The History of Healing Our Spirit

 

Healing Our Spirit BC was incorporated in 1992. The co-funders, Frederick Haineault and Leonard Johnston were of the Cree Nation. Both Leonard and Frederick anticipated the need for a society that coulod hemlp raise the conciousness of Aboriginal people toward the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in their communities. Frederick and Leonard have passed on to the spirit world, but their memory, their important work initiated in BC, and their personal contributions to the field of HIV/AIDS remain with us. Today, Healing Our Spirit has developed into an HIV/AIDS service organization, which provides: education and prevention, care, treatment and support, and research and evaluation services to Aboriginal peoples in BC.