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The Gathering Our Medicine, Dr Denise Findlay team has had an extraordinarily busy and inspiring fall. We feel grateful and blessed for the opportunity to build meaningful relationships and share knowledge across Turtle Island. Throughout the year, the GOM team has reflected, nurtured, and strengthened our work together, and this
In this profound conversation, Denise and Charles delve into the sacred nature of existence, drawing deeply from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh worldview and the insights of philosopher Iain McGilchrist. The discussion centers on the idea of attunement with the sacred—not as something set apart, but as an existential condition woven into the
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Denise Findlay has earned her PhD in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University (SFU)!
Denise Findlay shares Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Indigenous philosophy and contemplative education as ethical pathways to healing and reconciliation in higher education through the process of becoming the imperfect friend in a world ethos of death by a thousand cuts. This is a response to the violence of colonialism perpetuated in academia.
Denise Findlay and others share their perspective about a program organized with Simon Fraser University, called ‘Moving Together in the Ways of the People‘ that has brought together staff, grad students, and indigenous perspectives into a unique blend of healing and relationship building. Listen as individuals talk about ways to
In this episode of IDEAS podcast, Denise Findlay, a PhD candidate in Education at SFU and SSHRC winner revisits her experiences of learning from distinct Indigenous communities, learning from elders and weaving the collective knowledge through dreaming as a methodology into her research. She discusses the need to acknowledge
If you haven’t heard about the Gathering Our Medicine Program, it has been developed in response to the unique, complex needs of youth who have been impacted by colonization and intergenerational trauma. This program is intended to offer a powerful process for transformation of mental health services for Indigenous families
Artists Wan-Yi Lin and Roger Chen are joined by Professors Heesoon Bai and Denise Findlay to reflect on ideas around nourishment by way of relationships – with oneself, others, and with the land.
Join us as we explore the primacy of relationship and connection—with humans and the more-than-human world—as the essential source of medicine, healing, and growth. Denise shares insights from her academic and lived journey, highlighting how whole-person development and tapping into our vast human potential is born from the right relational
Resilience is a remarkable construct- an overarching metaphor that touches on the arenas of stress, neural plasticity, emotional health, recovery, healing, mental illness, adaptation, defendedness, and therapy. It is relevant to everyone in most every caring role, particularly, in healthcare where burn out levels are high due to the chronic
We cannot think our way to kindness, care, and compassion. We must feel our way there—in the context of our safe relationships.
In this episode of Teachings In The Air, called Healing For The Family, Gerry shares a conversation with guest Denise Findlay. Healing for the Family focuses on traditional and modern healing for Indigenous families. Healing is a continuous journey with many different paths – helping and building bonds with others