Interior Voices

Join hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt during heart month for an episode dedicated to heart health! In this episode, Jade and Nicole invited Dr. Laurie Main and syilx Elder Darlene, from Upper Nicola Indian Band with her support person and daughter-in-law, Mary Jack, Lead, Strategy & Accountability, Indigenous Health and Wellness. Dr. Laurie Main is a General Internal Medicine Specialist, practicing in Salmon Arm since 2018. Laurie works hard to meet the needs of and improve access to cardiac care in Salmon Arm, where she is the President of Shuswap Cardiac Society, [https://shuswapcardiacsociety.org/] a not-for-profit dedicated to improving the quality of cardiovascular care in the Shuswap. Elder Darlene lives in the area known as spaxmən (spugh-e-min), commonly known as Douglas Lake reserve in Merritt. She has five sons, with her late husband George, three biological and two adopted, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Darlene was born with rheumatic fever. As a child she was in and out of the Coqualeetza Indian Hospital in Sardis (Chilliwack), B.C. and Kamloops Indian Residential School (Kamloops B.C.). Learn more *  Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada [https://www.heartandstroke.ca/] * Coqualeetza Indian Hospital [https://nctr.ca/residential-schools/british-columbia/coqualeetza-chilliwack-home/]  * Shuswap Cardiac Society [https://shuswapcardiacsociety.org/]

Join hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt for the sixth season of the Interior Voices podcast.  In this episode Jade and Nicole invited the Indigenous communications consultants Sheanna Williams, Communication & Engagement Consultant – Indigenous Partnership and Victoria Jaenig, Communications Consultant, Indigenous Partnerships.  Sheanna Williams/ Thunderhorse Woman, a Carrier Sekani woman from the Takla Nation (bear and wolf clan) with Ukranian and Icelandic ancestry, loves being on the land and in community, and is an advocate for Indigenous youth. She also has a five-year-old Rottweiler who loves being on the land with her.  Victoria Jaenig/ qwəɬxanaʔ (kwel-han-nah), is a member of the Penticton Indian Band and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc communities.   She is a wife, mother, aunt, sister, daughter, niece and syilx woman who is also a harvester, hand drummer and apprentice to the nsyilxcən language. She has a background in the arts, communications, Indigenous business and education sectors and an award-winning Indigenous storyteller. Learn more  * Interior Health - Indigenous Partnerships [https://www.interiorhealth.ca/about-ih/Indigenous-partnerships] * Interior Health - Indigenous Health and Wellness [https://www.interiorhealth.ca/health-and-wellness/indigenous-health-and-wellness]

Join Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt, our magnificent hosts of the Interior Voices Podcast, in this informative episode with Janessa Collins as they discuss ways to positively support Indigenous employees at Interior Health (IH). Janessa is the Business Partner for Indigenous Employee Experience at IH. Janessa Collins/Kʷista’yetko (kwis-teh-yet -koh), member of the Nlaka’pamux Nation from the Lower Nicola Indian Band (Merritt, B.C.), is a mother, daughter, granddaughter, , auntie, wife, and mother of chickens.  Learn More: Interior Health 2024-2029 Indigenous Employee Experience Strategy [https://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/default/files/PDFS/2024-2029-interior-health-indigenous-employee-experience-strategy.pdf]

Dearest gentle listeners! Did you miss us? Hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt are back after a short pause followed by a soft re-launch with Part 1 of 2: Cultural Safety is for everyone where you heard how cultural safety and humility is for everybody.  In this episode we continue our conversation discussing how the role of allyship and being an ally is critical to advancing Indigenous health and wellnessm, cultural safety and humility.  Jared Basil is from yaqan nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band) of the Ktunaxa Nation and wears many hats. He currently resides as Chair for the Board of Governors for the College of the Rockies, is an Entrepreneur/ CEO/ Business Owner for Native Pride Design, is a former an elected official of yaqan nuʔkiy, serving as Band Councilor from 2015 to 2021.  Learn more about  * Ktunaxa Nation [https://www.ktunaxa.org/] * Ktunaxa Nation Social Investment Sector Practice Framework [https://ktunaxahakqyit.org/22464/widgets/103528/documents/83249] * Indigenous-led mental health and addictions facility underway [https://healthbc.sharepoint.com/sites/InTheLoopPortalIH/SitePages/Indigenous-led-mental-health-and-addictions-facility-underway.aspx]

Welcome Back listeners! Join Interior Voices Podcast hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt in this Part 1 (of 2) can't miss episode with Ktunaxa Cultural Framework Educator, Jared Basil as they discuss the importance of culture, being grounded in identity, how cultural safety is for everyone and the work Ktunaxa Nation is doing. Jared Basil is from yaqan nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band) of the Ktunaxa Nation and wears many hats. He currently resides as Chair for the Board of Governors for the College of the Rockies, is an Entrepreneur/ CEO/ Business Owner for Native Pride Design, is a former an elected official of yaqan nuʔkiy serving as Band Councilor from 2015 to 2021.  Learn more: * Ktunaxa Nation [https://www.ktunaxa.org/] * Ktunaxa Nation Social Investment Sector Practice Framework [https://ehq-production-canada.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/544e80ff5310552af47890100d5e71f0fcc60c6c/original/1655224928/69666a04ec64a441e0f657352eb5a4e2_Ktunaxa_Framework_June_2020.pdf]