Here you will find video and audio coverage of the Day TWO Plenaries, along with graphic recording images, speaking notes, PowerPoint presentations and additional resources.
Ethics, Power and Representation – explores the complexity and importance of issues that arise when people tell stories about one another.
Keynote– Dr. Evan Adams, member of Sliammon First Nation (Powell River, BC), Actor, Physician, and Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor to the British Columbia Government
“Telling Stories about Indians, Babies and Lovers”
Through examples of storytelling, Dr. Adams marries his 2 careers: as an actor who tells dramatic stories to illuminate the human condition and bear witness to others' lives, and as a physician who tells true-life stories to inspire action, courage and healing in his patients. In both these roles, he is supported by rich storytelling traditions that teach respect for the lineage and integrity of stories as well as healthy doses of humour. With a particular focus on the power of truth and the patient voice, Dr Adams explores what matters in the way we tell stories.
“Field Notes from a Community Artist”– Loree Lawrence, MA– a Toronto-based artist, researcher, and co-founder of Resonance Creative Consulting Partners
Loree briefly defines community art, reflects on the ethical issues that arise, and explores the impact better gathering of stories might have had on the fate of Kytes, a Toronto-based program for street-involved youth.
“Paradigm Clashes, Legal Systems and Storytelling”– Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, a member of the Haida Nation (Skidegate, Haida Gwaii,) lawyer and founding Executive Director of EAGLE (Environmental-Aboriginal Guardianship through Law and Education)
For Terri-Lynn, legal systems reflect the heart and soul of a culture, and there is a significant “paradigm clash” between First Nations and Non-First Nations understanding of ownership, rights and most particularly responsibilities. Using the legal lens, Terri-Lynn explores the theme of power, ethics and responsibility, concluding that there is a great need for First Nations and Non First Nations peoples to work together on the wider issues that underlie health problems.
Streamlining the Use of Stories in Reporting Outcomes– Forum Theatre
Members of the Planning Advisory Committee used this theatre approach to create a 7 minute play. The piece set out the key issues and challenges faced by different stakeholders (funders, fundees, funders’ funders, etc.) and then invited conference participants to help change the story!
Closing Reflections and What’s Next by Lezlie Wagman, VCH
Closing Remarks by Aline LaFlamme, Conference MC