Sitting quietly and listening patiently with Kat Gagnon
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The one thing that Kat Gagnon, founder of Dream Catchers Circle has come to understand is…
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Karen MacKenzie shares her understandings of ‘Wise Practices’
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Since hearing her mother’s advice, “be a good mixer,” Karen MacKenzie, Co-Founder and President of MacKintosh…
Encouragement and grace are fundamental teachings at UAlberta’s ATEP program
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – In a room of 25 people, it only takes one person to be moved by something heartfelt and transformative. Behind…
Founder Robyn Soulier-Ritchot discusses the journey behind Eagle Medicine Coaching
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Nature can only thrive within reciprocal relationships, where they need to be sustainable. Some know this…
Tipawan: Achieving balance with Leona Karakunte
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The word for a Cree person, nehiyawe, comes from the root word newo—meaning four. And in…
Reconciliation and nourishing our communities with Tanya Tourangeau
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous Knowledge is embedded in understanding that for anyone to come to know things differently, first…
Understanding ecological relationships, knowledge and knowing with Dwayne Donald
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – There is a glacier-fed river thriving with phytoplankton while sharing nutrients with all our relatives and…
Sandy Sanderson’s understanding of being an ‘Eco-Preneur’
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Our business is about purpose,” shared Sandy Sanderson, a member of Mikisew Cree First Nation and…
Judy Ducharme communicates in Healing Ways – with crosswalks
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – Judy Ducharme learned from her grandparents how to sustain herself with a simple lifestyle and she came to understand why…
How Anita Cardinal Learned to Breathe
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The first thing we two-legged humans learn to do when we are born into the physical world is breathe, but…