ᐃᑭᓖᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᐃᔩᑦ | Wounded Healers

ᐃᑭᓖᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᖅᑎᓂᑦ, ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᕉᒪᓂ ᒪᒃᑭᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᒪᒃᑭᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ, ‘ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑕ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᖅᐱᑕ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ’?

In Wounded Healers, director Romani Makkik takes us on a personal journey into reconciliation. Makkik asks, ‘how can we as Inuit come to reconcile amongst ourselves’?

ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓗᑐᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ, ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᑯᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ−ᐃᖅᑲᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᓴᙱᓂᖏᓐᓂ.

What started as graduate study research turned into deep engagement with a counsellor training program, a powerful experience of self-reflection, and learning how one organization and one community transforms lives by drawing on its strengths.