Aboriginal Healing and Culture in Prisons 1of2
Aboriginal Healing and Culture in Prisons 1of2 – www.heartspeakproductions.ca Gerry Oleman was a keynote speaker at the Inaugural Collaborative Canadian Prison-Academic-Community Health and Education Conference, December 4-5, 2008, Sty-Wet-Tan, UBC First Nations Longhouse. “Coming Together to Share, Listen, and Learn” Department of Family Practice Division of Prison Health and Education Faculty of Medicine Saahillthit (Gerry) Oleman is a Community Support Worker who has worked with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society since 1998. He is from Seaton Lake and of the Stl,atl,imx Nation. He has been involved as a change agent for First Nations since 1976. His experiences include counseling for community addictions programs, providing leadership politically and administratively for his community and Nation, and worked as an independent consultant. Gerry is skilled in one-on-one, couples, and family counseling and training. Gerry is currently working for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society whose mandate is to bring “hope, help, and healing ” to the residential school survivors and their families. Gerry is the Lodge Keeper for British Columbia Institute of Technology. Gerry has built lodges and hosted lodge ceremonies all over Canada.
The Big Gamble: Fighting Addiction Around Casinos
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Mohegan Sun says they have a number of programs to try to curb gambling addictions. Addiction hotline numbers are taped to each slot machine and gaming table, but the casino also keeps their eye on you. “People can sign up. It's a voluntary program,” …
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A path forward on heavy student drinking
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But despite a push since the late 1990s for programs that combat the issue, those programs have not been widely disseminated to colleges, said Kenneth Leonard, director of the Research Institute on Addictions at the University at Buffalo. A recent two …
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