Indigenous counsellor diploma program coming north – Cabin Radio

Jean and Roy Erasmus – who together are Dene Wellness Warriors – want to see more Indigenous counsellors in communities, paving the road toward healing.

The couple are certified counsellors and life coaches. Last year they approached BC’s Rhodes Wellness College, where both obtained their certification, about bringing a program to the territory.

They believed students should be able to work on certification while staying close to their home communities.

Ben Colling, the president of Rhodes, agreed. A course is now due to open in Yellowknife this fall.

“When Jean and Roy approached me they said, ‘We’ve got an interesting proposition for you. We think the North needs something, and we don’t know how to do it, but we’d love it if we could work together, because this is so needed in the North,’” said Colling.

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