UFV health researchers collaborate with community on Métis camp – UFV Today
September 5, 2018
A chance meeting at UFV’s National Indigenous People’s Day celebration at the Abbotsford campus in June led to the creation of a week-long day camp for Métis children in the Fraser Valley.
Dr. Elizabeth Cooper, a post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty of Health Sciences ay UFV, struck up a conversation with Lisa Hendry, a representative of the Fraser Valley Métis Association.
“I found out that the association had some funding for a camp focus on health and culture, so I volunteered help to plan, organize, and run it.”
Part of the reason for organizing the camps was to encourage the Métis children, some of whom live in foster homes, to become more aware of and rooted in their Metis culture, and to encourage socialization and community integration.
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