EDMONTON For the first time, the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) will have an Indigenous Elder in Residence to help build community relationships and offer access to Indigenous knowledge. Elder Jo-Ann Saddleback from the Saddle Lake Cree First Nation will maintain a one-year residence at the Stanley A. Milner Library. The program will help to bridge the relationship with the Edmonton Public Library and the City of Edmonton Indigenous Framework development. It aims to connect Edmonton’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities by offering access to Indigenous knowledge and opening up a space where visitors can share meaningful dialogue around reconciliation.
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Publishing date: Apr 19, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read • Indigenous Elder Loretta Parenteau-English, centre, conducted a traditional smudging ceremony to cleanse and purify the new COVID-19 immunization centre in Grande Prairie, which has the capacity to serve 1,300 clients a day. Here, Parenteau-English is shown with her helpers Leanna Willier, left, and Kelly Benning of the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre. Photo by SARA BLAKE, Alberta Health Services
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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is building on its partnership with the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre to create a welcoming space where Indigenous community members can feel comfortable receiving their COVID-19 vaccines.
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