RESOURCES FOR ALL

Change Tattooing  

Resource actively providing education and support to change the tattoo industry into a safer environment for all in response to an overwhelming amount predatory harm having occurred within the industry.

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Canadian Mental Health Association 

Support line, mental health resources and counselling.

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Calgary Distress Centre

The Calgary Distress Centre  

24 hour crisis support line, available via phone or online chat.

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Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse 

Sexual assault and sexual abuse crisis and education service provider.

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AHS Addiction and Mental Health Resources

Directory page for multiplied resources related to addiction and mental health provided by Alberta Health Services.

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Centre for Sexuality

Community based organization delivering education and resources about sexuality and sexual health.

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Good Night Out Vancouver

BC-based organization providing education to prevent and respond to sexual violence, particularly in the hospitality industry, music, arts and nightlife.

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Centre for Suicide Prevention

Education and resources related to suicide prevention.

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Hemlock Tattoo would like to acknowledge our location and role to play within the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes: The Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations), and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. We want to express our deep gratitude for the people of these nations for caring for the land and all the sacrifices they have made in doing so.

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We want to acknowledge our privileged position to be operating on this extremely abundant land and to recognize that ALL people residing here are Treaty 7 people. In the spirit of acknowledging this history we want to conduct ourselves in a way that honours the Seven Teachings of the Blackfoot, Cree, and Ojibwe people. These teachings are comprised of courage, honesty, humility, love, respect, truth and wisdom and they perfectly encompass how we wish to operate and share space in Treaty 7 territory. 

We also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the indigenous origins and history of tattooing in North America as well as in a wider global context. Our modern western understanding of tattooing barely passes a glance at the deep, symbolic and sacred roots tattooing has in indigenous cultures. As a team we want to participate in changing this via the dissemination of information/education and supporting those who are working to revive and protect the ancestral tattoo techniques, motifs and patterns that colonialism sought to erase.

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Thank you to Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes for her warmth, wisdom and guidance and to all future educators and experts for sharing their knowledge with us. We want to commit ourselves to continuing to amplify voices and seeking out the expertise of the historical stewards of this land we call home.

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-Hemlock Tattoo

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