HeART: Mental Wellness Art Programming for Youth was founded in 2019 by Mi’kmaq Recreation Therapist, Kayla Bernard, to provide a decolonially-motivated, strengths-based environment for youth to experience purposeful and intentional leisure activities. It provides programs that support youth mental wellness, while exploring how administrative and governance processes can be used to advance decolonization and create space for unexpected healing to emerge.

The Worga Foundation supports a global community of Mabaan learners and leaders. It believes in education; not just the kind that you get from books or schools, but the kind of education that helps you to connect to your culture, community, and identity. It support the educational goals of Mabaan living in Canada, diaspora around the world, and in Maban County, South Sudan.

Kelsey Hogan is an ultramarathon runner based in Atlantic Canada — she’s also my partner! Together, we share Kelsey’s running journey through a regular newsletter and regular efforts to engage with the Atlantic Canadian, Canadian, and International trail running community.