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Women’s Hunt and Heal Workshop
Spontaneous Tissue Format. Woman Reading.Terry Garchinski
On Wednesday, 26 October 2011, during the Women’s Hunt and Heal Workshop in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (Sponsored by the Cambridge Bay Wellness Centre) an amazing thing happened. While one of the participants, Annie Agligoetok, was sharing her story about residential school childhood trauma, she pulled a Kleenex out [...]
RESPONDING TO TRAUMA
RESPONDING TO TRAUMA
High School Students of Angik School, Paulatuk, NWT
Facilitated by: Terry Garchinski of Life Works Counselling and Training Services Inc.
© 28 January 2010 Terry (the bag man) Garchinski
Introduction
At times, it is difficult to understand why there is such hurtful behavior in our family or in our community. [...]
I BELIEVE
PRESENTING TERRY GARCHINSKI, OF LIFE WORKS COUNSELLING AND TRAINING SERVICES INC.
TITLED “I BELIEVE”, NATIONAL INDIGENOUS SEXUAL ABUSE CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 21-24, 2005.
Terry Garchinski of Life Works has been asked to present at the National Indigenous Sexual Abuse Conference in Edmonton, February 21-24, 2005. The name of Terry’s presentation is called, I Believe.
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CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS (CASW) DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
The CASW National Social Work Week Distinguished Service Award is given yearly by the CASW on the occasion of the National Social Work Week, to an individual or group of individuals selected from their membership by each CASW member organization. Some provinces choose to submit nominations less frequently. The criteria for nominations is established by [...]
SOCIALLY DISTINGUISHED
By Terry Garchinski
In 1989, Terry Garchinski was living on the streets of New York. Now, in 2005, he has won a distinguished service award, offered by the Association of Social Workers in Northern Canada, which recognizes his holistic approach to therapy.
He said the award means a lot to him, but the honour [...]
WISDOM THROUGH THE AGES
A Clyde River-based course attracted people from around North Baffin to its counselling program, including one young man.
Saila Qayaq, 25, was the lone male, of a class of almost 20 people in Our Life’s Journey, an ambitious two-year alcohol and drug counsellor training program. Qayaq first got interested in the field when a friend [...]
CAMBRIDGE BAY MEN HEAL THROUGH HUNTING
NEWS: Nunavut November 06, 2010 – 6:23 am
“It was easy to look at caribou hunting as a metaphor for healing.”
NUNATSIAQ NEWS
Nunavut healing you can taste— that’s how participants in a men’s healing program offered by Cambridge Bay’s wellness centre might describe their recent two-week workshop.
During the men’s “Fish, [...]
LOVE IN A PERUVIAN ORPHANAGE
Published: Friday, July 31, 1987, 12:43 pm | Author: By Terry Garchinski
Living in Peru, in the city of Moquegua, is a most remarkable woman. Although her name is Sister Loretta Bonokoski, her 57 children call her “Ya Ya.”
St. Loretta was born June 15th, 1931, on a farm near Torquay, Saskatchewan, to [...]
EDWARD RUBEN, PAULATUK, NT
The following article is about Edward Ruben, the oldest resident in Paulatuk, NT. The interview took place on 18 December 2009. Edward and his wife Mabel celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 9 May 2009. This article was written by Terry Garchinski. Terry is a freelance writer who also works for Life Works Counselling and [...]
CLYDE RIVER CREATES LOCAL TEAM TO RESPOND TO TRAUMA
On Saturday morning (25 July 2009) Clyde River’s Interagency Critical Incident and Trauma Response Team formally met for the first time at the Ilisaqsivik Family Resource Centre. Members of this team respond to critical incidents such as people lost on the land, suicide attempts or completions, fires, vehicle accidents, murders, drowning, and other sudden deaths.
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