Interior Voices

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 practice lead, Darcy Doberstein, manager, strategy and accountability, Indigenous Partnerships, and Becca Britton, Métis health systems advocate, show off their podcast knowledge for a chance at the crown. 

Relive the best of the season, with fun, laughter, and conversation about the important themes and learnings Interior Voices brought to life in 2023. Are you an avid listener? We encourage you to play along!

As the fifth season draws to a close, we also acknowledge the work and legacy of two individuals who have been integral to Interior Voices throughout the years. 

Beth Blew, one of the original co-founders of the podcast, edited Interior Voices for 4.5 seasons in addion to marketing the podcast. Her behind-the-scenes contributions allowed it to flourish and grow, to become the podcast it is today. 

We also acknowledge Jody Wagner, one of our excellent hosts. Jody recently took a new position within Interior Health and will no longer be working as a host of the podcast - but her insight, creative ideas, and compelling questions will leave a legacy. 

Have you enjoyed this trip down memory lane? Revisit Season 5 by listening to previous episodes: 

Season 5, Episode 1 – Peer Inclusion Project

Season 5, Episode 2 – Aboriginal Partnerships Leadership Team

Season 5, Episode 3 – Indigenous Health Emergency Management Liaison Tamara Sommer

Season 5, Episode 4 – Indigenous Nurses Day

Season 5, Episode 5 – Moose Hide Campaign

Season 5, Episode 6 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Season 5, Episode 7 – Climate Change

Season 5, Episode 8 – Métis Nation British Columbia

Season 5, Episode 9 – Indigenous Foods in IH 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 can be felt through the systemic inequities that remain, such as the loss of traditional foods for Indigenous peoples - food which is integral to Indigenous culture. Through the Traditional Food Initiative, Savanna's work has started with her own learning and unlearning journey including a Ministry of Health led piloted learning journey to introduce Indigenous foods into health care. In partnership with the Support Services leadership team, she looks forward to collaborating with Indigenous community members to understand their needs and help create a menu that embraces traditional recipes and their history. 

Learn more: 

• Home on Native Land, an educational site recommended by Savanna

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 conversation, they discuss the history of the Métis, the importance of culturally safe and distinctive health care, and the working relationship between MNBC and Interior Health. This discussion was had in honour of Louis Riel Day, earlier this month.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone working in health care who wants to learn about Métis culture, history, and how to work toward achieving better health outcomes for Métis people. 

If you'd like to learn more about Louis Riel, check out these previous episodes of Interior Voices: 

Season 4, Episode 8: an interview with Métis historian Brodie Douglas
Season 3, Episode 8, Part 1: an interview with Debra Fisher, Director, Region 4 from Métis Nation BC
Season 3, Episode 8, Part 2: an interview with Dean Gladue, Director, Region 3 from Métis Nation BC

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 how listeners can recognize the day, and learn the truth about impacts of colonization. 

This podcast includes themes related to residential school experiences. If you or someone you know requires immediate support or assistance, call a crisis line (available 24 hours, 7 days per week):

Indian Residential School Survivor Society Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717
Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722
Interior Crisis Line Network: 1-888-353-2273

We encourage you to continue to learn, and unlearn, to move forward on the path of reconciliation.  Explore opportunities and resources to learn more:

Resources

• View the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPPA)
• Learn about the Sixties Scoop
• Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
• Listen to Interior Voices, Season 4, Episode 7: Orange Shirt Day/ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with guest Kukpi7 (Chief) Willie Sellars of Williams Lake First Nation
• Read the Moose Hide Campaign’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation guide

Our Host-Recommended Reading List:

• Glen Jack experienced the horror of Kamloops Residential Schools. He’s been trying to get people to listen for 50 years by Andrea Woo, Globe and Mail
• Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
• There, There by Tommy Orange
• Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph

Our Host-Recommended Watch List

• Webinars from the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health
• Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
• Survivors of the Red Brick School produced by Osoyoos Indian Band
• Little Bird

Interior Health InsideNet Resources

• Read the Indian Residential School Awareness Resource 
• View Interior Health’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day 2023 Toolkit for more information and resources
• Buy an orange shirt using the Aboriginal Vendors Guide
• Complete the Indigenous-Specific Antiracism Awareness (ISAE) series on iLearn
• View the Honoraria and Gifting Guide
• Read the Aboriginal Engagement FAQ for IH Staff
• Read the Interior Health Aboriginal Health and Wellness Strategy
• Get familiar with the Interior Health Safe Reporting Policy: it allows anyone to confidentially report anything they see as wrongdoing, including racism in the workplace.

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 partnerships IH is developing with First Nations in response to the changing climate and its impact to our health and wellbeing.

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
• Join the one-day fast 
• Recognition through the PSA learning Centre
• Organize your own COVID-safe event with your colleagues
• Wear your pin when meeting online
• Write a blog post or newsletter article
• Download signature blocks, meeting backgrounds etc
• Join us on April 12 for a Founders Webinar, 12pm – 1pm

Learn more at moosehidecampaign.ca.

