Women Shaping Canada

Welcome to Women Shaping Canada on today's episode with hope to support those struggling with addition and potential relapses by interviewing the very inspiring, Canadian Indigenous Author, Helen Knott. Helen Knott is a Dane-Zaa and Nehiyaw woman and social worker from the Prophet River First Nations residing in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. She is a writer, activist (for Indigenous land rights in Canada), poet, and advocate with works published in Red Rising Magazine, the Malahat Review, CBC Arts, and many others. (As taken from Wikipedia)  Hosted by Canadian Broadcaster, Dana Foster

Laryn Gilmour sits down with Karen Wells, a mother who lost her son to melanoma and now is taking her experience and working to get sunscreen dispensers at beaches and populated areas cross British Columbia in the hopes to reduce the amount of skin cancer diagnosis's from exposure to UV rays.

This episode of WSC Dana Foster speaks with Jb the FirstLady about Turtle Island, Canada as a corporation, and her interaction with John Horgan at the Feminists Deliver Conference.   Jerilynn Webster, aka JB the First Lady, is a member of the Nuxalk & Onondaga Nations. She is a Vancouver-based hip hop and spoken word artist, beat-boxer, cultural dancer and youth educator. With four studio albums under her belt, JB sees her songs as a way of capturing oral history, and isn’t afraid to write lyrics that speak to challenging subjects like residential schools and missing and murdered indigenous women.

WSC Host Dana Foster speaks with the Founder of Mazu Family, Janice Taylor. her company Mazu is a healthy, positive engagement platform for families, founded in love. Mazu gives children and parents a place to communicate and connect, creating the "digital family village". - the antidote to social media, that will awaken families with love. Sport teams and brands have used Mazu as a secure channel, to connect fans and their kids, celebrating common interests and sharing content. Professional leagues such as the NHL, NBA, WNBA and MLS have joined the movement, leveraging Mazu's platform as their core engagement strategy for families. Dana also digs into women in technology, internet safety, mental health and self-esteem on social media.

Mental Health advocate and the founder of Days of Action, and the ongoing "Days of Action Scale Smash Challenge" hopes to inspire people that they are truth in design meant to be expressed. Dana Foster gets real about her own struggles with Anxiety and Depression whiles Marlene gets passionate about healing from Trauma. A truly insightful conversation on mental health, a must listen if you're struggling with mental health issues. Today, not noted in the interview but Marlene is truly taking action by taking a cross country bike tour to advocate for Mental Health and she's already making big waves. For more information on her tour and how you can help go to www.thewomensonlinenetwork.ca