Articles

Below are a selection of articles for your perusal.  Click on the Article Title to read the full article.

An Article on Terry Garchinski, Written by the Faculty of Social Work, U of C

Personal experience spurs alumnus on to No Ordinary Journey

In late March of this year, Terry Garchinski (MSW’14) was part of a team that went to Vietnam to support children with cerebral palsy (CP) and their families. The team was organized through the No Ordinary Journey Foundation and led by Terry’s friend Laverne Bissky of Calgary.…

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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…

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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. …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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