Episodes

  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 9
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 9. In this final episode, guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, summarizes her healing journey with host Devanee Cardinal. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.

    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    9 mins
  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 8
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 8. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discuss how counsellors can better meet the needs of Indigenous clients. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.


    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    17 mins
  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 7
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 7. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal hears from Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, who talks about first steps for moving forward and the priority she places on education that is historically accurate. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.


    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    33 mins
  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 6
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 6. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discussion homelands and connection to land. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.

    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    21 mins
  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 5
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 5. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, talk about tattoos and their connection to culture and identity. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.

    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    34 mins
  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 4
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 4. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal begins and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, talk about "cloaking" in mental health professionals. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this series from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.


    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    31 mins
  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 3
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 3. In this episode, Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, describes her relationship with her counsellor that reminds her “that she holds the medicine” for her healing and support the family unit rather than individual.

    Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this episode from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.


    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    26 mins
  • Ghost Pipe Podcast - Chat 2
    Aug 14 2024

    Ghost Pipe Podcast - Conversations Decolonizing Mental Health - Chat 2. In this episode, host Devanee Cardinal and guest Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, discuss tokenism as it pertains to Indigenous culture. Access the Reflection Questions that accompany this episode from the Ghost Pipe Podcast project page > https://healhealthcare.ca/projects/ghost_pipe_podcast_conversations/157

    The Ghost Pipe Podcast is a series of conversations exploring the experiences of both professionals and clients who have encountered colonial bias within the field of psychology. Jolene Thrasher, an Inuk woman, shares her story of unmet mental health needs and how she found healing within an Indigenous context.

    Though the need for mental health support is high, the treatment offered is often not a good fit for Indigenous people. The “mismatch” between the mental health needs of an Indigenous person and what is generally offered in counselling and therapy is illuminated by the stories of Indigenous individuals. The conversations shared in The Ghost Pipe Podcast provide a place to hear these stories, highlight existing bias in the field of psychology, and strengthen the call to decolonize mental health care.


    This podcast series is part of the H.E.A.L. Healthcare project.

    The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning Project brings together artists, writers, activists, and people with lived experience to create arts-based anti-oppression learning materials for healthcare educators, professionals, and practitioners wanting to address biases and ‘-isms’ that permeate healthcare systems and culture. The learning modules provided on this site address the longstanding and well-established health disparities exist because of racist, colonial, able-body/minded, geographic, economic, and gendered inequities.

    For more learning opportunities, visit healhealthcare.ca

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    22 mins