Recordings from the 2022 Siksika Health Fair

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CJSW Presents recordings from the Mental Health Awareness Day of the Siksika Health Fair 2022, which took place at the Gordon Yellow Fly Memorial Arbor in June. The three keynote speakers for the event were Dr. Leroy Little Bear, Dr. Angela Farris and Waneek Horn-Miller, who shared their research and experiences on topics surrounding mental health. Each episode focuses on a different speaker’s presentation, adding context to the speeches and providing listeners with practical tools to help maintain and develop mental health and wellness.

Episodes

  1. 09/11/2022

    Recordings from the 2022 Siksika Health Fair - Podcast August 20, 2022

    Episode 3: Waneek Horn Miller This episode features guest keynote speaker Waneek Horn Miller, a Mohawk Olympian, commentator, activist, and motivational speaker. Throughout her discourse, Waneek discusses how her mother's strong influence (Kahn Tineta Horn) helped shape Waneek into the strong and independent woman she is today. Waneek also delves into the OKA crisis and how that impacted her and those within her community. She uses this story to illustrate how she was able to be greater than her adversity. My segments deal with providing more information about Waneek, her mother Kahn Tineta Horn, the OKA Crisis, and further on the achievements Waneek has accomplished outside of professional sports.

  2. 09/11/2022

    Recordings from the 2022 Siksika Health Fair - Podcast August 13, 2022

    Episode 2: Dr. Angela Farris This episode features guest keynote speaker Dr. Angela Farris, who is an assistant professor at the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of social work at the University of Oklahoma and is from the HOPE rising research team. Dr. Farris' discourse addresses how we traditionally view the concept of hope and introduces a new way in which we should conceptualize hope. She helps audiences understand that is is an active and cognitive process. Host segments attempt to address what hope could look like in context of Siksika Health by discussing resources that can help people within those communities to reach their mental wellness goals.

  3. 09/11/2022

    Recordings from the 2022 Siksika Health Fair - Podcast August 6, 2022

    Episode 1: Dr. Leroy Little Bear In the first episode of the series, we'll hear a speech from the first of the Keynote Speakers at the 2022 Siksika Health Fair - Dr. Leroy Little Bear - who discusses Western and Blackfoot Metaphysics in relation to mental and physical health.

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CJSW Presents recordings from the Mental Health Awareness Day of the Siksika Health Fair 2022, which took place at the Gordon Yellow Fly Memorial Arbor in June. The three keynote speakers for the event were Dr. Leroy Little Bear, Dr. Angela Farris and Waneek Horn-Miller, who shared their research and experiences on topics surrounding mental health. Each episode focuses on a different speaker’s presentation, adding context to the speeches and providing listeners with practical tools to help maintain and develop mental health and wellness.

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