A New Spin on Personal and Professional Development

Swan Lake
First Nation
Health Centre
A New Spin on
Personal and Professional Development
June 17 and 18, 2013
Paula Cameron,
Health Director
Carol Cameron, Building
Healthy Communities
Lindsay Knight, Brighter
Futures Coordinator
Mallorie French,
Community Health
Representative
Amanda Walker,
Medical Transportation
Coordinator
Eileen Catcheway, Front
Desk Receptionist
Left to right: Carol Cameron, Brenda Longclaws, Amanda
Walker, Paula Cameron
Doug Martin, Water Quality
Doreen Cameron, HomeCare Coordinator
Lorraine Myerion,
Aboriginal Head Start
Coordinator
Carolynn McKinney,
NNADAP Coordinator
Pam Grenier, Community
Health Nurse
Roberta Moore, Aboriginal
Diabetes Coordinator
Emma Martin, Elder
Brenda Longclaws,
Counsellor
Heather Grobb, Counsellor
Lori Penner, Genesis House
Lillian Patrick, Human
Resources
Co - Facilitated by:
Diane Carriere and
Leo F. Sawicki
Phone: 204.389.6678
Cell:
204.641.5878
sawicki8@hotmail.com
www.leosawicki.com
Box 535,
Gimli, Manitoba
R0C 1B0 Canada
“THIS WORKSHOP ROCKED!”
Left to right: Lillian Patrick, Lorraine Myerion, Emma
Martin, Carolynn McKinney
A two day personal and professional development
workshop drawing upon the medicine wheel
concept was held at Rock Lake June 17 and 18, 2013.
Co-facilitators Diane Carriere and Leo F. Sawicki
presented from a contemporary and traditional
perspective.
Participants looked at how their spiritual, emotional,
intellectual and physical wellbeing has an impact
on their relations, goals and ultimately their service
to the community. Each went away with a clearer
understanding of how the medicine of their own
wheels works.
Left to right: Doug Martin, Lindsay Knight, Mallorie
French, Lori Penner
In addition to being interesting and enjoyable, in
general participants felt the medicine wheel concept
was: ‘an incredible experience and tool for
direction and provided the gift of learning, listening
and understanding co-workers on a deeper level’,
‘it provided a chance to open up to each other’, and
‘it was deep and positive and brought sunshine into
our lives’.
Participants had an opportunity to learn from each
other as they constructed their own medicine
wheels to serve as reminders.
Left to right: Heather Grobb, Diane Carriere, Eileen
Catcheway, Doreen Cameron