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Lexi Fisher, a social worker, works at Kilala Lelum Health Centre in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Indigenous advocates and front-line workers are pushing to include more traditional ways of healing conversing with elders, smudging, sweat lodges and drum circles into substance abuse treatment.
According to the First Nations Health Authority, Indigenous people are five times more likely to experience an overdose than non-Indigenous people. Advocates and experts say this is because they face past and continuing colonial trauma. And reconnecting to culture long suppressed by governments, schools and churches is crucial to turning the situation around.
Hailey Howse is one of nine Métis facilitators implementing a Métis-focus to an existing mental health and wellness program. “Living Life to the Full” is an eight-week mental health and wellness program, offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). As of March 13, Métis-specific programming will now be offered and delivered by a Métis facilitation team. The facilitators completed the CMHA training on February 17. In the course, Howse says she learned how to create a space for mental health and wellness programs where Métis people can “let their voices be heard, and let the healing happen.”
Andrea Smith, our second fellow, was nominated for a national Canadian Association of Journalists award for her Tyee work and continues to freelance for The Tyee.
Jamin Mike, our third fellow, was also nominated for a national Canadian Association of Journalists award for his work. He is now an associate publicist at the House of Anansi. (Find our interview on his experience in our newsroom here.)
“The Tyee was a great place to train as an Indigenous reporter because of the excellent mentors and editorial team,” said Mike. “I found The Tyee is committed to responsible, quality journalism, and this internship is an opportunity for young reporters to learn that.”
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