In season 6, we present a brand new mini-series – From Ceremony Up, hosted by Lyana Patrick. Lyana offers rich conversations on the intersections of health and justice, based in her research with the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC.
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How can organizations like the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia support Indigenous healing in and beyond the justice system? What makes this work so vital? And what is the story behind this essential work? In this first episode of From Ceremony Up, we welcome Hugh Breaker, Melissa Vabic, and Lara-Lisa Condello for a foundational conversation on how Indigenous peoples are both deeply impacted by and resist historic and ongoing colonial violence to imagine different pathways forward.
Episode 1 transcript (PDF) (https://creativeentanglementcollaboratory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/episode-1-transcript.docx.pdf).
Guests: Hugh Breaker, Melissa Vabic, Lara-Lisa Condello
Recommended resources from our guests on episode 1:
Check out The Grandmothers. For the Next 7 Generations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiGkKNG1p88) on YouTube for deep teachings and a discussion on how important it is to honor holistic approaches to healing.
Gain a deeper understanding of how Indigenous resistance and restoration counters colonial harms through All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward (https://birchbarkbooks.com/products/all-our-relations-tanya-talaga) by Tanya Talaga
Our host, Dr. Lyana Patrick, would love to hear from you, our listeners. Keep the conversation going via email at lyana_patrick@sfu.ca (mailto:lyana_patrick@sfu.ca).
2 Feb 2026
No Justice; No Health
How can being together on the land and engaging in ceremonies and healing support transformational change for people who have experienced incarceration? How can we create futures that center Indigenous perspectives and experiences of health and justice? And what examples can we look to of this healing work in motion? In this final episode of From Ceremony Up, we hear from Dr. Nicole Redvers and Darla Rasmussen to explore these questions and more through stories that have inspired them as they fight for Indigenous justice and wellbeing.
Episode 3 transcript (PDF).
Guests: Nicole Redvers, Darla Rasmussen
Recommended resources from our guests on episode 2:
Continue learning from Dr. Nicole Redvers poignant insights through her book The Science of the Sacred: Bridging Global Indigenous Medicine Systems and Modern Scientific Principles (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/599277/the-science-of-the-sacred-by-nicole-redvers/9781623173371).
Learn more about the urban land-based healing camp in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada through the article Urban Land-Based Healing: A Northern Intervention Strategy (https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33177).
‘Feel that connectivity’ by tuning into the musical talents of Fawn Wood (https://www.youtube.com/@MIZZWOOD).
Our host, Dr. Lyana Patrick, would love to hear from you, our listeners. Keep the conversation going via email at lyana_patrick@sfu.ca (mailto:lyana_patrick@sfu.ca).
2 Feb 2026
Where We Gather; Healing Comes
How can we support healing and create wellness in urban Indigenous settings? What role do policies and the land play in seeing that healing bloom? And how can we turn to hope and keep pushing for change when faced with the reality of systemic colonial harm? In episode two, Lyana sits down with Ginger Gosnell-Meyers and frontline workers from the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia to explore these questions and more through their change-making work.
Episode 2 transcript (PDF) (https://creativeentanglementcollaboratory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/episode-2-transcript.docx.pdf).
Guests: Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Melissa Vabic, Aaron Mitchell, Ava Vargas, Lynn Power
Recommended resources from our guests on episode 2:
Dive into Emergent Strategy (https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/emergent-strategy/), a book by Adrienne Maree Brown that offers practical advice for change makers that is grounded in lived experience as an activist with Black Lives Matters and Indigenous environmentalism.
Check out Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations (https://birchbarkbooks.com/products/embers), a book by Richard Wagamese that offers personal reflections and teachings from Elders on how to gain strength, mourn effectively, find peace, and keep going with the important work in front of you.
Our host, Dr. Lyana Patrick, would love to hear from you, our listeners. Keep the conversation going via email at lyana_patrick@sfu.ca (mailto:lyana_patrick@sfu.ca).
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