We’ll bring the fiddle

Life promotion, which can be as simple as bringing people together around a fiddle, addresses mental wellbeing by strengthening our connections to life and to each other.
Olivier Boulet, a Métis fiddler, holding a fiddle in August, 2017.

The fiddle sings tunes of wellness. Métis youth laugh as they dance the Red River Jig’s changes. The tunes speak our connections to our ancestors and to our present-day kin. They speak of hope and continuity. The laughter spreads to aunties, to uncles and to Elders. Life ...

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