Living Memory: Stories from TB Survivors
One Vision, Many Paths: Indigenous Solutions for Tuberculosis & HIV
Release Date: 03/10/2023
The Way Forward: Ending TB by 2030
One Vision, Many Paths: Indigenous Solutions for Tuberculosis & HIV
We've heard how tuberculosis affects the body. We know what TB treatment looks like. In this episode, we cover Indigenous-led solutions. We hear what's working in communities right now, and what needs to happen to end TB by 2030. Tina Campbell joins us to share her experience as a registered nurse and TB Advisor for the in Saskatchewan. As a Cree woman who’s spent most of her career in Nunavut, she has extensive experience with Inuit who have been diagnosed with TB and advocates for improvements in TB care. Throughout the interview we also hear from Dr. Ben Geboe and Igah Sanguya...
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TB or not TB? What’s Happening in the Body
One Vision, Many Paths: Indigenous Solutions for Tuberculosis & HIV
The good news about tuberculosis? It’s treatable and curable. In this episode, we learn how. Harvard Medical School research fellow Dr. Andrew Basham comes on the podcast to discuss the ins and outs of TB in the body, and some of the lingering mental and physical effects he’s documented in patients after their treatments. We cover the difference between active and “sleeping” or latent TB, symptoms to look out for and what to do when you’re diagnosed. Basham explains how to avoid drug-resistant and multidrug resistant TB (hint: take your medications on time!) and his frustration with...
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Living Memory: Stories from TB Survivors
One Vision, Many Paths: Indigenous Solutions for Tuberculosis & HIV
From forced removals from their communities, and being sent to sanitoriums in a de-facto medical apartheid system, the legacy of TB treatment in Indigenous communities in Canada is a dark one. In this episode, Indigenous survivors share their stories of hurt – and healing – from tuberculosis. We hear about the 1950s and 1960s, when Indigenous people infected with TB were evacuated hundreds of kilometres from their communities on ships and planes, with no information about where they were going, or how long they’d have to stay. Tracing the blood memory of TB through lived experiences, we...
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Behind the Numbers: Why Does TB Still Exist Today?
One Vision, Many Paths: Indigenous Solutions for Tuberculosis & HIV
What is tuberculosis still doing here in the 21st century? Although we no longer call it ‘consumption’, TB is not a disease of the past – especially for Indigenous peoples across Canada. Today, the rate of TB infections on First Nations is 40 times higher than that of Canadians living off-reserve. Go further north into Canada’s Arctic, and that rate skyrockets to an infection rate 300 times higher for Inuit Nunangat. In our first episode of One Vision, Many Paths, we look at the reasons for this. Host Jen Quesnel sits down with Renée Masching, the Director of Research for CAAN, to...
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One Vision, Many Paths Trailer
One Vision, Many Paths: Indigenous Solutions for Tuberculosis & HIV
Tuberculosis. It's airborne. It's contagious. And for decades, it meant medical apartheid. But for Indigenous communities across Canada, TB is not a thing of the past. In this four-part series, hear from Indigenous policy leaders, nurses, researchers and community leaders about Indigenous-led solutions - what works and what doesn't - for treating and curing TB. One Vision, Many Paths: Indigenous Solutions for Tuberculosis and HIV comes to you this spring, wherever you get your podcasts. One Vision, Many Paths is recorded and produced on Treaty Six territory. It is brought to you by CAAN...
info_outlineFrom forced removals from their communities, and being sent to sanitoriums in a de-facto medical apartheid system, the legacy of TB treatment in Indigenous communities in Canada is a dark one. In this episode, Indigenous survivors share their stories of hurt – and healing – from tuberculosis.
We hear about the 1950s and 1960s, when Indigenous people infected with TB were evacuated hundreds of kilometres from their communities on ships and planes, with no information about where they were going, or how long they’d have to stay. Tracing the blood memory of TB through lived experiences, we hear from Ralph Olson, a two-spirit man living with HIV in Toronto; Ida Lemaigre, a Métis alderwoman advocating for TB education in her community; Dr. Ben Geboe, a social worker in New York; and Igah Sanguya, an Inuit health worker in Clyde River, Nunavut. Drawing from their own experiences with TB, they offer encouragement and advice for any patient who is newly diagnosed and undergoing treatment.