H.E.A.L. Healthcare

This audio provides a Mindful-Presense Practice session by Heather Ferris, as part of the Present-Moment Awareness curriculum on the HEALhealthcare.ca website (link to curriculum).Now is a time of great change and hardship in the world particularly for those who are suffering disease, displacement, unkindness. Many people have experienced bias through colonization and other systems of domination and oppression. Levels of stress and anxiety are high. We are experiencing shortages of personnel within every segment of our health system. The needs of the task (including prioritizing medication) precede the best interests of the person in many cases. This leads to more stress for caregivers, families, patients and health employees. MINDFULNESS brings us into the present moment, opening our connection to ourselves and others, relieving stress.Come back to this audio as needed to practice mindful presence.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

This video will provide healthcare providers with an understanding of why so many of our people - People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) - are unable to overcome addiction. We will share our journey together through two pandemics (COVID and The Overdose Crisis) and how we supported each other through recovery and through active addiction. Our hope is that people can better understand the multiple layers of trauma that PWUD experience, along with the importance and benefits of reviving the Indigenous culture for land based healing.---This video is part of the Hearts-based Education and Anti-Colonial Learning (H.E.A.L.) project. H.E.A.L. Healthcare invites you to explore ways we have come to be in this world through arts-based learning tools providing an opportunity to deepen understandings about cultural humility, cultural competency, anti-racism, and anti-colonialism.View the entire H.E.A.L. Healthcare Learning Resource library at HEALhealthcare.caThe Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 9. In this final episode, guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, summarizes her healing journey with  host Devanee Cardinal. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.caThe Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 8. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discuss how counsellors can better meet the needs of Indigenous clients. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care. This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 7. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal hears from Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, who talks about first steps for moving forward and the priority she places on education that is historically accurate. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care. This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 6. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discussion homelands and connection to land. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care. This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 5. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, talk about tattoos and their connection to culture and identity. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 4. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, talk about "cloaking" in mental health professionals. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care. This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 3. In this episode, Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, describes her relationship with her counsellor that reminds her “that she holds the medicine” for her healing and support the family unit rather than individual.Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this episode from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.  This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project. The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 2. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discuss tokenism as it pertains to Indigenous culture. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this episode from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.  This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 1. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins the conversation with Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, will address the biases experienced by Joelene as she accesses mental health supports. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.  This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Introduction episode of the Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal introduces the series to the listener, sharing how her conversations with Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, will address the biases experienced by Indigenous individuals accesses mental health supports throughout the series. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157 The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context. Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.  This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

I Am a Body of Land, is the first recording in a 3-part series by poet Shannon Webb-Campbell that was created to address racial and sexual biases in healthcare. As a queer Mi'kmaq-settler poet, writer, and editor, I believe all arts are medicine. This project addresses healthcare provider biases via arts-based learning by giving three literary readings from my publications: Lunar Tides (Book*hug 2022), I Am a Body of Land (Book*hug 2019), and Still No Word (Breakwater 2015), as well as my forthcoming collection Re: Wild Her (Book*hug 2025). Along with these audio recordings, there are resources with questions that will guide learners through potential biased issues of gender, race, sexual orientation, classism, colonialism, and homophobia.Go to Shannon Webb-Campbell's H.E.A.L. Healthcare page to access the resources prior to listening.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Round 3 - Medicines Talk, is the third recording in a 3-part series by poet Shannon Webb-Campbell that was created to address racial and sexual biases in healthcare. As a queer Mi'kmaq-settler poet, writer, and editor, I believe all arts are medicine. This project addresses healthcare provider biases via arts-based learning by giving three literary readings from my publications: Lunar Tides (Book*hug 2022), I Am a Body of Land (Book*hug 2019), and Still No Word (Breakwater 2015), as well as my forthcoming collection Re: Wild Her (Book*hug 2025). Along with these audio recordings, there are resources with questions that will guide learners through potential biased issues of gender, race, sexual orientation, classism, colonialism, and homophobia.Go to Shannon Webb-Campbell's H.E.A.L. Healthcare page to access the resources prior to listening.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Round 2 - Lunar Tides, is the second recording in a 3-part series by poet Shannon Webb-Campbell that was created to address racial and sexual biases in healthcare. As a queer Mi'kmaq-settler poet, writer, and editor, I believe all arts are medicine. This project addresses healthcare provider biases via arts-based learning by giving three literary readings from my publications: Lunar Tides (Book*hug 2022), I Am a Body of Land (Book*hug 2019), and Still No Word (Breakwater 2015), as well as my forthcoming collection Re: Wild Her (Book*hug 2025). Along with these audio recordings, there are resources with questions that will guide learners through potential biased issues of gender, race, sexual orientation, classism, colonialism, and homophobia. Go to Shannon Webb-Campbell's H.E.A.L. Healthcare page to access the resources prior to listening.The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

