Interior Voices

Join hosts Jade Chaboyer-Kondra and Nicole Taylor-Sterritt during heart month for an episode dedicated to heart health! In this episode, Jade and Nicole invited Dr. Laurie Main and syilx Elder Darlene, from Upper Nicola Indian Band with her support person and daughter-in-law, Mary Jack, Lead, Strategy & Accountability, Indigenous Health and Wellness. Dr. Laurie Main is a General Internal Medicine Specialist, practicing in Salmon Arm since 2018. Laurie works hard to meet the needs of and improve access to cardiac care in Salmon Arm, where she is the President of Shuswap Cardiac Society, a not-for-profit dedicated to improving the quality of cardiovascular care in the Shuswap. Elder Darlene lives in the area known as spaxmən (spugh-e-min), commonly known as Douglas Lake reserve in Merritt. She has five sons, with her late husband George, three biological and two adopted, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Darlene was born with rheumatic fever. As a child she was in and out of the Coqualeetza