2008
The Healthy Aboriginal Network: Non-profit promotion of health, literacy & wellness
Diabetes prevention comic book
We’re just about to release An Invited Threat, our diabetes prevention comic book. It’s about a young boy and what he likes to eat more than anything – junk food. His family exercises and they eat together at the table, but they don’t always have time to prepare a healthy meal, so they rely on prepared foods. And it’s about someone who has the ability to change the dietary habits of his people – the local store manager. The story was focus group tested with youth and health professionals for its ability to convey the idea of what is, and what is not, healthy food. Pricing can be found at www.thehealthyaboriginal.net. All of our comics cost the same.
Gambling addiction comic book
We just released On the Turn, our gambling addiction comic book. The story is about a young woman that quite un-expectantly gets hooked on poker at school. But through counselling and the support of her parents, she is able to make amends to the people she hurt the most – her family. Please let us know if you’re interested in having a low res PDF emailed to you.
Suicide prevention comic book
Darkness Calls, our suicide prevention comic book, is about to go into its third print run, once again on high quality coated paper, having sold 50,000 copies across Canada. Please send an email if you’re interested in purchasing copies.
Additional benefit of language retention
We also turned Darkness Calls into a moving short, in color, in a First Nations language (Gitxsan, from the Hazelton, BC area) for the additional benefit of language retention. If you’re interested in having your youth dialogue in their language, please let us know.
I appreciate your time.
Sean Muir
Executive Director
Healthy Aboriginal Network
328 East Thirty Second Avenue Vancouver, BC V5V 2Y4
Tel. 604-876-0243 Fax 604-876-0248
sean@thehealthyaboriginal.net
BC incorporated non-profit Society No. S-48530
