U of T grad navigates cancer while learning how to improve the health of Indigenous families

U of T Grad Navigates Cancer While Learning to Improve Indigenous Families' Health

Linda Nothing, a Language Keeper and member of Bearskin Lake First Nation, began cancer treatment and a graduate program at the University of Toronto simultaneously, viewing both as paths to healing.

According to Linda Nothing, chemotherapy can be a dreaded process, but "reframing" one's thinking about it can make it more manageable, considering it as "just medicine".

it's just medicine

This mindset became a source of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual strength that sustained her through health struggles and studies.

Linda Nothing celebrated her convocation with Assistant Professor Suzy Goodleaf and Associate Professor Jane Middelton-Moz of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.

Author's summary: Linda Nothing navigates cancer and graduate studies.

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