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on the right side (where it used to be).
ANNOUNCEMENTS
July 26th - COBS Bread pick-up and deliver to CMHA - volunteers Sam and Erica Berg
July 31st - 7 to 9:30 A.M. RC of Regina Industrial Parks Annual Pancake Breakfast at Gaebels Brewhouse Parking Lot 300 McDonald Street supported by Regina Rotary Clubs;
if you are not volunteering, do come and enjoy breakfast as you prepare for Regina Exhibition Days;
August isMembership and New Club Development Month in Rotary, how might members and our Club respond – see below;
Aug. 1 - Regina Eastview regular ZOOM Meeting is CANCELLED in view of Wednesday's Breakfast;
Aug. 2 - COBS Bread pick-up and deliver to CMHA - volunteers Peter & Margaret Peters;
Aug. 6 - 4 P.M. Adventures in Agriculture Meeting Salvation Army Board Room;
Aug. 6 - 7:00 P.M. International Service Projects Committee ZOOM Meeting - 1st 2024-2025 Mtg;
Aug 7 - 7:00 P.M. Regina Oskaya meets in Ray Ruth's back yard 70 Greenwood Crescent, Regina;
Aug.8 - Regular noon Regina Eastview ZOOM Meeting - stay tuned as well;
Aug. 9 - COBS Bread pick-up and deliver to CMHA - volunteer Peter Neufeldt;
Aug 12 - Joint In-Person and Hybrid meeting at the Delta hosted by the RC of Regina.
President Al called the group to order at 12:04 and extended a warm welcome to members and visitors at the Delta and to Richard Taylor, Clarence Krause and Shreedhar Jachak who joined by ZOOM. The president sensed this would be a busy meeting so after taking us through the Land Acknowledgement and sharing a blessing of thanks for the goodness of Rotary fellowship, food a plenty and without assigning numbers for getting to the buffet line, the Delta crowd were directed to merge appropriately.
Post lunch, Allen Hillsden led us in the National Anthem, Birthdays and Anniversaries were acknowledged. President Al called on Tania Woroby to introduce Guest Speaker Dr. Joral Boan is a Saskatchewan born physician who spent many years practicing Internal Medicine in the USA. With a medical degree from the University of Saskatchewan, she earned a MPH from the School of Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill, NC in the area of behavior change. Dr. Boan returned to Canada in 2011 and is presently Associate Professor of Medicine at the University Of Saskatchewan College Of Medicine, Regina Campus. Presently she serves as Co-Lead for a Working Group to examine solutions to the primary care crisis in Canada with Canadian Doctors for Medicare. Her present focus is on access to care for Indigenous and underserved populations. As author and physician, she is part of a healthcare team that provides medical services in Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan, where she found a healthcare system struggling with preventable chronic diseases and institutional racism. . Through learning from her indigenous patients, she embarked on a road to enlightenment and reconciliation. Her story of learning about health policy, history of colonialism, and residential school trauma is enlightening, informative and compassionate.
Our Guest Speakers introduction set the stage for a "learning" on the topic of access to care for the Indigenous members in our society and is reflected in Dr. Boan's book The Medicine Chest. Dr. Boan introduced her story by recalling her return to Saskatchewan health scene and being surprized by the large number of people showing up for care in "end disease stages". With the Indigenous population is only 17% of the actual population yet 30% of the patients in hospital were Indigenous.
We learned from Dr. Boan that in the signing of the Treaty in 1876, the Indigenous leaders identified the Medicine Chest detail needed to be written into the Treaty. The Medicine Chest included medicine, medical care, protection against pestilence, famine and disease. These components became part of the agreement. The Indian Hospital of the 1930's became a TB Sanatorium and the 1962 Physician strike in 1962, set the stage for Medicare in Canada and with this action the details created within the "Medicine Chest" were seeming rolled into the new system. National surveys have shown the overall health of Indigenous people has declined. Barriers to health care for Indigenous people include Racial profiling; Different communication styles; Distrust; Misinformation; Remote communities; lack of transportation; and, lack of access to primary care and specialists.
Studying these barriers provided a foundational point to address the challenges. Knowing that HIV does not happen by itself a team of nurses and physicians was created and through a process of being invited to the Reserve (Nation) Nursing station the team in cooperation with the local nurse community Key Concepts were defined which set the stage for moving forward. The Concepts included: Ceremony is critical; Community is key; Strength Based, e.g. what keeps you well vs what is wrong with you; Recognizes, builds and develops the existing skills and capacity; culturally responsive/ cultural Safety; Ethical space.
Of the 93 calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 8 are health related and it is important we familiarize ourselves with these in our move toward reconciliation.
In conclusion, Dr. Boan reminded us that medicine is a spiritual concept and is a significant component of Indigenous style. To Indigenous people they are part of a "Nation" and not a reserve. We are all Treaty people. Let us practice 'cultural humility'. .
Thank Dr. Joral Boan for adding value to our learning today.
Author and Physician, Dr. Joral Boan
AUGUST - MEMBERSHIP AND NEW CLUB DEVELOPMENT MONTH - IN ROTARY
My Rotary provides an array of learnings about Rotary opportunities. There are 19 'learning opportunities' focused on Membership – from Best Practices for Engaging Members to Transforming Your Club's Culture.
(L to R) Toshi Shinmura, Ron Okumura, Steve Nnadi, Doug Mortin, Charles Sadzamare and Sam Berg
These courses provide a doorway into expanding our appreciation of and for, Rotary and our collective desire to impact the world for good.
The pictured Rotarians were kind enough to allow this photo to be taken, because they indicate they are more likely to read the ROTOR if they have reason to suspect their photo will appear. Additionally, they are committed to serving the membership of Rotary.
Please follow their lead and check out the Membership Courses available on My Rotary at:
The beauty of Rotary's family was Regina Eastview's joy today as we were joined at our Joint meeting by our Regina Rotary Club friends; by Steve, a 14 year veteran and Past President of a Rotary Club in Nigeria; and the Williams from Tanzania. In keeping with tradition President Al invited Richard and Twyla to the podium where there was an exchange of Club Flags.
President Al, Richard and Twyla Williams
FELLOWSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
Four tables of people at the Delta
Twyla was celebrating a birthday this very day day, so we all joined Twyla in singing 'her song' - it was close to beautiful;
Regina Eastview has a RYLA Sudent off to Camp this week;
RYLA Drivers have been identified and are in place.- Hurray!!!
Enjoy the weekend - see you at Breakfast on Wednesday.
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"We are not what we know, but what we are willing to learn."
Mary Catherine Bateson
"Good People are good people because they've come to wisdom through failure."
William Saroyan
Today's guests
A arm welcome was extended to our visitors this morning which included Guest Speaker Dr. Joral Boan, Steve Nnadi a Nigerian Rotarian now working at Jays and Richard and Twyla Williams fromTanzania. Thank you all for making this a great Rotary day.
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