Michael Parsons

Michael Parsons has been a member of the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) since 1995 and a Métis member of CAAN (Communities, Alliances & Networks) since around 2000. He says, "I am a 2-Spirited man who was honored as 2-Spirited in a Bear lodge when I was gifted an AIDS Drum (warrior drum/pow wow drum). I am a traditional man (I follow the old ways of my ancestors) and a ceremony maker. I was honored when gifted with a sweat lodge and further honored when my old pipe was turned into a community pipe. I carry the teachings for Métis and non-natives according to my Elder. I have been an out APHA for many years and have done much training on HIV/AIDS within traditional Ceremonies getting the ceremonies ready to receive the positive people of the Atlantic into the healing ceremonies. I am also a social work student at Dalhousie".