Land as a Process of Reconciliation: Transforming Health Narratives Among Land-Based Healing Camp Facilitators
Citation
Johnson-Jennings, M., Huyser, K., Collins, K., Jessome, M., Christianson, T., Smith, J., Chavez, T., & Lockhart, F. (June 2023). Land as a Process of Reconciliation: Transforming Health Narratives Among Land-Based Healing Camp Facilitators [Poster Abstract]. CoVaRR-Net Spring 2023 Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada. https://covarrnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/lbh-covarr-net_conference-poster-2023.pdf.
Abstract
Colonialism has resulted in isolation, lack of services, and health disparities experienced by Indigenous peoples (IPs)1 which increased risk for COVID-19. Despite this, IPs have found ways to thrive. For example, they have implemented land-based healing (LBH) interventions2, 3, 4. Increasing cultural continuity through reconnecting to the land has broad implications for the health and wellbeing of IPs. As such, CIEDAR (CoVaRR-Net’s Indigenous Engagement, Development, and Research Pillar 7) partnered with Taché Waters Healing Society (TWHS) to achieve the following objectives.
- To co-develop a LBH camp grounded in culture to facilitate healing from the ongoing impacts of settler-colonialism, exacerbated by the pandemic.
- To evaluate the LBH camp pilot by asking the following question: How does being guided upon the land influence facilitators perspectives of health and wellbeing?