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

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

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 Q’um Xiiem Archibald

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 of the Peer within a Clinical Team webinar provides background about the roots of Peer Support. It is delivered by Pat Deegan who is an international leader in Peer work.
• IH staff can check out the Peer Inclusion and Engagement Toolkit to learn more and to find out how to engage Peers in their work
• People with lived or living experience with substance use visit the Substance Use Peer Engagement & Inclusion webpage to learn more and to get involved.
• Lila Waston
• Peer Support Canada
• Mental Health Commission of Canada 
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer- available to IH staff through IH Library Services
• Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
• IH Land Acknowledgment Policy

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 Acknowledgements Really Mean? 
• Beyond Territorial Acknowledgements
• Interior Voices podcast Territory Acknowledgment Episode from Season 1
• An Overview of Territory Acknowledgement
• FAQ and Policy Guide (InsideNet)
• A map of First Nation Territories in the Interior Health service area (InsideNet)
• Assistance with pronunciation (InsideNet)

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

Additional Louis Riel Day Resources

• ​Download the Louis Riel Day Toolkit (InsideNet)
• Visit the Métis Nation BC (MNBC) website
• Read Kaa-wiichitoyaahk: We Take Care of Each Other (available through IH Library Services)
• Learn the Michif language
• Download and display the Louis Riel poster at your worksite (InsideNet)
• Participate in November's Allyship Builders (InsideNet)

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 of Directors.

Learn more

• Chief Sellars biography
• Williams Lake First Nation
• St. Joseph’s Mission Investigation
• Orange Shirt Society
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

How will you commit to truth and reconciliation?

• Register for the free HRx Truth and Reconciliation Webinar Sept. 26 ‘Embracing Truth for Meaningful Reconciliation’
• Check out the Orange Shirt Day Toolkit on the InsideNet
• Familiarize yourself with the Residential School sites in the Interior Region
• Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)’s Calls to Action

Additional Orange Shirt Day resources and events

• Watch Phyllis Webstad - On Orange Shirt Day
• Register for the Yellowhead Institute's Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation, 10 a.m.-12:30 pm. (1-3:30 p.m. EDT), Sept. 29
• 9th Annual Orange Shirt Day, Williams Lake Stampede Grounds, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Walk for the Children in Penticton on September 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, hosted by Okanagan Nation Alliance
• Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society (442- Leon Avenue, Kelowna) is hosting two events:
  • National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Day - Thursday, Sept. 29, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. - E-mail KFS or call 250-300-3075 for information
  • Sisters in Spirit Vigil - Tuesday, Oct. 4 - 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. E-mail KFS or call 250-300-3075 for information

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 2022-2026
• IH Aboriginal Mental Wellness Plan
• IH Aboriginal Human Resources Plan (InsideNet)
• IH June 2022 In Plain Sight Response
• In Plain Sight Summary Report

Previously on the Podcast

• Season 1 Episode 6: Meet the Cultural Safety Team
• Season 2 Episode 8: Mental Wellness During COVID-19
• 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 Mental Wellness Plan

• IH Aboriginal Human Resources Plan (InsideNet)

• IH June 2022 In Plain Sight Response

• In Plain Sight Summary Report

• 24 Recommendations – In Plain Sight

• Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

Previously on the Podcast:

• Aboriginal Patient Care and Quality Consultants

• Pandemic Partnerships

• Aboriginal Cultural Safety and Humility Policy Development

• IH Board Chair Dr. Doug Cochrane

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 celebrations listed on FNHA Events page and Métis Nation BC Facebook page
• Browse Aboriginal Health & Wellness resources available through IH Library Services
• Listen to previous interviews with Diane and Allan
  • Season 1 Episode 19: IH Board Member Diane Jules
  • Season 1 Episode 20: IH Board Member Allan Louis
• Learn more about the IH Board of Directors, the Senior Executive Team and Aboriginal Partnerships

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 Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
• A Path Forward: Priorities and Early Strategies for B.C. June 2021 Status Update
• National Family and Survivors Circle
• Fact Sheet Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls
• Thanks for Listening Report (Metis)
• Metis response to violence against women, the Sashing Our Warriors campaign
• HIghway of Tears: Preventing Violence Against Women Carrier Sekani Family Services
• General list of Indigenous focused films from NFB
  • Kanehsatake 270 years of resistance
• Doctrine of Discovery documentary (Part of the Anglican Church Call to Action response)
• TRC Reading Circles - Takes about 5 - 6 months to implement this process
• #ReadTheTRCReport - YouTube

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 Report and Recommendations
• Interior Health Patient Care Quality Office (contact us to share your feedback)
• Download our Patient Care Quality Office brochure for printing and sharing with others

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 Authority
• Interior Health COVID-19 Information
• BC CDC Covid-19 Information

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: