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A suicide-prevention program that started out as an initiative led by experts turned into something quite different once it involved the Stó:lō Nation in the Fraser Valley.
In fact, the approach was so effective, the Stó:lō have taken it over and are now running it themselves.
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Alanaise Goodwill doesn’t call what she has been involved with a “program.” She describes it as a project that expanded to include a web of relationships embedded in traditional Sto:lō language, culture, and land.
The group behind the campaign wants to respond to the rise they re seeing in misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding things like COVID-19 transmission, government responses and, most urgently, vaccines.
Caulfield said it can be difficult to change the mind of hardcore deniers of scientific sources, but he thinks there s a large population the campaign can reach. It s not going to fix everything, and we re talking about moving the needle. But when you re talking about something as problematic and as important as the spread of misinformation, moving the needle matters, Caulfield said.
Radio Active7:35#Science Up FirstMisinformation and conspiracy theories continue to be an issue that dogs online discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic. We speak to Timothy Caulfield one of the cofounders of a new digital media campaign that wants to combat that misinformation.7:35
U of S researcher recognized for work in Indigenous health
A prominent University of Saskatchewan researcher is being honoured for her work in Indigenous health.
Carrie Bourassa, the scientific director of the CIHR’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health at the U of S, is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation’s achievement award.
She said a big part of her research in Indigenous health is ensuring it is community driven.
“We privilege Indigenous knowledges, we privilege Indigenous methodologies and we are basically here to serve Indigenous communities in whatever manner that communities wish to engage in research,” she said.