Discussion about the psychological, physical and spiritual process of healing from traumatic events, with a focus on the aboriginal experience of residential schools, surviving torture, and the psychiatric system itself.
Producer: CKLN News Uploaded by:
Intro script could be something like:
How do people heal from traumatic events? Psychologically, spiritually and physically? How can counsellors, therapists, friends or community members help people who are "going through a hard time?" What are the problems with the ways that the psychiatric system gets involved with people who are suffering from the after-effects of trauma?
As part of special coverage of International Women's Day, Toronto's CKLN invited three guests to talk about these questions, to explore the differences and similarities between their different views of violence, trauma and healing. Implicit in the whole discussion is a deep critique of North American institutions, which perpetuate violence even as they claim the authority to help people "heal".
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Guests are: Fran Tabobondung, Wasauksing First Nation, of the Shawanaga Frist Nations Healing Centre; Lucy Costa of the Psychiatric Survivors Archives in Toronto; and Michelle Millard of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. Hosted by Audrey Huntley and Kristin Schwartz. This discussion ran close to two hours, including live callers and musical breaks.
It is broken into four files. In each case the segment ends with the host saying something like "we're going to a short break and we'll be back", followed by the music, described here:
0417healing1.mp3 Music break begins at 26:06. Track is "Seventh Fire" by Wayquay, followed by poetry by Debbie Young.
0417healing2.mp3 Music break is at 18:26 with "Oka Ain't Over" by The Fire This Time
0417healing3.mp3 Music break is at 16:16 with "My Sister's Keeper" by Wayquay
0417healing4.mp3 Final thank you's are at 29:58, closing of pre-recorded reading of poetry by Audre Lorde.
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