Writing is Healing: The Untold Love Story of Larry Loyie and Constance Brissenden
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – This story began in 1990 – when Constance Brissenden was teaching a creative writing class at…
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Josh Alexis: We are all a part of Mother Earth
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Don’t be so in a rush, take your time,” are words of wisdom from Josh Alexis,…
Gabrielle Weasel-Head and the spirit of learning
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – There is this understanding that we, the two-legged ones, cannot get to the healing without pain…
Chef Shane Chartrand: An understanding of protocol
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The relationship one has with food is intimate, it is a bond and an understanding of…
Reconciliation and a flourishing future with Jaime Fiddler
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Take your left hand and place it at the back of your head and now take…
Life-long learning for a person’s well-being with Normie Carlson
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – If you are being challenged with certain aspects of your life — remember that even though…
Merging two worlds and keeping people well with Tracy Atkin
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Have you ever noticed that around bodies of water there are large trees? These perennials have…
Building and strengthening relationships in education with Kathryn Crawford
by Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – An Indigenous understanding of relationality is that everything is connected, that there is a degree to…
Lessons learned with Marty Landrie
by Laura Mushumaski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Marty Landrie started his career in psychiatric nursing. Fast forward to 30 years of working in…
Andrea Deleeuw: Mindfulness is in our tradition
by Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – There is all this talk about going to the bush and walking around – but what…