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Interior Voices

by IH Indigenous Health and Wellness

Welcome to Interior Voices, an Interior Health podcast series. Through engaging storytelling and insightful interviews, Interior Voices co-hosts Mary Jack and Natalie Daniels aim to illuminate the complexities of health and wellness and celebrate cultural resilience while addressing the challenges Indigenous peoples face navigating health-care systems. Founded in 2018, Interior Voices podcast (IVP) launched the first episode with hosts Kris Murray, Sheila Louis and Vanessa Mitchell with the communications support of Beth Blew. IVP launched as an Interior Health (IH) Indigenous health and wellness podcast series that explores the intersection of health and culture in the workplace, our everyday lives and patient care.

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Episodes

  1. Season 7 Episode 3: Reunion with podcast hosts and communications support for #IVP75

    Join co-hosts Natalie Daniels, Mary Jack and communications co-producer Victoria Jaenig for Season 7, Episode 3 as they reunite listeners with former podcast team members for this milestone 75th episode! In this reunion episode Daniels and Jack are joined by former hosts who have each played a...

  2. Season 7 Episode 2: Introducing Corporate Director, Indigenous Cultural Safety & Antiracism Education, Dr. Roseann Larstone

    In this episode the co-hosts are joined by special guest, Roseann Larstone, Corporate Director, Indigenous Cultural Safety & Antiracism Education of Indigenous Partnerships. Dr. Roseann Larstone is a Red River Métis and Corporate Director, Indigenous Cultural Safety and Anti-Racism Education,...

  3. Season 7 Episode 1: Smudging guidelines at Interior Health

    In this episode co-hosts Natalie Daniels and Mary Jack are joined by special guest, Lenora Starr, MSW, Indigenous Cultural Safety Practice Lead with Indigenous Partnerships. Lenora Starr (Cílcelnak) is a member of the St'át'imc Nation and the community of Xaxli'p. She came to work with Interior...

  4. Season 6 Episode 4: Indigenous art and artists at Interior Health

    Join Interior Voices podcast (IVP) hosts Mary Jack and Natalie Daniels in their first episode as co-hosts as they discuss the importance of Indigenous art and artists in IH facilities. For this episode, the IVP team reached out to the Indigenous artists who have worked within IH facilities and...

  5. Season 6 Episode 3: Farewell / welcome to podcast co-hosts

    After joining Interior Voices podcast (IVP) in September 2022, and with two seasons as co-hosts, Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt are saying goodbye to the podcast in this two segment episode. Season 06 Episode 03- Segment 01: Farewell Nicole Taylor-Sterritt & Jade Chaboyer-Kondra:...

  6. Season 6 Episode 2: Heart Health and Cardiovascular Care

    Join hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt during heart month for an episode dedicated to heart health! In this episode, Jade and Nicole invited Dr. Laurie Main and syilx Elder Darlene, from Upper Nicola Indian Band with her support person and daughter-in-law, Mary Jack, Lead,...

  7. Season 6 Episode 1: Indigenous Communications and Engagement with Sheanna Williams and Victoria Jaenig

    Join hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt for the sixth season of the Interior Voices podcast. In this episode Jade and Nicole invited the Indigenous communications consultants Sheanna Williams, Communication & Engagement Consultant – Indigenous Partnership and Victoria Jaenig,...

  8. Season 5 Episode 13: Indigenous Employee Experience w Janessa Collins

    Join Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt, our magnificent hosts of the Interior Voices Podcast, in this informative episode with Janessa Collins as they discuss ways to positively support Indigenous employees at Interior Health (IH). Janessa is the Business Partner for Indigenous...

  9. Season 5 Episode 12- Part 2 (of 2): Cultural Safety is for everyone

    Dearest gentle listeners! Did you miss us? Hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt are back after a short pause followed by a soft re-launch with Part 1 of 2: Cultural Safety is for everyone where you heard how cultural safety and humility is for everybody. In this episode we…

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  10. Season 5 Episode 11- Part 1 (of 2): Cultural Safety is for everyone

    Welcome Back listeners! Join Interior Voices Podcast hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt in this Part 1 (of 2) can't miss episode with Ktunaxa Cultural Framework Educator, Jared Basil as they discuss the importance of culture, being grounded in identity, how cultural safety is…

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  11. Season 5 Episode 10: Year in Review

    In a can't-miss episode for fans of the podcast, hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt challenge three of Interior Voices' self-proclaimed biggest fans to a trivia contest based on previous episodes from this season! Listen to Natalie Daniels, Indigenous cultural safety and…

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  12. Season 5 Episode 9: Indigenous Foods in Interior Health Facilities

    On today's episode, hosts Nicole Taylor-Sterritt and Jade Chaboyer-Kondra sit down with Savanna Brown, Direction, Quality Standards & Initiatives, to learn how Interior Health has integrated traditional Indigenous food options into Interior Health facilities. The legacy of colonization in Canada...

