Vancouver Island
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Indigenous nurse and birth worker advocate for more access to traditional birth support.
‘Birth should be sacred,’ Lucy Barney says. ‘But right now it’s medical and we need more traditional midwives.’
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Support worker aims to erase FASD stigma through education
Crystal Millions with the Victoria Native Friendship Centre is working with UVic students on a new printable resource she hopes to have available for families by the end of the year.
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Remembering teachings: Snuneymuxw storyteller learned from Elders to raise her son culturally
Celestine Aleck (Sahiltiniye) has been able to apply what she has been taught to almost every aspect of her life, including pregnancy and parenthood
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Snuneymuxw Elder preserving memories of local Indigenous veterans
VIU Elder in Residence Geraldine Manson has been researching the contributions of Snuneymuxw veterans — her work is being utilized as National Aboriginal Veterans Day and Remembrance Day arrive
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Maternity clinic in Campbell River breaking barriers to birth support
Amid COVID-19, Maternal health clinic celebrates five year anniversary of relocating to improve access.
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Class action lawsuit against Kelowna social worker prompts calls for better oversight
Could registering child protection social workers in the province make a difference for Indigenous youth in care?
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Education administrators concerned over disparities in COVID-19 funding for First Nations students
$112 million in federal funds distributed to First Nations schools is inaccessible to the approximately 9,000 First Nations students who go to school off-reserve in B.C.
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In her grandmother’s footsteps: Woman travels north to reconnect with Dene family
Guided by dreams and grounded through nature, Cassandra (River) Blondin-Burt is getting to know her maternal family and finding out more about her grandmother Georgina Blondin
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Beyond tokenization: Why inclusivity of Indigenous people can be life or death
Michelle Buchholz illustrates what inclusion really means — engaging Indigenous perspectives throughout policy and decision making.
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Indigenous artist uses traditional art form to connect to contemporary time
Ha’wilh Way’anis (Joshua Watts) invokes millenia-old practice to tell stories about this time of COVID-19.