This Sm’algya̱x (Ts’msyen Language) story is about two supernatural beings on a berry eating journey. This arts-based learning tool was developed for health care professionals, however anyone is welcome to participate and learn from it.Before you listen along to Maaym Binben, Berry Bellies, go to the storybook to move through the pages with the audio. As well, download the Workbook to respond to the prompt questions and scenarios designed to help you think about the bias’s being addressed in the story. The true and relevant scenarios explain how these bias’s negatively affected the care provided to Indigenous peoples seeking help. By presenting these lessons about biases within a story, the author is staying true to the Ts’msyen cultural practice of teaching through multi layered stories that challenge the individual to find the meaning within. The author has also chosen to feature supernatural beings and animals which is an important lesson pertaining to our inherent connection to the land and all our relations. Learning through story takes patience, self-reflection and an abandonment of unhealthy ego. Wayi Wah.Visit the Maaym Binben, Berry Bellies page on the H.E.A.L. Healthcare website for author and illustrator information and further resources and learning opportunities. The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare SystemEpisode 1 - Laura McNab-Coombs Clark: A Little Humanity Can Go a Long WayIn this episode, Project Lead Laura provides a brief overview of the Do Her No Harm project and how to best use this learning tool. She then shares her own stories of dehumanization in the healthcare setting, and how a little kindness and humanity from healthcare practitioners can go a long way. This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project. The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare SystemEpisode 4 - Santanna Hernandez: Intersectionality and How We Can Be Agents for System ChangeIn this episode, Dr. Santanna Hernandez shares her story of navigating the Canadian Healthcare System as an Indigenous Woman, highlighting the complexity of intersectionality in the healthcare environment. Shifting from solely a healthcare “user” to now a healthcare provider, Santanna gives her two cents on the realities of sexism, misogyny and dehumanization in healthcare, and how healthcare practitioners themselves are not immune to these adverse experiences. Sharing some of the amazing work being pioneered from within the system, Santanna brings optimism for the battle against sexism, misogyny and dehumanization in the HCS.  Santanna's Reflective Questions:If there is one thing you wish future practitioners were taught to help them provide better care for you as a patient?What research do you feel is missing in regards to women’s health?What is your gift, strengths and how can you build them up and how can you use/apply them to the work you are doing?Dr. Santanna Hernandez is Dene, from the Liidlii Kue Nation and Cold Lake First Nation on her father’s side and Dutch on her maternal side. She was raised on the traditional territory of the Sto:lo Nation and spent many years as a guest on the unceded territory of the Sinixt (Lakes), Syilx (Okanagan), Ktunaxa and Secwepemc (Shuswap) nations, whom she honours for the many traditions and gifts they shared with her. Dr. Hernandez is a mother of four children and a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, and she is working on her own healing journey from post-generational trauma and ongoing systemic racism. She recently completed her medical education at the University of Calgary and will be continuing her training in southern Alberta in rural family medicine. She served as the first Indigenous president of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students as well as a variety of other leadership roles Nationally, Provincially and locally. She served as co-chair on the ii'taa'poh'to'p student advisory circle at the University of Calgary and is continually working on research and initiatives to support Indigenous students, patients and practitioners.  This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project. The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare SystemEpisode 3 - Brittany Clark: What Makes A WomanIn this episode, Brittany shares her story as a young woman trying to navigate infertility over the last six years. She describes how repetitive experiences of inconsiderate language, lack of transparency and medical gaslighting led her to question her own womanhood. Brittany shares how small acts of kindness and humanity from healthcare practitioners made a world of difference in her journey, and how she’s reframed this experience to empower her in her life today.  Britt’s Reflective Questions:1.     What is your definition of “womanhood”? 2.     How can you use more mindfulness in your language in presenting patients with diagnoses, results, treatment options and so on?3.     How could conversations around fertility health be better represented in education and healthcare settings for people of all ages?4.     What resources can we provide to patients undergoing treatment for infertility that can best serve and support them outside of the physical components of their treatment? i.e. mental health support, and so on.  Brittany Clark was born and raised in Trail, BC. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Literature at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and a Post-Bach in Accounting at Okanagan College, in addition to numerous professional designations. She currently resides in Trail, BC with her partner, Nathan, and her St. Bernard/Great Pyrenees, Delilah. Brittany is a shopaholic in both personal a professional life, as she works as a Buyer for Teck Metals Ltd. She enjoys being active and spending quality time with her friends and family. Brittany has been navigating the world of infertility for the last 6 years. This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project. The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

Do Her No Harm – Stories of Health Inequity and Dehumanization Experienced by cis-Women in the Canadian Healthcare SystemEpisode 2 - Marie Civitarese: Believe My PainIn this episode, Marie shares her story of trying to navigate the Canadian Healthcare System as a young woman battling endometriosis for over 20 years. After decades of being passed between healthcare practitioners, feeling powerless, kept in the dark about her own health, and experiencing medical gaslighting, Marie highlights how kindness and humanity in her care had the power to change the trajectory of her healthcare experience, and empowered her to take her sexual and reproductive health into her own hands.  Marie’s Reflective Questions:1.     If you had an undiagnosed condition for 10+ years that was causing you severe pain and major disruption to the quality of your life, what what you do? Who would you go to? What would you want to hear from your (5th, 6th, or 10th) healthcare professional?2.     If you had a young teenaged child, let's say 13 or 14 years old, and they went to their doctor to discuss their pain, what would you expect from their practitioner? 3.     What could you change about your practice immediately that would better support women who come to you seeking help?Marie was born and raised in Trail, BC. She spent her formative years studying classical voice locally, and went on to complete a Bachelor and Master Degree in Music Performance. After years of studying and working abroad, Marie returned to her hometown during the COVID-19 pandemic. She now resides in Rossland, BC with her partner and works in Marketing and Communications for a local credit union. She likes to spend her time hanging out with her nephew, exploring the Kootenays on weekends, and sharing her passion for music with the local musical theatre group. Marie has been dealing with the symptoms and side effects of Endometriosis and various prescribed treatments for over 20 years.This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.  The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression curriculum and learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The curricula provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca