started with a reading of a new play commission by Falen Johnson on the subject of Treaty 9, and was followed by this panel discussion.   In order of voices you will hear, the panelists are:   Sasha Kovacs - artist, performance scholar, core/founding member of Ars Mechanica, and Ph.D. candidate at University of Toronto. Reverend Grafton Anton - Wolf Clan from the Onaida of the Thames First Nation, former Elder in Residence at the University of Toronto’s First Nation House, Onaida language teacher, and retired reverend at United Church of Toronto’s Urban Native Ministry.   Falen Johnson - Mohawk and Tuscarora from Six Nations Grand River Territory, awriter, dramaturg, actor, co-host of CBC Podcasts’ The Secret Life of Canada with Leah Simone Bowen, and guest-host of CBC Radio’s UNRESERVED.  John Long - the author of Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905, and at the time of this discussion, professor at the Schulich School of Education in North Bay. This episode is dedicated to his memory.  Murray Klippenstein - over 25 years of a broad social justice practice in the fields of Native rights, environmental law, housing and employment law, and civil rights with Klippensteins law firm. Murray has represented the Mushkegowuk First Nation in James Bay for over 15 years.   SHOW NOTES:  Diana Taylor’s work on living archive and her book The Archive and the Repertoire. Taylor founded the Hemispheric Institute at the NYU, which was a big inspiration for the the RUTAS Festival. Falen spoke with Erika Iserhoff and Rosary Spence in her process of creating her piece. Fort Albany, spoken of here as a fort and an important Hudson's Bay Company trading post in 1905. Today it is better known as Fort Albany First Nation.  John Long’s book, Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905 The diary of treaty commissioner Daniel G. MacMartin has been an important piece of current disputes about Treaty 9   The Ring of Fire development area in the James Bay lowlands of northern Ontario.   Mushkegowuk Cree First Nation  Since 1997, the Canadian Supreme Court has allowed oral testimony to be used as evidence in court.  Further resources: Trick or Treaty? a 2014 film on Treaty 9, and a Canadian Heritage minute featuring Rosary Spence.   “Todos somos gente de tratados. Lo creo, porque todos nuestros antepasados firmaron este acuerdo juntos. Así que es nuestra responsabilidad, no es un acuerdo unilateral, aprender sobre los tratados y poder hablar sobre ellos.” - Falen Johnson   En este Conversatorio, presentamos una discusión sobre el performance, la interpretación y la elaboración de los Tratados. Esta conversación fue parte del Festival Internacional de Múltiples Disciplinas “RUTAS 2014”. Originalmente esta conversación fue parte de una conferencia dentro del festival llamada “Restaging Treaty: Embodied Memories, Written Records, and Living Archives.” Este evento comenzó con la lectura de una nueva obra comisionada escrita por Falen Johnson sobre el Tratado 9, y fue seguido por este panel de discusión.   En el orden de las voces que escuchará, los panelistas son: Sasha Kovacs-  Artista, Académica de performance, miembro principal / fundador de Ars Mechanica, y  candidato Ph.D. en la Universidad de Toronto. Reverendo Grafton Anton - Wolf Clan de Onaida of the Thames First Nation, precedente Elder residente de la Casa de la Primera Nación de la Universidad de Toronto, profesor del idioma Onaida y reverendo jubilado del Ministerio Urbano Nativo de la Iglesia “United Church” en Toronto. Falen Johnson - Mohawk y Tuscarora de Six Nations Grand River Territory, escritora, dramaturga, actor, y co conductora junto con Leah Simone Bowen de el podcast de CBC “ The Secret Life of Canada”, y conductora invitada de UNRESERVED parte de CBC Radio. John Long -autor del libro titulado: “Tratado No. 9: Haciendo el Acuerdo para compartir la tierra en el extremo norte de Ontario en 1905.”  John era profesor de la Escuela de Educación Schulich en North Bay durante el tiempo que esta discusión fue grabada. Este episodio está dedicado a su memoria. Murray Klippenstein - Tiene más de 25 años con amplia práctica de justicia social en los campos de los derechos indígenas, derecho ambiental, derecho laboral y de vivienda, y derechos civiles en la firma de abogados: Klippensteins. Murray ha representado a la Primera Nación Mushkegowuk en James Bay durante más de 15 años.   Bibliografía: El trabajo de Diana Taylor sobre el archivo vivo y su libro The Archive and the Repertoire. Taylor fundó el  “Hemispheric Institute” en NYU, que fue una gran inspiración para el Festival RUTAS. Falen habló con Erika Iserhoff y Rosary Spence durante el proceso de creación de su pieza. Fort Albany, mencionado en el audio como un fuerte e importante puesto comercial de la Compañía Hudson 's Bay Company en 1905. Hoy en día es mejor conocido como Fort Albany First Nation.  El Libro de John Long, Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905 El diario del comisionado de tratados Daniel G. MacMartin ha sido una pieza importante para las disputas actuales sobre el Tratado 9 “The Ring of Fire development area” El área de desarrollo del Anillo de Fuego en las tierras bajas de James Bay en el norte de Ontario.  Mushkegowuk Cree First Nation  (La Primera Nación Mushkegowuk.) Desde 1997, la Corte Suprema de Canadá ha permitido que los testimonios orales se utilicen como prueba en los tribunales. Más recursos: Trick or Treaty? una película del 2014 sobre el Tratado 9, y un minuto sobre la herencia canadiense con Rosary Spence.   All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish, English, or Spanish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released on Wednesdays. Follow and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council,  the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Metcalf Foundation and TD Bank.   Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Monica Garrido and Camila Diaz-Varela. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook.   Todos los episodios de Merendiando son en Inglés, Español y Spanglish. Nuevos episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro cada Miércoles. Síguenos y suscríbete a este podcast en iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, y donde sea que escuches tus podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro es una producción de Aluna Theatre con el apoyo de  Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Department of Canadian Heritage, Metcalf Foundation y TD Bank.   Aluna Theatre es Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, con Sue Balint. Radio Aluna Theatre es producido por Camila Díaz-Varela y Mónica Garrido. Para más información sobre Aluna Theatre, visita nuestra página alunatheatre.ca, síguenos en twitter @alunatheatre o en instagram, o haz click en “me gusta” en facebook.

