Roger John

Roger John is Tsalashmec (People of the Lakes) of the St’at’imc Nation and of the Grizzly clan. Roger is in the PhD program in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He was raised in the community of Tsalash has lived in Victoria in Coast Salish territory for twenty years. He worked at the University of Victoria as the Indigenous Advisor for the Faculty of Human and Social Development for twelve years prior to pursuing his PhD. Roger’s research and therapeutic interests include the meaning that Indigenous men make from participation in social-cultural-spiritual-ceremonial activities; the impact of Colonial Trauma on Indigenous peoples; how to utilize Indigenous methods and mainstream methods to facilitate the healing of Indigenous individuals, families and communities and the utilization of Indigenous methodologies to conduct respectful, relevant, reciprocal and responsible research with Indigenous peoples.