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Ruth Wright, Inuvik
From: Book of Hope
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This chapter follows Ruth Wright of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, as she reflects on decades of family loss to cancer, beginning with her sister Ruby Ann in the 1970s and continuing through her mother Jane Wright’s stage 4 colon cancer.
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.
