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Re-Humanization HeART movement exhibit May 2025

I invite you to join the movement for another exhibit 2026

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An Artist, Nurse advocate, and activist speaks

Before COVID

I loved my life—painting, biking, canoeing, and family. I was a proud wife,

mother, registered nurse, and educator teaching Holistic Health at VIU. I ran a private coaching practice and supported my mentally challenged brother.

Through advocating for him, I saw how the label “retard” dehumanized him and escalating to violence.I believed in healthcare, democracy, and human rights.I believed I was safe.

Then COVID...

As an ICU-trained RN, researcher, and ethics educator,

I watched in disbelief as FEAR replaced science.

Lock downs were based on case numbers, not recovery rates. Healthy people were isolated. Proven treatments were censored. Masks and experimental injections were mandated—

WITHOUT

informed consent, safety data, or long-term research.

The death rate was higher in several years before 2020. How was this a pandemic?

As the family’s go-to nurse, no one asked what I knew. I could only pray.

Then my dear brother died.

Everything I taught—ethics, informed consent, autonomy—was unraveling.

It was TERRIFYING.

Then came the labels: “Anti-vaxxer.” “Anti-science.” “Racist.” “Misogynist.”Hate divided. Silence replaced conversation. I lost friends. I couldn’t travel, dine out, or celebrate weddings. No one asked.

The silence stung more than exclusion. My closest relationship—once so aligned—now we saw the world differently…this was the deepest cut of all.

I felt ISOLATED, HEARTBROKEN—DEEPLY ALONE.

Who I Am Now?

To heal, I surrendered. I released those who couldn’t see me or would NOT acknowledge the suffering. This made space for soul-deep friendships with others who had also lived the silence. I took a course on how to support vaccine-injured people, l studied immunology, cellular healing, emergency care and homeopathy. I found my voice again with

The Chosen Sisters, a circle of holistic healers.

Today, I’m an artist, health promotional coach, and activist. Using the power of art and coaching, I hold space for those who’ve suffered. I practice daily self-care.

I strive to respond—with compassion deeper now—even for those who couldn’t stand with me.

We’ve all been traumatized by dehumanization. Discrimination can happen to anyone.

Re-humanization Is the Only Way Forward.

We can’t heal what we can’t talk about.

From collapse, something new can rise—a health care system that resurrects the code of ethics, based on human rights and informed consent which honors empathy, compassion, and inclusion. A society where labels no longer divide—and dehumanization NEVER happens again.

To acknowledge the wisdom from people like Elie Wiesel, who experienced unthinkable atrocities, I offer this profound quote “What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander” for us all to reflect on. 

I will not look away.