Lheidli: Where the Two Rivers Meet is a project publication that emerged from Cultural Connections, an innovative initiative exploring how Indigenous-led arts and material practice workshops can foster open dialogue between healthcare students and Indigenous community members in the Lheidli T’enneh territory and surrounding areas of Prince George, British Columbia. The publication, alongside two accompanying exhibitions, was created to share the workshop model and learnings in non-traditional decolonized formats.

The publication documents a transformative 2.5-day workshop model that combines teachings about Indigenous histories, injustices, and systemic racism with culturally relevant teaching and making activities including drum making, beadwork, moose hair tufting, and rattle-making led by Indigenous artists. Unlike traditional cultural safety education programs developed specifically for healthcare practitioners, this model brings healthcare students and Indigenous people together as co-participants for shared learning and mutual benefit.

Edition Caylee Raber, Nadia Beyzaei, Zoë Laycock and Jean Chisholm
Graphic Design Erin Finnerty and Jean Chisholm

Published by Occasional Press in 2022.
ISBN: 978-1-7782221-3-9

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