A new healing centre has opened north of Edson Alberta with the goal of providing a recovery facility based around Indigenous culture and healing.
The Sacred Turtle Woman Healing Centre (STWHC) provides trauma intensive programming partnered with full submersion in Indigenous culture. With capacity for 60 individuals, this co-ed 18+ facility strives to restore Indigenous identity with the resurgence of culture through sobriety being the focal point.
As Canada continues to see a drastic rise in opioid related deaths, Taylor Dumais, the Executive Assistant of the Sacred Turtle Woman Healing Centre cited her own personal battles with addiction and says finding her sense of belonging through culture helped her find sobriety.
When asked what Dumais thinks caused the spike of opioid related deaths across the Canada, she referred to the pandemic.
Paying tribute to late Elder Victoria Whalen, STWHC embodies kinship, respect, kindness, and empowerment through traditional teachings and ceremony while addressing issues pertinent to Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island.
Details on the new centre 48 minutes north of Edson can be found on their website.
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