I was listening to a lecture last night that Murray Sinclair did a few years ago. He referenced Thomas King’s book a few times so as frustrating it is to hear and read about the challenges indigenous people and communities faced I’m going to give it a go.

Join Elora Watson & I on March 29th, 6:30-7:10pm ET for our webinar focused on equitable, meaningful and sustainable youth engagement in health research. You can register here: shorturl.at/fopGM / I encourage you to also check out the other great sessions in this series.

That was an unprovoked prejudice comment. Sometimes I feel really jaded by the comment sections in these news articles that relate to indigenous people. I just have to remember to keep doing me in the spaces I share with folks.

It’s been an interesting few days at the AFN General Assembly to say the least. #AFNAGA2022

It’s great to sit in this workshop on measurements from Skye Barbic she/her/hers at the IAYMH conference.

Just landed in Canada! It was a healing and grounding experience being at the #iaymh conference. Really glad to have had the opportunity to connect and reconnect with everyone there. Not home yet though and my group of youth are already messaging me! Gotta hit the ground running

Day two of the Indigenous Youth Integrated Services Gathering. I really appreciate that we are able to come together in this way.

Integrated Youth Services is being developed in Saskatchewan! May 23rd is the deadline for applications! Any youth living in SK ages 12-25 can apply to be apart of our co-design team. More information is in the link. saskiys.ca

Day 2 of ASIST Training!

If you had some time today the Saskatchewan Integrated Youth Services is having a Webinar on Community Mapping and the Importance of Youth Engagement in an hour. Link in the bio. saskiys.ca/webinar-1-comm…

Our community lost another strong and influential person. I’m going to miss my mentor (Shirley Bighead). Like my dad she has given me the tools to continue forward in however I’m defining that. I hope I can continue to do right by them and their teachings.

#Saskatoon is awesome!! Love all these crazy fools at the Face to Face Games #F2FTour. #Commander pod record broken for Saskatoon: over 100 games played in 8 hrs. Thanks CCO Ryan & CCO Brando, Uncouth Heckler Sold out #CommanderMastersSealed Fun all round! 100% will do again #PrairieMagic

Another family member was called home. My brother Trevor was taken from us in a very undeserving way. Nothing should have led up to another person taking another person’s life. I’m still in shock and processing it. I’m going to miss my brother a lot.

Just finishing up the Youth Summit hosted by Communities Building Youth Futures. I alway appreciate time to share some space with young people and how to better help support them.

This Friday !

The Integrated Youth Services commercials have been posted!! Really excited for this work! youtu.be/FUsY_OcZpNg?si…

"I feel compelled to be among the many people who are working to advocate for Indigenous youth, improve their wellness and ensure that our communities and our cultures are in the conversation and have a permanent place at the table." - Dr. Christopher Mushquash #BellLetsTalk