  13. Season 5 Episode 8: Métis Nation British Columbia

    On today's episode, hosts Nicole Taylor-Sterritt and Jade Chaboyer-Kondra sit down with Becca Britton, Métis Health Systems Advocate (Interior Region) for MNBC's Ministry of Health and Eva Habib, the Métis Health Equity Manager from Métis Nation British Columbia, or MNBC. In a compelling...

  14. Season 5 Episode 6: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day

    Interior Voices hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra, Jody Wagner, and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt recently sat down with Mary Jack, lead, strategy and accountability on the Aboriginal Partnerships team, to discuss National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. In a powerful and insightful discussion, they share…

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  15. Season 5 Episode 7: Climate Change and First Nation Communities

    The dangers posed by fires and floods are increasing each year. Earlier this summer, Interior Voices podcast hosts Nicole Taylor-Sterritt and Jody Wagner met with OKIB Chief Byron Louis and Kady Hunter, Climate Change & Health Lead with Interior Health. Their discussion focused on the crucial...

  16. Season 5 Episode 5: Moose Hide Campaign

    On today's episode hosts Jody Wagner and Jade Chadboyer-Kondra sit down with Moosehide Campaign co-founder Raven Lacerte and National Ambassador Dominic Paul. How to Participate: Order, wear, and share moose hide pins – Order pins Take part in Moose Hide Campaign Day on May 11, 2023 – Register…

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  17. Season 5 Episode 4: Indigenous Nurses Day

    This week on the podcast, hosts Jade Chaboyer-Khondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt welcome Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin, Nikki Rose Hunter-Porter and Michelle Padley for a celebration of Indigenous Nurses Day. Additional information and activity links

  18. Season 5 Episode 3: Indigenous Health Emergency Management Liaison Tamara Sommer

    This week on the podcast, our hosts Nicole Taylor-Sterritt and Jody Wagner talk with Indigenous Health Emergency Management Liaison Tamara Sommer.

  19. Season 5 Episode 2: Aboriginal Partnershps Leadership

    On today's episode hosts Jade Chadboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt welcome the Aboriginal Partnerships Leadership Team. Learn more Check out Aboriginal Partnerships on the IH Website and on the InsideNet IH Aboriginal Health and Wellness Strategy Donna Robbins (Gabriel family) Jo-ann Q'um...

  20. Season 5 Episode 1: Peer Inclusion and Engagement

    On today's episode hosts Tracy Mooney and Jody Wagner discuss Peer Inclusion and Engagement within Mental Health and Substance Use planning and service deliver with guests Alison Kyte and Brock Thomas. Learn more Stories@IH: Peers are being engaged to share their substance use expertise The Role…

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  21. Season 4 Episode 9 Territory Acknowledgements with Dr. Martin Lavoie

    On today's episode our hosts sit down with Dr. Martin Lavoie, Interim Chief Medical Health Officer for Interior Health. Dr. Lavoie shares his ongoing journey around the importance creating meaningful Territory Acknowledgements. Learn More: FNHA Territory Acknowledgements booklet What Do Land...

  22. Season 4 Episode 8: Louis Riel Day with Brodie Douglas

    On today's episode hosts Tracy Mooney and Jody Wagner sit down with Métis historian Brodie Douglas for a discussion of Louis Riel, Métis history and more. Mentioned in this Episode The Northwest is Our Mother by Jean Tyee From the Ashes by Jessie Thistle Halfbreed by Maria Campbell Harry Daniels...

  23. Season 4 Episode 7: Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

    Kukpi7 (Chief) Willie Sellars recently sat down with podcast hosts Tracy Mooney and Jade Chaboyer-Kondra to discuss Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Serving as Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) Chief since 2018, Chief Sellars also sits on Interior Health's Board...

  24. Season 4 Episode 6: Introducing Our New Co-hosts

    This week on Interior Voices, host Tracy Mooney introduces three new co-hosts who will be joining the podcast: Jody Wagner, Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor Sterritt. Learn more Bill C31 Social Determinants of Health Canada Health Act ACT Model IH Aboriginal Health and Wellness Strategy...

  25. Season 4 Episode 5: Aboriginal Health and Wellness Strategy

    This week, CEO Susan Brown and IH Board Chair Doug Cochrane join the podcast to discuss Aboriginal Health and Wellness Strategy. Learn more • IH Board of Directors • IH Senior Executive Team • IH Aboriginal Partnerships • IH Aboriginal Health and Wellness Strategy (AHWS) 2022-2026 • IH Aboriginal...

