Recent, current and ongoing activities, initiatives and projects exploring the relationships between creative expression, the arts, health and healing in the north. Through our works, HARC, our partners and collaborators strive to create and sustain a dynamic, inclusive, strengths-based forum for innovative inquiry and practice around renewing and expanding health, wellness and well-being in northern communities.
This November, Lauren Aldred opened her art exhibition at the Pope Mountain Arts space in Fort St. James. This work is part of her larger contribution to the Hearts-based Education …
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HARC is very happy to support the A.R.T. Program hosted at CNC, which recently held a public exhibition at Pope Mountain Arts in Fort St. James. Some reflections from participants: …
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On November 15th, 2023, HARC Research Director Dr Sarah de Leeuw joined Carleton Journalism on their Midweek Podcast. Have a listen to the episode! Dr de Leeuw appears around 37:00 …
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On July 4th, 2023, HARC contributor Dr Lisa Boivin and HARC Research Director Dr Sarah de Leeuw presented with long-time friends of HARC, Dr Margo Greenwood, Dr Margot Parkes, and …
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On November 8th, the HARC team gathered in PG for a professional development writing workshop with Dr Julie Sutherland. Writing is certainly hard, but Dr Sutherland gave us some excellent …
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On November 7, 2023, HARC team members Marion Erickson, Lisa Striegler, Sarah de Leeuw, and Vivianne Josewski presented at the UNBC Conference Looking to the Future: Health in the North. …
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Darian recorded her third appearance on the medical ethics podcast, Bioethics for the People. In this installment, Darian discusses the art, controversy, and momentum behind auto-placentophagy (consuming one’s own placenta). …
Read MoreHARC contributor and Research Team Lead for the Catalyzing H.E.A.L Medicine Project, Dr Darian Goldin Stahl, has been busy summarizing and preparing the data for dissemination for this CIHR-funded scoping …
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On October 20, 2023, HARC contributor Dr Darian Goldin Stahl shared a poster presentation of the Catalyzing H.E.A.L. Medicine project, for which she acts as a Research Associate and research …
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HARC Research Managers, Marion Erickson and Lisa Striegler, along with Research Director, Sarah de Leeuw, are delighted to announce the upcoming publication in Canadian Theatre Review of their latest work: …
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HARC was pleased to support the Daughters to Daughters project and exhibition featuring stories of resilience and healing from the women of the Tl’atz’en First Nation. In collaboration with the …
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Congratulations to HARC contributor and PhD candidate in Human and Health Sciences, Christine Añonuevo! Her piece, “Weaving Memoryways” has been longlisted for the Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction 2023, one …
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On October 10, 2023, Marion Erickson presented her research on the topic of the development of a Dakelh Doula training curriculum utilizing Community-based Participatory Research methods at the Caretaking Earthside: …
Read MoreOn October 4th, 2023, Research Manager Marion Erickson, in collaboration with past contributor and Metis scholar Laura McNab-Coombs as well as Rachel Dickens, presented the Secret Pocket Workshop at the …
Read MoreOn October 3, Marion Erickson, Sarah de Leeuw, and Lisa Striegler are facilitating a 90-minute virtual workshop for the Northern Regional Chronic Disease Program.
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On September 20th, Award-winning author Shannon Webb-Campbell and Canada Research Chair in the Humanities and Health Inequities
Sarah de Leeuw discussed medical colonialism and read from their works.
HARC is celebrating the Dakelh Language Curriculum Development Committee in completing the Dakelh language curriculum for the Province of BC. HARC’s Research Manager, Marion Erickson, is a Dakelh Language Curriculum …
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In June, the HARC team finished accredited Indigenous Voices, Stories, and Healthcare workshops in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John with the Northern Health Pharmacy staff. We had 10 attendees …
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The 2022-23 season brought another fantastic year of ART (Art, Relationships, Therapy) to folks across the Nechako region.
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From June 2-4, 2023, HARC contributors presented two workshops at the RCCBC Rural Health Conference in Whistler, BC. Caring to Care: Health Humanities, Cultural Humility, Storytelling and Physician Wellness in …
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