[pct-l] first aboriginal surgeon plans 3200 km walk to every First Nation community in Quebec

[Connie Davis]

Mission Control and I were listening to "The Current" on CBC radio this
morning and heard an amazing interview with Dr Stanley Vollant, the first
surgeon to come from a First Nation community in Canada (in the US you would
say "Native American.")  Part way through the interview he started talking
about his experience while on the Camino del Santiago in Spain.  He had
blisters that got infected and led to a hospitalisation and he got to
thinking about his pack weight and all the baggage he was carrying
around--literally and psychologically.  He was inspired to walk to every
aboriginal community in his home province to encourage the communities to
wellness, the use of traditional knowledge and more First Nations people to
enter medical fields.  He will be backpacking 3200 km over the next 6 years
to reach each one.

The interview is available at:
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2010/12/13/dr-stanley-vollant/

More about his walk:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/11/innu-meshkanu-trek-quebec.html(includes
a photo of him with what looks like a lot less baggage!)

http://www.nationnews.ca/index.php?option=com_zine&view=article&id=814:walking-for-everyones-wellness

His views on healing:
http://www.gazette.uottawa.ca/article/1358/

You can follow on Facebook, search for Innu Meshkenu.  And brush up on your
French!

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