Innu Meshkenu is a walk undertaken by the first aboriginal surgeon in Québec, Stanley Vollant.[1]'[2] This 6,000-kilometre (3,700 mi) walk passes through all the aboriginal communities in the eastern Canada.[3] The walk started in the Fall of 2010 and was expected to last for five years. As of April 2016, the walk was nearing an end.[4]
Stanley Vollant walks sometimes alone, sometimes with other Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal walkers.[5]
The name "Innu Meshkenu" comes from Innu language and means "The Innu trail".[6]
The objectives of Innu Meshkenu
editInnu Meshkenu aims at raising Aboriginal people's awareness concerning two main points : school perseverance and healthy life habits. The project also attempts to enhance Aboriginal cultural identity.[6] In order to reach those objectives, Stanley Vollant stops in schools and other gathering places in the communities that he visits and meet people of all ages.
Notes and references
edit- ^ Mathieu-Robert Sauvé, Dr Stanley Vollant: Mon chemin innu, Biography.
- ^ "Stanley Vollant, premier diplômé en chirurgie innu". La Presse. 25 April 2014.
- ^ "3000 km à pied pour le Dr Stanley Vollant | Mathieu-Robert Sauvé | Actualités". Archived from the original on 2013-05-15.
- ^ "Dr. Stanley Vollant hits the road again", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (April 22, 2016).
- ^ "Le Compostelle autochtone". 16 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Innu Meshkenu EN | the innu trail". Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
Annexes
editEducational material
edit- Where is Stanley?
- Laurence Lemieux, Tracer son chemin, Comic book.
Biography
editMathieu-Robert Sauvé, Dr Stanley Vollant : Mon chemin innu.
External links
edit- Innu Meshkenu's website : https://en.puamun.com/a-propos/#comp-k9cxpnym
Press articles
edit- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/how-natives-find-power-in-a-long-distance-walk/article11873970/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171252/http://www.universityaffairs.ca/pilgrimage-of-innu-surgeon-stanley-vollant.aspx
- http://www.lapresse.ca/le-quotidien/actualites/201303/11/01-4629718-3000-km-a-pied-pour-le-dr-stanley-vollant.php
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140530025327/https://fr-ca.divertissement.yahoo.com/news/dr-stanley-vollant-re%C3%A7oit-prestigieux-prix-203410674.html
- http://www.net/compostelle-1987-le-quotidien-actualites-201109-15-01-4447855-la-longue-marche-de-vollant-php [permanent dead link]
- http://www.lactualite.com/culture/le-compostelle-autochtone/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193534/http://www.innu-meshkenu.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Communiqu%C3%A9-Dr-Stanley-Vollant-troque-le-bistouri-pour-le-b%C3%A2ton-de-marche-JCF.pdf