  26. Season 4 Episode 4: National Indigenous Peoples Day

    This week, we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day and the fiftieth episode of the podcast with some very special guests. Learn more Check out the Indigenous Peoples Day Toolkit on the InsideNet Download the Allyship Builders workbook and start your year-long journey Participate in local...

  27. Season 4 Episode 3: National Day of Awareness and Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Gender Diverse People

    Interior Voices podcast host Tracy Mooney recently spoke with Sheila Lewis, Provincial Women's Manager for Métis Nation BC about the National Day of Awareness and Action, the Inquiry and Report, and provide resources for those who want to learn more. Learn more: Reclaiming Power and Place: The...

  28. Season 4 Episode 2: Aboriginal Patient Care and Quality Consultants

    This week on the the podcast, host Tracy Mooney talks with Shari McKeown, Lucie Poisson and Natalie Daniels about Interior Health's new Aboriginal Patient Care and Quality Consultant positions that provide culturally safe recourse for patient and client concerns.. Learn more: In Plain Sight…

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  29. Season 4 Episode 1: Pandemic Partnerships

    This week on the podcast, host Tracy Mooney talks with Kristen Hanson and Jonathan Spence from IH's Communicable Disease Department and Casey Neathway from First Nations Health Authority about how Nations, FNHA and IH have partnered during the Pandemic Response. Learn more: First Nations Health...

  30. Season 3 Episode 10: Year in Review

    This week host Tracy Mooney and Beth Blew take a look back at the episodes produced in Season 3 of the podcast and take a look ahead towards the new year. Learn more: Interior Voices podcast, Season 3 Episode 1: Dr. Sean Wachtel, Senior Medical Director, Aboriginal Health Interior Voices podcast,...

  31. Season 3 Episode 9: Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Humility Policy Development

    AD0200 Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Humility began with a conversation between colleagues and a whiteboard drawing two years ago, and was approved earlier this year. The Development Team was made up of representatives from Human Resources, Workplace Health and Safety, Aboriginal Health and...

  32. Season 3 Episode 8 Part 2: Louis Riel Day Interview with Dean Gladue

    This week on the podcast, we present a special two-part edition for Louis Riel Day. In part 2, host Tracy Mooney talks with Dean Gladue, Director, Region 3 from Métis Nation BC about the Day and what it means to be Métis. Learn more Visit the Métis Nation BC (MNBC) website MNBC Declaration of…

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  33. Season 3 Episode 8 Part 1: Louis Riel Day Interview with Debra Fisher

    This week on the podcast, we present a special two-part edition for Louis Riel Day. In part 1, host Tracy Mooney talks with Debra Fisher, Director, Region 4 from Métis Nation BC about the Day and what it means to be Métis. Learn more Visit the Métis Nation BC (MNBC) website MNBC Declaration of…

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  34. Season 3 Episode 7: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day

    This week on the Interior Voices podcast, hosts Vanessa Mitchell and Tracy Mooney talk with Jody Wagner, Aboriginal Mental Wellness Practice Lead about Orange shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Learn more: Aboriginal Employee Wellness Resources (InsideNet) KUU-US Crisis...

  35. Season 3 Episode 6: IH Employee Voices Advisory Group

    This week on the Interior Voices podcast, host Tracy Mooney talks with AJ Aspinall, Kim Dedora, and Carl Meadows about the IH Employee Voices Advisory Committee. Episode Resources: IH's Diversity and Inclusion page IH's Inclusive Language Guide IH's Diversity and Inclusion Plan EVAG Meet the...

  36. Season 3 Episode 5: Planting the Seeds Part 2

    his week on the Interior Voices podcast, host Tracy Mooney talks with Vanessa and Leslie, along with Elders Eric Mitchell and Chris Marchand about Planting the Seeds, an Indigenous-informed research workshop. The team--which also included Elder Roberta Price and former Knowledge Facilitator...

  37. Season 3 Episode 5: Planting the Seeds Part 1

    This week on the Interior Voices podcast, host Tracy Mooney talks with Vanessa and Leslie, along with Elders Eric Mitchell and Chris Marchand about Planting the Seeds, an Indigenous-informed research workshop. The team--which also included Elder Roberta Price and former Knowledge Facilitator...

  38. Season 3 Episode 4 National Indigenous Peoples Day

    June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This year, National Indigenous History Month is dedicated to the missing children, the families left behind and the survivors of residential schools. Resources for Support: Aboriginal Employee Wellness...

