05/08/2025
“Being a descendant of First Nations affects my whole being. We were a people dismissed, looked down upon, thought of as less than human. Even if I wasn’t directly targeted, intergenerational trauma is insidious, indiscriminate, and buried under infinite layers."
Kevin Scow, member of the Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation, shares how humour, faith, and community are helping him through grief and healing.
Humour is used to lift up spirits but it can also be healing and deep. The power of words, both written and spoken, is well understood by comedians, such as Kevin Scow. “I always tried to be funny. It took me a while to make people laugh in my own nuanced way”, he shares. “By