Mental health | Changing Lenses

Oct 2, 20235 min read

What Is Trauma?

Trauma is like having a broken arm, except it’s invisible. If your trauma is never healed, you're not the same as you were before.

Jan 25, 20236 min read

It's not Just Mental Health if it's not Just

If companies are truly committed to mental health), they should start by taking an honest, trauma-aware, JEDI-informed view of how they work

Feb 15, 20224 min read

Kingian Nonviolence vs. the Violent Trucker Takeover

5 Examples of Nonviolent Action that Led to Real Social Change, in Contrast to the Violence of the Ottawa Occupation

Jun 11, 20213 min read

TRC CTAs 32-36: Mental health and trauma intersects with justice for Indigenous peoples

Important examples of the need to look at justice, equity, diversity and inclusion for Indigenous people with an intersectional lens.

Jun 4, 20212 min read

TRC CTAs 11-21: Healthcare rights for Indigenous peoples - remembering Joyce Echaquan

Day 5. I think of Joyce Echaquan, the Atikamekw mother of 7 who died in a Quebec hospital while being verbally abused by staff.

Oct 17, 20206 min read

Accepting the Truth: My Dark Side

"Drawing from some inner well of strength, however difficult he found it to accept, he had to accept it. It was the truth.”