Now You Know Me - Gallagher, k'¿un¿m¿n Joe; Matterson, John
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Now You Know Me tells of a journey of understanding between two old friends who grew up in different worlds in the same small town of Powell River, BC, on traditional Tla'amin land. Joe Gallagher, who is Tla'amin, and John Matterson, who is white, were friends as teenagers but went their separate ways before reconnecting 35 years later and truly getting to know each other. As John began to listen more deeply to Joe's history, they journeyed together through the historic events and attitudes that deeply wounded the Tla'amin and their way of life. With each conversation, John's understanding of…mehr

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Now You Know Me tells of a journey of understanding between two old friends who grew up in different worlds in the same small town of Powell River, BC, on traditional Tla'amin land. Joe Gallagher, who is Tla'amin, and John Matterson, who is white, were friends as teenagers but went their separate ways before reconnecting 35 years later and truly getting to know each other. As John began to listen more deeply to Joe's history, they journeyed together through the historic events and attitudes that deeply wounded the Tla'amin and their way of life. With each conversation, John's understanding of Joe's life and recognition of his own unearned advantages and blind participation in racism became clearer. In their illuminating dialogue in Now You Know Me, we learn what it took for Joe to straddle two worlds while battling racism, a traumatic childhood, and his father's warning that he couldn't succeed in a white world without working twice as hard. Despite ongoing suffering from multigenerational harms, Joe garnered broad respect on his way to becoming CEO of a groundbreaking Indigenous-led health organization, bringing hope and a collaborative spirit to a revolution in health and wellness for BC First Nations. Today, John is committed to ongoing learning and allyship, while Joe is called on by First Nations leaders as well as senior leaders in health and government as an able navigator of the movement toward Truth and Reconciliation.
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k'¿un¿m¿n Joe Gallagher is Coast Salish from the ¿ä¿men (Tla'amin) Nation. His mom Ann was from the ¿¿¿mäku (Homalco) Nation, and his father Norman was also from the ¿ä¿men (Tla'amin) Nation. Both ¿ä¿men (Tla'amin) and ¿¿¿mäku (Homalco) are part of the Ey7ä7juuthem(EYE-a-jooth-um) speaking people which also includes the ¿ohos (Klahoose) and ¿äätux¿ (K'ómoks) Peoples, and who's rich territory is the northernmost part of the overall Coast Salish territory. Joe was born in the heart of the ¿ä¿men territory in a mill town settler colonialists named Powell River and was raised on the Sliammon (¿ä¿men) Indian Reserve #1. Joe has overcome many roadblocks to become a leader on the soccer field, in his community and beyond. He proudly represented the ¿ä¿men Nation in the highly competitive First Nations Soccer circuit and played at an elite level with the University of Victoria and with several teams in the Vancouver Island Premier league. During his playing days Joe also represented Canada in Futsal. As a community leader Joe has worked with First Nations Peoples in areas of health, governance, community and economic development, business development, intergovernmental affairs, and treaty negotiations. He was the executive lead in the formation of a new health governance partnership between BC First Nations, the province of British Columbia and the government of Canada. This work, a first for Canada, led to Joe being the founding Chief Executive Officer for the First Nations Health Authority, supporting the health and wellness for the over 200 First Nations. Joe currently holds the role of Vice President of Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety at the Provincial Health Services Authority in BC.He has established himself as a visionary Executive Leader building a bridge between the First Nations and non-First Nations worlds based on cultural values and principles to advance issues for mutual benefit.Joe also continues his work today through his consulting firm Qoqoq Consulting Ltd. (www.qoqoq.ca).