Wellness Wheel
2nd Floor Medical Office Wing - 1440 14th Ave S4P0W5 Regina, SK, Canada

http:// S A V E T H E D A T E // We are thrilled to announce Wellness Wheel's Research Director, Dr. JoLee Sasakamoose, will be hosting Wellness Wheel's first webinar entitled Impact Through Collaboration: Indigenous Approaches to Community Evaluation Thursday December 10th, 2020 from 11AM-12:30PM CST... Tickets are $23 and can be purchased at WellnessWheel.ca beginning Thursday November 26th at 9:00AM CST Webinar Objectives: + Review how colonial and historical contexts contribute to working with Indigenous communities today. + Discuss ethical approaches to working collaboratively with Indigenous communities using the cultural responsiveness framework. + Promote Indigenous worldview and knowledge as Guiding Principles for program evaluation. + Introduce tangible tools and resources for community partners to support the advancement of Indigenous community health and well-being. Stay tuned for more information next week!

http://N E W D A T E A N N O U N C E M E N T// Due to the increasing demand on our clinical team with rising COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, our discussion on rural HIV prevention & care strategies has been moved from Thursday November 19th to Thursday January 7th. We hope you are still able to join us in January and look forward to sharing our experiences with you! We will be sure to remind you about this event closer to the date

A lot of learning and questions come from the process of growing and preserving food: + How did our ancestors handle this labor every year? + How do we grow, preserve, and distribute immune-sparking foods and medicines in a good way?... + How do we support communities in their journey towards food sovereignty and security? and most importantly.... + WHERE DO WE STORE ALL THESE JARS!? If you have any ideas or answers to any of these questions, let us know below

Wellness Wheel's Dr JoLee Sasakamoose has accepted an invitation to present at Actua's Regional Roundtable on Indigenous Land Based Learning for Saskatchewan hosted online by Actua and University of Regina on November 19. "It's In Our Bloodline: Traditional & Land-Based Approaches to Indigenous Wellness & Healing" will touch on: + experiences on the land... + COVID-19 disruption & needs + Indigenous ethics of care & resilience + where we're headed For more information about Acuta's National Forum, check out their event post: https://www.facebook.com/ActuaCanada/posts/3507555782643813

When life gives us lemons, we use every piece. Literally and figuratively - we make the most of everything we're given whether it be grant funding or food donations. Recently, the Wellness Warriors have been busy preserving food in preparation for the winter months. Whether they're dehydrating lemons or pressure cooking nutritious bone broth, there's a lot of time and healing energy that goes into these processes to do anything we can to spark the immune systems of those who need it most - Elders, new mothers, or those struggling with chronic disease.

Wellness Wheel recognizes that food security is an important determinant of health. Over the summer we've been working to provide food with immune-sparking nutrients, grown and harvested with care hydroponically or outdoors, and dispersed among those who need it the most. In preparation for the winter, the remainder of our gardens are being dehydrated, canned, and preserved. Medicines are being grown and gathered. We can't wait to share more about this project

Happy to report Dorothy in Ahtahkakoop has received a food dehydrator, pressure cooker, food saver, and meat grinder which will be used to preserve their community's foods as part of the Wellness Warrior's food security project. Dorothy has worked tirelessly in Ahtahkakoop First Nation's community garden as the Food Security Strategist. With the storage of produce an ongoing issue, these devices allow healthy, immune-sparking natural foods to be preserved and consumed throughout the winter months. Great work, Dorothy!

Congratulations Jaris Swidrovich

Meet the research leadership team! FMHRN Principal Investigator, Dr. JoLee Sasakamoose, PhD, is Wellness Wheel’s Research Director, responsible for leading the ...Research Team in supporting Traditional ways of knowing alongside Western approaches to wellbeing. She is a proud Anishinabe (Ojibwe) with membership in M’Chigeeng First Nation in Ontario, an active citizen of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, and an Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and Counselling at the University of Regina where she teaches Group Counselling, Counselling Girls and Women, Counselling Children and Youth, Indigenous Family Therapies, and Decolonizing Research Methodologies. She co-authored the Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory, and has an exceptional way of working in the middle ground between Western and Indigenous ways. When JoLee isn’t busy with Wellness Wheel she can be found gardening, spending time with her son, and volunteering with Elders in the community. Dr. Sasakamoose currently serves as an Interim Scientific Director of the The ntawihowin (art of self-healing) First Nations Health and Wellness Research Network within FMHRN. Learn more about the First Nations and Métis Health Research Network on our website www.FMHRN.ca Wellness Wheel JoLee Sasakamoose University of Regina University of Regina Faculty of Education University of Saskatchewan Division of Social Accountability - U of S College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan First Nations University of Canada