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Melinda Laboucan, Fort Good Hope
From: Book of Hope
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This chapter follows Melinda Laboucan, a K’asho Got’ine woman from Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories, as she recounts her mother Janet’s 2011 cancer diagnosis and the challenges of navigating Northern healthcare.
Contributors
Agnes R. Pascal
Agnes Pascal is Tetlit Gwich’in, originally from Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. She was custom adopted by her Jijii (grandfather) Ronnie and Jijuu (grandmother) Laura Pascal at birth. Her Jijii died of cancer a year and half later. She lives in Inuvik, where she founded the Inuvik Cancer Support group in 2018 after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She is training to become a counsellor with Rhodes Wellness College. Agnes sees her upbringing, community, and family as her strengths. She's a mom to three young adults: Ronnie, Laura, and Seanna Pascal. Her children and her faith are her biggest motivations in life.
