Toronto wellness conference includes Wiikwemkoong couple who battled addictions – Anishinabek News
August 26, 2025
TORONTO – A couple from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory that has overcome their addictions are now assisting others and were featured at a Toronto wellness conference.
Lindsay Trudeau and her partner Roland Pheasant spoke at the First Nations Community Wellness Conference. The three-day event, which concluded Aug. 21, was organized by the Chiefs of Ontario and held at the Fairmont Royal York.
Trudeau and Pheasant were panelists on a workshop titled Healing Through Community and Culture – Lived Experience as Medicine. The workshop featured five panelists who discussed the hardships they encountered in life and how they managed to overcome them.
