Lauren Aldred
Lauren's primary relationship is with Creator, experienced through the Land; she enjoys this relationship through silence and listening, canoeing, snowshoeing, medicine gathering, hiking, and in time will rejoin the earth with peace.
Her heritage is English and non-status Plains Indigenous. She lives on an acreage with two dogs and seven chickens.
Currently working on her dissertation in a Doctorate of Ministry at St. Stephen's, her undergraduate work was in Education at Simon Fraser University. She holds a Master of Arts in Public and Pastoral Leadership from Vancouver School of Theology, and a APA certified Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy certificate.
Awards include the Northern Health Charles Jago Award for Empathy, University of Northern BC’s Golden Key Society Honorary Membership, Shooting Star Award (Volunteer-PG), and recognition from the then-Ministry of Women's Equality.
She teaches Land-Based Healing and Wellness at the continuing education and graduate levels. She is also a frequent workshop/conference presenter and exhibiting artist/poet/photographer.
Formerly the Manager of Spiritual Health for Northern Health, she also served on the board of Canadian Association for Spiritual Care - BC from 2009-2022, as Vice-Chair, Chair and Past-Chair.