Our Team

“We put forth this collection of our lived experiences as an offering...to advance the healing and wellness of Indigenous peoples.” — RENNIE LINKLATER, author of Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies

Connected in Creation is a wide-ranging anthology of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction written by fifteen First Nations and Métis staff at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. With powerful clarity and an abundance of wisdom, these writers speak of the hurt and losses of colonization, along with the hope, resilience, and fierce resistance found through Indigenous ways of knowing and healing. “There are many ceremonies, prayers, songs, dances, and medicines that inspire our Spirits to stay connected, to feel life, and to offer love for Creation,” Rennie Linklater writes in her prologue. These writings are among them.