Our guest is D.A. Lockhart. He is the author of seven books, including Devil in the Woods, The Gravel Lot That Was Montana, This City at the Crossroads, Big Medicine Comes to Erie, and an essay collection called Wënchikàneit Visions. D.A. Lockhart holds degrees from Trent University, Montana State University, and Indiana University. His work has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry in English 2019, TriQuarterly, ARC Poetry Magazine, Grain, Belt, and The Malahat Review among others. He is also the publisher at Urban Farmhouse Press and poetry editor for The Windsor Review. He is a Turtle Clan member of the Lenape people, a registered member of the Moravian of the Thames First Nation, and currently resides at Waawiiyaatanong on the south shore of the Detroit River (also known as the border cities of Windsor ON and Detroit MI). This year, he has published two new books, Breaking Right (with Porcupine’s Quill) and Tùkhòne: Where the River Narrows and the Shores Bend (with Black Moss Press.)http://blackmosspress.com/d-a-lockhart/https://porcupinesquill.ca/bookinfo6.php?index=361

Special Guest Lauren DeLeary virtually visits Sojourn to share with us her insights in to restoring a spiritual connection to the earth. Lauren is a former evangelical CCM touring artist who now resides in Nashville and hosts a podcast with her husband called “Deconstruct,” where they explore the spaces of deconstructing an evangelical faith heritage. Lauren is also a member of the Chippewa of the Thames First Nation & sheds light onto the ways we can decolonize & indigenize the future. Learn more at: laurendeleary.com

This podcast features poet Daniel Lockhart, fresh from his tour of multiple Canadian cities. Lockhart holds degrees from Trent University, Montana State University, and Indiana University, and is the author of four poetry collections, The Gravel Lot That Was Montana, This City at the Crossroads, Big Medicine Comes to Erie, and most recently, Devil in the Woods. He has also written a collection of essays called Wënchikàneit Visions. His work has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations and has appeared in Malahat Review, Contemporary Verse 2, the Dalhousie Review, Grain, McNeese Review, and the Windsor Review among others. Daniel Lockhart is also the publisher at Urban Farmhouse Press. He is a Turtle Clan member of the Moravian of the Thames First Nation, and currently resides at Waawiiyaatanong on the south shore of the Detroit River (also known as the border cities of Windsor ON and Detroit MI).https://www.brickbooks.ca/books/devil-in-the-woods/https://urbanfarmhousepress.ca/index.php

Lauren Budnick and Brooke Deleary are the duo known as LoveCollide, a band they started together when they were just "tweens". Together, the sisters have watched God take something that began as a sibling side project and turned it into a poignant ministry. They’ve released several independent recordings together, toured across the U.S., done modelling and film gigs, and have shared the stage with some of Christian music’s biggest names. They’ve also been able to minister in Canada, something that’s particularly meaningful as tribal members of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation in Muncey, Ontario. Recently LoveCollide joined 'Joy Top 20' host Matt Caine in studio to talk about their charting single "I Don't Want It", how they created their band name, summers in Ontario, and of course Brooke and Lauren became the latest challengers of our 'This Or That' game! See the latest 'Joy Top 20' chart: bit.ly/top20joy Find the LoveCollide: Online: www.lovecollide.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/LOVECOLLIDE Twitter: www.twitter.com/lovecollide Instagram: www.instagram.com/lovecollide YouTube: www.youtube.com/LoveCollide Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/artist/1zBwHXac8Q2oG7tlwplr7D?play=true Get Connected: Online: www.joyradio.ca Facebook: www.facebook.com/myJOYRadio Twitter: www.twitter.com/myJOYRadio Instagram: www.instagram.com/myJOYRadio

Jay Soule aka CHIPPEWAR is an Indigenous multimedia artist from the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation located twenty minutes south west of London, Ontario on the north bank of the Thames River.

In episode #161 of Talking Radical Radio (March 30, 2016), I speak with Myeengun Henry, a band councillor for Chippewas of the Thames First Nation in southern Ontario. He talks about his nation's legal challenge to the Line 9 tar sands pipeline. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2016/03/30/trr-line_9_court_challenge/

In this episode of The Striking Corner we speak with Ashley "AK-47" Nichols. Professional Canadian Muay Thai Fighter and pride of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Ashley will be facing off with Tiffany Van Soest at Lion Fight 27 on Friday, January 29th for the vacant Super Bantamweight Lion Fight title. We speak with Ashley about her journey in Muay Thai, her accomplishments in Muay Thai, K1, BJJ, and other disciplines, as well as what we can expect to see when she stands face to face with the always explosive Tiffany Van Soest. In addition Ashley discusses her desire to represent not only Canadian and Women's Muay Thai but to be an example for the First Nations people, the aboriginal people of Canada. Ashley is without a doubt a disciplined, skillful, and extremely driven women, and it was a pleasure talking to her and learning more about her story. We hope you enjoy her story as much as we did. Also as on a side note, during the portion of the podcast where Ashley was thanking her coaches, teammates, and sponsors, she forgot to mention one of her biggest sponsors, Ring Royalty Supply Co. so she wanted us to make sure we mentioned how grateful she is for all of their support. Check out their site for top quality Muay Thai gear and apparel.