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Article: Conference helps women on road to wellness.(Native Women and Wellness Conference East)(Brief Article)
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- Wind Speaker
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- October 1, 2001
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Ezhi - piitendaagwak Bmaadzawin--precious life--is the theme of this year's Native Women and Wellness Conference East, to be held Nov. 2 to 4 in Collingwood, Ont.
This is the eighth year for the annual conference, and that track record is one of the things that sets this conference apart from many of the others being held to promote healing and wellness.
"In this general area, there's been a lot of wellness or healing conferences or forums or sessions going on, due to the funding from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. But ours is again, this is our eighth year, so it's got that history. You can keep coming back. It's not a one-shot deal sort of thing," ...