Episode 016 – Issac Petonoquot and Lori Lafond of A Womb With A View

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Issac Petonoquot – Two White Feather and Lori Lafond – Gentle Eagle

A womb With A View is a crisis response programming facilitated by those with lived / living experience of mental health / addiction / trauma / neurodivergence, through an Indigenous lens. The group organizes caring & sharing circles, Change 4 Change and Red Road Bike Rides to raise awareness & funds for issues impacting First Nations. Therapeutic crafting social justice enterprise known as The Creator’s Shelf, organizing crafts’ workshop that facilitates meet ups regularly to reduce isolation. They also organize young adult / Elder Exchange to decrease social isolation and help with activities of daily living.

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A Womb With A View (A collage of Indigenous symbols, including a sweat lodge, the MMIWG red hand, a butterfly, and a rainbow coloured feather shaped like an infinity symbol.)

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