Resources: 

• Excerpt from Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte, read by Sonya Jakubec. https://davidwhyte.com/store/book/consolations/
• Rocky Mountain Adaptive
• Alberta Parks – Everyone Belongs Outside
• Alberta Parks – Push to Open Nature and Alberta Adaptive Nature Challenges 
• Miles Richardson – University of Derby. Nature Connectedness Research Group.
• E.O Wilson – The Biophilia Hypothesis
• The Burgess Shale 
• Dacher Keltner – University of California Berkeley. Pathways to Awe and Wonder
• Al Etmanski and Vicky Cammack – Natural Caring 
• Lori Beattie – Calgary’s Best Walks
• Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society- Good Grief Walking
• Alberta Parks – Grief Walking in Provincial Parks
• Miles Richardson – Reconnection: Fixing our Broken Relationship with Nature 
• Francis Weller – The Wild Edge of Sorrow 
• No Story Lost
• Jonathan Gottschall – The Storytelling Animal

Discussion Segments: 

• 3:46: Interview with Sonya Jakubec starts
• 5:00: Sonya’s background in her field of research
• 9:00: The effects of nature-based healing on patients and their caregivers
• 11:06: Pracademics 
• 12:21: Nature-based healing beyond Alberta, eco-therapy and nature connectedness discussion
• 14:30: Continuation of nature connectedness discussion
• 17:48: Awe in nature
• 20:39: Medicalization
• 23:04: Grief
• 26:40: Barriers
• 27:24: Personal experiences with grief
• 31:00: Walkshops and Conferences
• 35:40: Keeping programs sustained
• 37:50: Recommendation for further reading and getting involved
• 41:50: Erika Bloedorn interview starts
• 42:19: Erika explaining her role at No Story Lost
• 43:15: What makes a good interview?
• 44:21: How Erika got into life writing.
• 47:15: No Story Lost experiences
• 48:45: Importance of narrative-based healing
• 50:03: Communities Erika works with
• 50:45: Grief, death and awe
• 53:05: Erika’s views of grieving and death
• 55:53: The future of narrative-based healing, barriers and accessibility
• 57:50: Client reactions
• 58:30: Interviews end – Outro

Sonya Jakubec’s Research: 

‘I Can Reinvent Myself Out Here’: Experiences of Nature Inclusion and Mental Well-Being 

• Jakubec, S. L., Carruthers Den Hoed, D., & Ray, H. (2014). ‘I Can Reinvent Myself Out Here’: Experiences of Nature Inclusion and Mental Well-Being. In Environmental Contexts and Disability (pp. 213-229). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Mental well-being and quality-of-life benefits of inclusion in nature for adults with disabilities and their caregivers 

• Jakubec, S. L., Carruthers Den Hoed, D., Ray, H., & Krishnamurthy, A. (2016). Mental well-being and quality-of-life benefits of inclusion in nature for adults with disabilities and their caregivers. Landscape Research, 41(6), 616-627.

Understanding Belonging and Community Connection for Seniors Living in the Suburbs

• Jakubec, S. L., Olfert, M., Choi, L. L., Dawe, N., & Sheehan, D. (2019). Understanding belonging and community connection for seniors living in the suburbs. Urban Planning, 4(2), 43-52.

Grieving Nature–Grieving in Nature: The Place of Parks and Natural Places in Palliative and Grief Care 

• Jakubec, S. L., Den Hoed, D. C., Ray, H., & Krishnamurthy, A. (2020). Grieving Nature–Grieving in Nature: The Place of Parks and Natural Places in Palliative and Grief Care. Health in the Anthropocene, 241-250.

Planting seeds of community-engaged pedagogy: Community health nursing practice in an intergenerational campus-community gardening program 

• Jakubec, S. L., Szabo, J., Gleeson, J., Currie, G., & Flessati, S. (2021). Planting seeds of community-engaged pedagogy: Community health nursing practice in an intergenerational campus-community gardening program. Nurse education in practice, 51, 102980.

THE ‘HEALTHY PARKS–HEALTHY PEOPLE’ MOVEMENT IN CANADA: PROGRESS, CHALLENGES, AND AN EMERGING KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION AGENDA 

• Lemieux, C. J., Groulx, M. W., Buxton, R. T., Reining, C. E., Blye, C. J. C., Hassen, N., … & Krehbiel, R. (2022). The ‘Healthy Parks-Healthy People ‘Movement in Canada: Progress, Challenges, and an Emerging Knowledge and Action Agenda.