HOW NOW was broadcast on CBC Saskatchewan’s The Afternoon Edition from 4 – 6 on Friday, June 3, 2011.  Our student hosts Desirae Desnomie and Brad Bellegarde shared the microphone with CBC Host Craig Lederhouse.  Thanks to Producer Sharon Gerein, AP Nicole Huck and Technician Brent Nielsen for mentoring our INCA students.  And to Merelda Fiddler, thanks for championing our students and introducing them to great opportunities at CBC. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

By Kristen McEwen Monica Iron, a second-year arts and science student at the University of Saskatchewan, is on her way to becoming a health professional because of her experience at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) Health and Science Camp one year ago. At the Science Camp, students went on a medicine walk with an elder. “We went to go visit an elder in a nearby community… It was the medicine part of health and science,” Iron said. “I felt it was an important thing to learn from an elder.” Iron always had an interest in the health profession which is why she decided to attend the FNUniv Health and Science Camp in Regina last summer. “I like to help people,” Iron said. “(To become a doctor) was a bit of a childhood dream.” This summer, the Health and Science Camp runs for two weeks, from July 11 – 22. 

By Alina Perrault Roselena Lafert takes four grandchildren with her when she makes her twice-weekly trips to the Regina Food Bank. Sometimes she finds a ride; sometimes she walks. “Something has to be done because the one’s who (are) suffering are the children. The children are always suffering, one way or another just like residential schools, convents, boarding school whatever you what to call them. The children suffered then and the children are still suffering to this day.” Lafert joined the Aboriginal Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren Support Network in 2004 to share support from other grandmothers and to help her learn about programs that might be available to her. Aboriginal Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren is a group that began in Regina as a research project. The networks holds monthly meetings where grandmothers contribute in talking circles led by Elders, including Elder Betty McKenna, and talk about challenges they face caring