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The Influences We Choose

westchamplainfht
Dec 11, 2024
1 min read

Theodore Roosevelt said, "I am part of everything that I have read."  For an avid reader, this resonates strongly with me as I believe that we integrate something into our experience with every book that we read. But so it would also go with the music that we listen to, the podcasts that we play on our way to work, the TV shows that we choose to watch. It matters how much news we subscribe to absorb daily, the way we prefer to spend our free time, the people we choose to connect with, how much time we spend in nature. What we surround ourselves with matters. If what we choose to surround ourselves carries worry and doubt, we feed our fears and anxiety system. If our choices carry with it positive feelings or a sense of calm, that helps in our overall goal to feed our comfort system. If it brings with it laughter, joy, and meaningful moments or thought,  it adds to the foundation of our day. What we surround ourselves with matters; let's choose wisely :) Photo by Alexei Maridashvili on Unsplash

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Land Acknowledgement

The West Champlain Family Health Team acknowledges it is located upon the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin People and respects the traditional knowledge and healing developed over generations. We have the privilege and responsibility to serve First Nations, Inuit, and Métis of many backgrounds and from many treaty and non-treaty lands and territories, and to demonstrate respect for the contributions and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

 

Iye West Champlain Family Health Team ogíkikenindánáwá taniziwadj ondaje Algonquin Anishinábe tanakíwin ega ka mígiwewadj iyo kichi Anishinábewakí ashidj odapítenindánáwá kikádjichigewin ashidj mino nódjimowin ka pamíkán pinawígo. Nínawind d’ayánánán shawenimigoziwin ashidj inenindágoziwin kidji wídókáwadag Anishinábeg, Abitawizíg ashidj Kíwedinóg máneg wendjibáwadj ashidj níbina nakondiwin ashidj ega akíng ashidj tanakíwinan ashidj kidji wábandayá apítenindagoziwin ondji ka mígiwewadj ashidj pimádjiwowinan ogo Anishinábeg Pemádizidjig.

 

The West Champlain Family Health Team is grateful to the Indigenous Health Circle (which works in collaboration with The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and the Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team) for sharing a meaningful land acknowledgement both in English and Omámíwininímowin (the Algonquin Anishinábe language), which is the basis of our own.

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