Interior Voices

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, Season 3 Episode 2: Welcoming Spaces in Mental Health and Substance Use Interior Voices podcast, Season 3 Episode 3: Food is Medicine Initiative Interior Voices podcast, Season 3 Episode 4: National Indigenous Peoples Day Interior Voices podcast, Season 3 Episode 5: Planting the Seeds Planting the Seeds Part 1 Planting the Seeds Part 2 Interior Voices podcast, Season 3 Episode 6: IH Employee Voices Advisory Group Interior Voices podcast, Season 3 Episode 7: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day Interior Voices podcast, Season 3 Episode 8: Louis Riel Day Louis Riel Day Interview with Debra Fisher Part 2: Louis Riel Day Interview with Dean Gladue Interior Voice

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 Aboriginal Mental Wellness. Several team members met recently to discuss the importance of the policy and the development process. Learn More: AD0200 Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Humility Policy  Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Humility and You: Learn more about the policy  AU2200 Anti-Racism Policy Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action

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 Self Government Read Kaa-wiichitoyaahk: We Take Care of Each Other - available through on the MNBC website and through IH Library Services Check out The Northwest is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Reil's People, the Métis Nation by Jean Teillet, a great-neice of Louis Riel and constitutional lawyer Learn the Michif language Watch Moccasin Flats- a 1970s documentary about Dean Gladue's home community

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 Self Government Read Kaa-wiichitoyaahk: We Take Care of Each Other - available through on the MNBC website and through IH Library Services Check out The Northwest is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Reil's People, the Métis Nation by Jean Teillet, a great-neice of Louis Riel and constitutional lawyer Learn the Michif language Watch Moccasin Flats- a 1970s documentary about Dean Gladue's home community

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 Line Society – 24 hr Crisis Line: 1-800- KUU-US-17 (1-800-588-8717) Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action Orange Shirt Day / Nation Day for Truth and ReconciliationTool Kit (InsideNet) Orange Shirt Day Society Indian Residential School Survivors Society IH residential school awareness resource (InsideNet)

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 Members IH’s 2020 Employee census report Contact EVAG or email the group at __IHEmployeeVoicesAdvisoryGroup in Outlook

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 Christopher Macklin--created and led the workshop for researchers interested in working with Indigenous peoples.

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 Christopher Macklin--created and led the workshop for researchers interested in working with Indigenous peoples.  

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 Resources (InsideNet) KUU-US Crisis Line Society – 24 hr Crisis Line: 1-800- KUU-US-17 (1-800-588-8717) Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society (IRSS) Crisis Line – 1-866-925-4419 Métis BC Crisis Line – 1-833-638-4722 Kid’s Help Phone – 1-800-668-6868 First Nation Health Benefits (FNHB) – Mental Health Benefit Educational Resources: Employee Experience Toolkit (InsideNet) Aboriginal Health (InsideNet) Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Humility (InsideNet) IH Library Services Aboriginal Health Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls To Action First Voices Learn Michif Celebrating the Day and the Month: First Nations Health Authority News and Events and Facebook page Métis

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 Home program.   Episode 3 Resources Why Hospital Food Matters for Reconciliation video produced by Nourish Canada video featuring the initiative along with two others from across Canada Nourish Food for Health Symposium 'Food is medicine': Sioux Lookout hospital program (CBC article) Miichim (Documentary Short)

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 Plain Sight Report  Creating Welcoming Spaces News@IH Story    

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 discuss the importance of Territory Acknowledgements  The X-Change Session 3 – Aboriginal Health: A Physicians Journey to Cultural Humility The Four Agreements of Courageous Conversations Racist Like Me — A Call to Self-Reflection and Action for White Physicians

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 Episode 2: Traditional Territory Acknowledgements Season 1 Episode 21: IH Board Chair Dr. Doug Cochrane Season 2 Episode 5: Karen Cooper, Director of Allied Health for IH West Season 2 Episode 9: Thompson Rivers University Aboriginal Research Project Season 2 Episode 2: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Season 2 Episode 1: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Season 1 Episode 13: IH Aboriginal Recruitment and Retention In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care News@IH Story: Creating Welcoming Spaces

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.

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 health and safety inside Net Page (includes schedule of wellness sessions currently posted for Fall 202cludes schedule of wellness sessions currently posted for Fall 2020) Aboriginal Employee Wellness Resources Employee and Family Assistance Program Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP) Crisis Support Line - 1-844-751-2133 Other/External Resources: FNHA (includes coronavirus podcast link) FNHA Wellness Plans and graphic stories Métis Nation British Columbia Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722 BC Association of Friendship Centres BCAFC Indigenous Cultural Safety during COVID 19 Tip Sheet KUU-US Crisis Line - 24 hr Crisis Line: 1-800- KUU-US-17 (1800-588-8717) BC Government Website

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 discussed in this episode: One-And-A-Half Men: The Story of Jim Brady and Malcolm Norris Aboriginal Mental Wellness Plan IH Employee Toolkit for Orange Shirt Day (InsideNet) Orange Shirt Day website Truth and Reconciliation Commission Residential school goes from tragedy to triumph (St. Eugene) The wisdom of Mary Paul Behind Closed Doors: Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential School Anahim Lake Dormitory (Ulkatcho) Residential School Missing Children and Unmarked Burials report United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Trauma-informed Care Toolkit IH Library Services (InsideNet) E-mail Jody Wagner  

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 Aboriginal Recruitment Season 1 Episode 13: IH Aboriginal Recruitment and Retention Season 2 Episode 1: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)  

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 Nation managers tour photos 

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 patient-centred care.   Episode 4 Resources Nlaka'pamux Nation managers tour photos 

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 virtually! COVID-19 Resources IH Resources for Aboriginal Communities First Nations Health Authority COVID-19 response Metis Nation of B.C. COVID-19 response First Nations virtual doctor of the day program National Indigenous Peoples Day Resources First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) News and Events and Facebook page Métis Nation BC Facebook page National Indigenous Peoples Day Facebook Page Kid’s Stop (activities and games for youth and educators)   CFNR (Canada’s First Nations Radio) Celebrations on Facebook  National Indigenous History Month Resources 35 Books to read for National Indigenous History Month - CBC National Indigenous History Month (with links to Truth and Reconciliat