CHARLENE RADDI
Area of Expertise: Health
"We do look up a lot to our grandparents and to the elders, so being a part of the health-care team and my position, our elders know that we do look up to them a lot. Whenever I walk onto the unit and spend time with our elders, it just reminds me of my grandparents and how we were raised."
Raddi is Inuvialuk from Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., and is a registered nurse. She works in Inuvik for the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority as a team lead for long-term care with responsibility for overseeing the staff, and the care of the residents.
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