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Researcher discusses Man’s Search for Meaning on CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition

April 11, 2016

Dr. Rod McCormick, BC Innovation Council Chair in Aboriginal Health and a national expert in First Nations mental health.

Dr. Rod McCormick, Professor and BC Innovation Council Research Chair in Aboriginal Child and Maternal Health, was featured on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright, “The Meaningful Man – A one hour special.” 

The show, which aired Sunday, April 10, examine’s Viktor Frankl’s memoir, Man’s Search for Meaning, and how the book, which was written in 1946 after Frankl survived four Nazi concentration camps, continues to change lives, generation after generation.

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Dr. McCormick discusses the impact Frankl’s work has had on his life and on his career as a psychologist researching Indigenous healing.

“For me, one of the great parts of Frankl’s work is how he illustrates resiliency, and how all it takes is a strong reason for living. I think for many Indigenous peoples it’s finding that source of strength to keep us going because every effort has been made over the past several years to eradicate Indigenous culture.”

*McCormick’s commentary can be heard at the 39 minute mark.