  39. Season 3 Episode 3: Food is Medicine Initiative

    Host Tracy Mooney talks with the team behind IH's Food is Medicine initiative. Donna Koenig, Food Services Manager for SOGH, received a grant through Nourish Canada that allowed the team to develop traditional recipes with Aboriginal partners. The foods will be distributed through the Meals at…

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  40. Season 3 Episode 2: Welcoming Spaces in Mental Health and Substance Use

    Hosts Vanessa Mitchell and Tracy Mooney talk with Cathy Collinge and Deb Trampleasure from Aboriginal Mental Wellness about creating welcoming spaces for Mental Health and Substance Use services. Episode 2 Resources Partnering to Enhance MHSU Environments Report Aboriginal Mental Wellness Plan In...

  41. Season 3 Episode 1: Dr. Sean Wachtel, Senior Medical Director, Aboriginal Health

    This week, host Vanessa Mitchell talks with Dr. Sean Wachtel, Senior Medical Director, Aboriginal Health. Vanessa asks him about his role with Interior Health and they cover important ground related to cultural safety and humility in health care. Episode 1 Resources Vanessa and Dr. Wachtel…

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  42. Season 2 Episode 10: Year in Review and What's Coming in 2021

    This week, host Vanessa Mitchell takes a look back at past episodes with special guests Kris Murray and Sheila Lewis. The team is also joined by Tracy Mooney for a look ahead to our plans for 2021. Episode 10 Resources Season 2 Episode 7: Orange Shirt Day and Trauma-Informed Practice Season 1...

  43. Season 2 Episode 9: TRU Aboriginal Research Project

    This week, host Vanessa Mitchell talks colleagues Rose Melnyk and Tracy Mooney along with Colleen Seymour from and Lisa Bourque Bearskin from Thompson Rivers University. Their discussion centers on the importance of Aboriginal research in health care.

  44. Season 2 Episode 8: Mental Wellness During COVID-19

    This week, host Vanessa Mitchell talks with Tracy Mooney, Aboriginal Employment Advisor and Jody Wagner, Aboriginal Mental Wellness Practice Lead. Their discussion centers around Aboriginal Mental Wellness during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Internal IH Resources: IH COVID HUB IH Psychological...

  45. Season 2 Episode 7: Orange Shirt Day and Trauma-Informed Practice

    This week on the Interior Voices podcast, hosts Vanessa Mitchell and Kris Murray talk with Jody Wagner, Aboriginal Mental Wellness Practice Lead. Jody shares her thoughts on Orange Shirt Day and the importance of trauma-informed practice. Learn more ... Check out the resources and concepts...

  46. Season 2 Episode 6: Mal Griffin, Vice President for Human Resources

    This week's episode was recorded earlier this year before the start of the pandemic and before Sheila's departure. IH Vice President for Human Resources Mal Griffin joined Sheila, Vanessa, and Kris to discuss diversity and inclusion and Mal's career with Interior Health. Episode 6 Resources IH...

  47. Season 2 Episode 5: Karen Cooper, Director of Allied Health for IH West

    This week host Vanessa Mitchell visits with Karen Cooper. Karen shares her journey to her current position as Director of Allied Health for IH West. Karen participated in the Nlaka'pamux Nation Managers tour last summer and shares the trip's impact with Vanessa. Episode 5 Resources Nlaka'pamux...

  48. Season 2 Episode 4: MHSU Administrator Debi Morris

    Episode 4: MHSU Administrator Debi Morris Interior Voices host Vanessa Mitchell talks with Debi Morris, Mental Health and Substance Use Administrator for IH West. The pair reminisce about the time they spent together last year on the Nlaka'pamux communities tour and the importance of...

  49. Season 2 Episode 3: National Indigenous Peoples Day

    Episode 3: National Indigenous Peoples Day For IH staff, the past few months have been anything but business as usual. As we begin to move into the next phase of our COVID-19 pandemic recovery, Vanessa and Kris are back to share some ways we can celebrate national Indigenous Peoples Day-albeit...

  50. Season 2 Episode 2: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

    This week our hosts discuss the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with guest Jesse McDonald. Episode 2 Resources UNDRIP Document

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to Interior Voices, an Interior Health podcast series. Through engaging storytelling and insightful interviews, Interior Voices co-hosts Mary Jack and Natalie Daniels aim to illuminate the complexities of health and wellness and celebrate cultural resilience while addressing the challenges Indigenous peoples face navigating health-care systems. Founded in 2018, Interior Voices podcast (IVP) launched the first episode with hosts Kris Murray, Sheila Louis and Vanessa Mitchell with the communications support of Beth Blew. IVP launched as an Interior Health (IH) Indigenous health and wellness podcast series that explores the intersection of health and culture in the workplace, our everyday lives and patient care.

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