Interview with Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse

Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse is Cree and Mohawk from Michel First Nation. She is a police commissioner and a provincial NDP candidate. She and Dan have been connected friends for years and her relationship with Scott is new and blossoming. We touch on so much from Justice, Over-Incarceration, Wellness, Culture and so much more. We hope you find it as enjoyable as we did.

RESOURCES:
Edmonton Area Mental Health 24-hour Distress Line: 780-482-4357 (HELP)
Alberta Indigenous Mental Health Support 1-888-495-6588
Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton Support 780-423-4121
Alberta’s One Line for Sexual Violence 1-866-403-8000
National Chief of Assembly of First Nations: https://www.afn.ca/national-chief/
Truth and Reconciliation Commission: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525
Pope Visits Alberta: https://www.papalvisit.ca/
kihciy askiy (Sacred Land): https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/parks_recreation/kihciy-askiy-development
Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings: https://empoweringthespirit.ca/cultures-of-belonging/seven-grandfathers-teachings/
Maclean Magazine Article: https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/canadas-prisons-are-the-new-residential-schools/
ACRONYMS & DEFINITIONS:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT): A psycho-social intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing(EMDR) Therapy: A psychotherapy that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories such as post traumatic stress disorder.
Sundance: A spiritual ceremony associated with the sun, practices by North American Indigenous people consisting of dancing attended with various symbolic rites.
Sweat: Indigenous sweat-lodge ceremony.
Ceremony: Indigenous spiritual practices.
ACE: Adverse Childhood Experience
HELP: Edmonton Police Service Human-Centered Engagement and Liaison Partnership unit