16 episodes
Heartberry Podcast Shanna & Yotakahron
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- Society & Culture
We are two (or too) wholesome kweok who enjoy visiting, and thought we would turn our random chats into a podcast. We are both Indigenous students, one in graduate school and the other in medical school. We have also both experienced a ton of institutional violence, and ignorance in our post-secondary journeys. We are here to chat about those experiences in hopes of creating relationships, opportunities for solidarity, and carving out digital space that takes seriously the perspectives of Indigenous students.
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Santanna Hernandez: We Will Get There
In this episode, Yotakahron chats with fellow medical student Santanna Hernandez. Santanna is Dene from the Liidlii Kue Nation who was raised on Sto:lo traditional territory. She is mother of 4 kiddos, a first-year medical student at the University of Calgary, and an advisor on the ii'taa'poh'to'p student advisory circle. Together they discuss Santanna's journey towards medical school, the barriers put in place and the traumatic experiences of being an Indigenous learner in medicine. If...
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Daniel Hayden: Don't Settle For What Won't Make You Happy
In this episode, Yotakahron catches up with her friend Daniel Hayden over Zoom (*note the sound quality). Daniel is from the Comanche Nation and is a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies plant pathology. Daniel’s work recognizes the highly diverse cropping systems of Indigenous Peoples and he seeks to use his research to help aid Indigenous growers in their crop production for food sovereignty initiatives. They discuss problems in academia, studying plants is like,...
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Dr. Donna May Kimmaliarjduk: Do What You Love
In this episode, Yotakahron has a conversation with the trail-blazing Dr. Donna May Kimmaliarjduk, the first Inuk cardiac surgeon in Canada and a cardiac surgery fellow at The Cleveland Clinic. They discuss Dr. K's journey throughout medicine, being an Indigenous woman in medicine, and lessons learned along the way. Yotakahron was asked to write this feature which highlighted and celebrated Dr. K during International Women's Day 2020. As we go through a shift with the Podcast, we were ab...
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Alana Sayers: You Are Not Alone
In this episode, Yotakahron chats on the phone with her friend Alana Sayers, who is from the Hupačasath (Nuu-Chah-Nulth) and Alexander (Cree, Treaty 6) First Nations. Alana grew up on the Hupačasath reserve and went to Haahuuyayak school. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University of Victoria. In her dissertation, she is creating a place-based Indigenous methodology to study Indigenous literature in both structure and content, what she calls ‘Nuu-Chah-Nulth literary...
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SOTR: Living A Good Life
CW: suicide SOTR: Shanna is on the road interviewing her supervisor Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos who is Nehiyaw (Cree) and English, and is a member of Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochekwi-Sipi; Treaty 5). He grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty 1), and currently resides in Toronto (Tkaronto)! Dr. Ansloos’ research focuses on Indigenous health, social policy, and in particular suicide and suicide prevention. He also examines community-based and systems-level change processes needed to advance social and ...
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We Still Exist
We still exist! Welcome to season two. We start this season with Yotakahron and Shanna talking about life updates: what happened during the summer, surviving cornteen, the joy of online school, and the continuous struggle of colonial violence in institutions. Calling all Indigenous Youth! If you are musically inclined, we are having a contest for our new intro/outro music. Contest opens now and goes until November 30th, 2020. You can win $500. Make sure to check out our social media pages for...