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Heartberry PodcastSantanna Hernandez: We Will Get ThereIn this episode, Yotakahron chats with fellow medical student Santanna Hernandez. Santanna is Dene from the Liidlii Kue Nation who was raised on Sto:lo traditional territory. She is mother of 4 kiddos, a first-year medical student at the University of Calgary, and an advisor on the ii'taa'poh'to'p student advisory circle. Together they discuss Santanna's journey towards medical school, the barriers put in place and the traumatic experiences of being an Indigenous learner in medicine. If you're wanting to reach out, you can find Santanna on twitter at @SMHernande and Yotakahron at @yotakahron. You can find mo...2021-04-181h 24Heartberry PodcastDaniel Hayden: Don't Settle For What Won't Make You HappyIn this episode, Yotakahron catches up with her friend Daniel Hayden over Zoom (*note the sound quality). Daniel is from the Comanche Nation and is a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies plant pathology. Daniel’s work recognizes the highly diverse cropping systems of Indigenous Peoples and he seeks to use his research to help aid Indigenous growers in their crop production for food sovereignty initiatives. They discuss problems in academia, studying plants is like, how COVID has changed things, and a few other tangents. If you're interested in looking at the list of...2021-03-291h 21Heartberry PodcastDr. Donna May Kimmaliarjduk: Do What You LoveIn this episode, Yotakahron has a conversation with the trail-blazing Dr. Donna May Kimmaliarjduk, the first Inuk cardiac surgeon in Canada and a cardiac surgery fellow at The Cleveland Clinic. They discuss Dr. K's journey throughout medicine, being an Indigenous woman in medicine, and lessons learned along the way. Yotakahron was asked to write this feature which highlighted and celebrated Dr. K during International Women's Day 2020. As we go through a shift with the Podcast, we were able to pull this episode from our records and edit it for you all to listen (almost a full year later). We h...2021-01-2444 minHeartberry PodcastAlana Sayers: You Are Not AloneIn this episode, Yotakahron chats on the phone with her friend Alana Sayers, who is from the Hupačasath (Nuu-Chah-Nulth) and Alexander (Cree, Treaty 6) First Nations. Alana grew up on the Hupačasath reserve and went to Haahuuyayak school. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University of Victoria. In her dissertation, she is creating a place-based Indigenous methodology to study Indigenous literature in both structure and content, what she calls ‘Nuu-Chah-Nulth literary transformations,’ to move beyond the limitations of the page. She is also a poet and meme maker. In this episod...2020-12-221h 35Heartberry PodcastSOTR: Living A Good LifeCW: suicide SOTR: Shanna is on the road interviewing her supervisor Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos who is Nehiyaw (Cree) and English, and is a member of Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochekwi-Sipi; Treaty 5). He grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty 1), and currently resides in Toronto (Tkaronto)! Dr. Ansloos’ research focuses on Indigenous health, social policy, and in particular suicide and suicide prevention. He also examines community-based and systems-level change processes needed to advance social and health equity within Canada, with a particular focus on Indigenous rights.As the first professor we have interviewed, we are in...2020-11-2354 minHeartberry PodcastWe Still ExistWe still exist! Welcome to season two. We start this season with Yotakahron and Shanna talking about life updates: what happened during the summer, surviving cornteen, the joy of online school, and the continuous struggle of colonial violence in institutions. Calling all Indigenous Youth! If you are musically inclined, we are having a contest for our new intro/outro music. Contest opens now and goes until November 30th, 2020. You can win $500. Make sure to check out our social media pages for more info. We would like to thank OIYPP for their continued support of our...2020-11-0948 min
Feeding Our Past, Nourishing Our FutureEpisode 4: Yotakahron!In this episode, Emnet and Mckela talked with Yotakahron Jonathan (M.A., B.A., Mohawk Nation, Bear Clan). Born and raised from Six Nations Reserve, Yotakahdron is a MD from McMaster University School of Medicine, the co-founder of the Indigenous Health Curriculum Action Group, a trained traditional dula, and a co-host of the Heartberry Podcast. Throughout this episode, Yotakahdron talks about how food is a source of healing, what dismantling a colonial food system looks like, and the significance of traditional medicine. We also discuss how passing on indigenous knowledge is important to the preservation of their food systems. 2020-10-0951 min