Throughout the UBC Learning Circle session the Dude’s club, with help from Musqueam elder, Henry Charles, emphasizes the importance of traditional perspectives on health, such as the “Medicine Wheel” approach, along side of language and culture.
With garnered interest from the Movember Foundation, a research grant has allowed the research team to conduct an evaluation of the Vancouver program and to pilot this approach in Prince George, Smithers and on reserve in Moricetown. The DUDES club wishes to share their successful model with other communities.