Intro – In this podcast, myself, Nico and Tavia will be talking about the mental health issues among Aboriginal people in Canada. We will be discussing many different topics, such as suicide, alcohol, drugs, depression and racism. We hope that you enjoy our podcast and learn more in depth about the mental health issues for Aboriginal people.

Reflection:

My experience creating this assignment – When creating this assignment, I found that my group was very organised and efficient, which helped to make this experience fun and easy. Occasionally, I did find it hard to edit the audio clips by using all the different tools in the audacity app but eventually everything was able to fall into place and me and my group were able to overcome this obstacle. Overall, my experience was great and easy going and I would say that this project helped me to learn more in depth about the mental health issues of Aboriginal people in a fun and interesting fashion.

My group’s path in researching mental health: When researching about the mental health issues of Aboriginal people, me and my group used the tips that we learnt from our visit in the library and these tips helped us to find correct and useful information by narrowing down our answers to be very specific to what we were looking for. We came across various articles and news paper reports about our subject and we found all the information very educating and perfect to use for our podcast. Overall, me and my group were successful in finding the right information for our topic.

Obstacles and items I learnt in recording: When recording our audio clips, me and my group came across a few obstacles. One particular thing that we found difficult at first was making sure that the audio all sounded somewhat the same and that it was all the same volume. This meant that we had to figure out the right distance to talk into the microphone that would be equal for all of us. We also had some difficulty with background noise with the hallways being full of loud people. Me and my group were able to find a quiet spot that would help us focus and give our audio a good and clean result.

Option 2 – Communication: 

One way I used to communicate my learning was by talking and discussing with my group about the research and making sure that we all understood and were on the same page with everything. By communicating our research, thoughts and ideas, this helped us stay organised and kept us all on agreement for our script. Another way I used to communicate my thinking was staying in touch with my group and keeping each other updated in case somebody missed a day of school. This helped us all to stay on top of our work and to stay organised.

Sites we used: 

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/indigenous-mental-health-and-suicide 

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=43dcbs&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA455060496&searchId=R4&tabID=T003&linkSource=termClusters&inPS=true 

Hospitalization for mental health related ambulatory care sensitive conditions: what are the trends for First Nations in British Columbia? – Document – Gale Power Search 

https://www.elisplace.org/behind-the-headlines-a-look-at-indigenous-mental-health/#:~:text=The%20British%20Columbia%20Aboriginal%20Survivors,a%20risk%20factor%20for%20suicide.