Mino Bimaadiziwin - Conversations on Addictions and Mental Wellness

Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
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This podcast aims to seek and share insight about Indigenous addictions and mental health issues. It takes a fearless approach in exploring the tough issues with some of the leading voices in Indigenous wellness. thunderbirdpf.org

  1. 2025-10-16

    Ep 30: Healing Trauma, Reclaiming Identity with Shontelle Prokipcak

    Carol Hopkins sits down with Shontelle Prokipcak, a social worker, psychotherapist, and registered addiction specialist with Mental Health and Addiction Services Ottawa. Shontelle shares powerful insights into the deep connection between trauma and addiction, explaining how healing means addressing the root causes beneath behavior.

    48 min

  2. 2025-09-16

    Ep 29: Decolonizing Leadership - A Journey Rooted in Love and Cultural Identity with Theresa Crow Spreading His Wings

    Theresa Crow Spreading His Wings is the founder of Gathering Our Bundles, a leadership and healing platform rooted in love, truth, and cultural safety. A survivor of the Sixties scoop, Theresa specializes in trauma-informed care, decolonizing leadership, and system navigation for Indigenous communities. She is a Blackfoot First Nations woman from the Blood Tribe in Treaty 7 Territory in Standoff, Alberta. Her work is grounded in Blackfoot values and teachings.

    46 min

  3. 2025-08-07

    Ep 28: Bridging the Gap - Koral Hamilton on Indigenous Approaches to Addiction Recovery

    Koral Hamilton is a program manager with Feathers of Hope, an Indigenous youth advocacy nonprofit organization, based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Koral is a proud Metis woman with roots in the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. She is our guest on Mino Bimaadiziwin for an important conversation about bridging the gap between detox and long term addiction recovery treatment.

    1h 5m

  4. 2025-04-24

    Ep 27: Wholistic Recovery with Dr. Peter Butt

    Dr. Butt is a retired Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He served for 24 years as a consultant in Addiction Medicine in the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

    1h 8m

  5. 2024-11-04

    Ep 26: The Talking Stick with Cecile McKay

    How the Talking Stick program is helping to fill crucial gaps by allowing quick and anonymous access to a safe place, providing emotional support, while empowering Indigenous voices, and creating jobs for Indigenous people.

    39 min

  6. 2024-09-24

    Ep 25: Meth and Crystal Meth - Strategies to Address the Crisis with Barbara Ann Horner

    Barbara Ann Horner back to Mino Bimaadiziwin for an important conversation about methamphetamines, crystal meth, what they are, their effects and strategies to address the meth crisis. Barbara Ann is Thunderbird’s regional mental wellness Coordinator for British Columbia.

    57 min

  7. 2024-08-08

    Ep 24: The Impact of the Crystal Meth Crisis on Children with Barbara Michel

    "There are reports of nine and ten year olds doing crystal meth on purpose. This has been going on quite a while now."

    36 min

  8. 2024-07-24

    Ep 23: "Have you had overdoses that you weren't able to revive?" - Xylazine with Barbara Ann Horner

    Barbara Ann Horner is Thunderbird’s regional mental wellness Coordinator for British Columbia.

    39 min
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This podcast aims to seek and share insight about Indigenous addictions and mental health issues. It takes a fearless approach in exploring the tough issues with some of the leading voices in Indigenous wellness. thunderbirdpf.org

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