7: Mary Lou Kelley - Make the Path by Going Mary-Lou and Holly's work addresses the disruption of colonisation on (amongst other things) traditional practices, on parenting, on education, on intergenerational communication, on end of life practices, and colonialism's continuing legacy. Mary-Lou's career led her from an undergraduate degree in English Literature where she learnt to observe people's stories, to delivering pioneering palliative care projects, focused on bringing dying at home back to communities to an area the size of France in remote Canada. Mary-Lou and Holly's work was community development in its truest form. Giving up control of the project and asking the communities what they needed lies at the crux of the success of their work, where the project bends to fit the community that it is in and not vice versa. Julian finds out about how the work came about, how it worked, and what happens next for community care for death and dying. Julian Abel can be found on Twitter Follow Survival of the Kindest on Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you like to listen to get our episodes as they are released. Email us [email protected]

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