The Toronto Star – When caregiving is ‘a sacred responsibility’

Grant Bruno said he was taught that traditionally in Cree culture if a child had some sort of disability, that child would be taken care of by the entire community.

“On top of that, we view disability quite differently than western models,” Bruno said. “Our cultural Cree model says people with disabilities are sacred, they are actually here to teach us, and they are actually more connected to the Creator than anyone else. I thought that was a really powerful way of thinking about it.”

With the support of the Azrieli Foundation’s Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, Bruno has received funding for the Indigenous Caregiving Collective, a project which aims to address the unique needs and challenges faced by Indigenous caregivers and their communities.