A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada Ralston Saul's Argument Deserves Reading I would like to pass on to you some words that review John Ralston Saul's book, A Fair Country-Telling Truths About Canada, to encourage others to read his assessment of what is needed in Canada to support decolonization and reconciliation. Under the current circumstances, those not connected to Indigenous history can support healing by re-educating themselves. It's important that non-Indigenous Canadians realize the depth of the wound that nearly two centuries of collective moral injury has cut into the huma ..read more

The Metis Sash The Sash "In the west, the name "L'Assomption Sash" gave way to today's term "the Metis sash."  It has been said that this likely occurred because many of the sash-wearing voyageurs were of mixed-blood, and the sash was most popular among the Metis of the Red River. Today, the "Metis sash" continues to be an integral part of Metis cultural celebrations." A young Metis-Man once visited his Elder for fresh advice. "Elder, in my dreams that are nightmares I keep seeing the same Black Wolf, running scared in an alley, scavenging for food." "Yes, go on."  T ..read more

“Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John” ― J.R. Ward, Lover Reborn Trauma & PTSD:  Mind-Body-Spirit Connection ​For the past couple weeks, I've been working on the web-site.  I've opportunity next month to complete the circle that defines the last thirteen-years of my life.  In September, I'm returning to my former employer, BC Emergency Health Services, to share with Paul Swain, Director and his team, all the discoveries I've made up until now ..read more

A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada Ralston Saul's Argument Deserves Reading I would like to pass on to you some words that review John Ralston Saul's book, A Fair Country-Telling Truths About Canada, to encourage others to read his assessment of what is needed in Canada to support decolonization and reconciliation. Under the current circumstances, those not connected to Indigenous history can support healing by re-educating themselves. It's important that non-Indigenous Canadians realize the depth of the wound that nearly two centuries of collective moral injury has cut into the huma ..read more

The Metis Sash The Sash "In the west, the name "L'Assomption Sash" gave way to today's term "the Metis sash."  It has been said that this likely occurred because many of the sash-wearing voyageurs were of mixed-blood, and the sash was most popular among the Metis of the Red River. Today, the "Metis sash" continues to be an integral part of Metis cultural celebrations." A young Metis-Man once visited his Elder for fresh advice. "Elder, in my dreams that are nightmares I keep seeing the same Black Wolf, running scared in an alley, scavenging for food." "Yes, go on."  T ..read more

“Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John” ― J.R. Ward, Lover Reborn Trauma & PTSD:  Mind-Body-Spirit Connection ​For the past couple weeks, I've been working on the web-site.  I've opportunity next month to complete the circle that defines the last thirteen-years of my life.  In September, I'm returning to my former employer, BC Emergency Health Services, to share with Paul Swain, Director and his team, all the discoveries I've made up until now ..read more

“In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.”  ― J.R.R. Tolkien “To be, or not to be: that is the question:  Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer  The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,  Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,  And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;  No more; and, by a sleep to say we end  The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks  That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation  Devoutly to be wish ..read more

The Metis Sash The Sash "In the west, the name "L'Assomption Sash" gave way to today's term "the Metis sash."  It has been said that this likely occurred because many of the sash-wearing voyageurs were of mixed-blood, and the sash was most popular among the Metis of the Red River. Today, the "Metis sash" continues to be an integral part of Metis cultural celebrations." A young Metis-Man once visited his Elder for fresh advice. "Elder, in my dreams that are nightmares I keep seeing the same Black Wolf, running scared in an alley, scavenging for food." "Yes, go on."  T ..read more

The Metis Sash The Sash "In the west, the name "L'Assomption Sash" gave way to today's term "the Metis sash."  It has been said that this likely occurred because many of the sash-wearing voyageurs were of mixed-blood, and the sash was most popular among the Metis of the Red River. Today, the "Metis sash" continues to be an integral part of Metis cultural celebrations." A young Metis-Man once visited his Elder for fresh advice. "Elder, in my dreams that are nightmares I keep seeing the same Black Wolf, running scared in an alley, scavenging for food." "Yes, go on."  The Elder said ..read more

“Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John” ― J.R. Ward, Lover Reborn Trauma & PTSD:  Mind-Body-Spirit Connection ​For the past couple weeks, I've been working on the web-site.  I've opportunity next month to complete the circle that defines the last thirteen-years of my life.  In September, I'm returning to my former employer, BC Emergency Health Services, to share with Paul Swain, Director and his team, all the discoveries I've made up until now across my journey. As this sugge ..read more