This is the story of a girl who lost her shadow. She would spend most of her life searching for this shadow. She lost it as a…
A letter to Nanaimo
WARNING: This blog contains mention of sexual abuse Dear Nanaimo, I am writing this letter to inform you, the city I have grown to love and the…
Integrating Best Practices of Harm Reduction
A presentation by Olivia Mancini on Integrating Best Practices of Harm Reduction to maximize the health and safety of People Who Use Drugs and frontline workers. Olivia…
Report from public health dialogue in Ottawa reveals decriminalization and government leadership are key in addressing drug toxicity crisis
Ottawa, ON. — Decriminalization, safe supply, and a working task force that includes People With Lived and Living Experience are some of the demands put forward by Ottawa participants…
Getting to Tomorrow: Nanaimo dialogues speech
June 16 – I am deeply grateful to be gathered here with you here on the traditional and ancestral territories of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. My name…
We have a lot of work to do and a lot of love to spread
My name is Annie and I am Cree from La Ronge in Northern Saskatchewan. I left there when was 8 because I was sick with Tuberculosis and…
OAT “Therapy” and me
I live in Nanaimo, also known as the unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nations. It’s a city that goes by many other names: “The City with…
The Abyss
Unending darkness on unending night. Each way I turn, above me and below. Threatening to rebirth my greatest fears, But still I do not run from the…
I’m ready for a miracle
My whole life revolves around her Even though her evil side can burn She loves to feed off me Wastes my life, my energy Of the dangers,…
