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This collection consists of materials collected by Ashley Halko-Addley for her graduate research project, Waxing Away Illness, at the University of Alberta. In 2018, Ashley conducted interviews and observations of the wax ceremony in Saskatchewan and Alberta. This collection consists primarily of transcripts, audio recordings, and fieldnotes, with select supplementary materials.

A supplementary website was created by Ashley Halko-Addley. The website highlights some of the participants and important selections from their interviews. The website can be accessed here: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/waxingawayillness/

This item is a transcript of an interview with TJ Fenton, conducted July 5, 2018.

This item is an audio recording of an interview with TJ Fenton, conducted July 5, 2018.

This series includes materials collected during an interview with a healer living in Saskatoon. It includes one transcript and one audio file.

This item is an audio recording of an interview conducted with Mrs. H. K. in her home in Saskatoon, conducted June 8, 2018. The recorder was left running during a participant observation.

This item is a transcript of an interview with wax pourer, Diane Schitka, which was conducted at her home near Wakaw, SK on June 9, 2018

This item is a business card for wax pourer, Diane Schitka

This file contains fieldnotes from interviews and observations. Fieldnotes were written up immediately following interviews and observations. Fieldnotes were anonymized according to the wishes of the participants.

This item is a transcript of an interview conducted with Jean at her home in Edmonton, on July 5, 2018.

This file contains an audio recording of an interview conducted with Jean at her home in Edmonton, on July 5, 2018.

This item is an audio recording of an interview with Gail Fenton, conducted October 3, 2018.

This file contains audio and an accompanying transcript from an interview with Mrs. H.K.

This item is an audio recording of an interview with Kendra which was conducted at her home in Saskatoon on June 8, 2018

This series includes materials from interviews collected with people living in the Edmonton area. This series includes transcripts and audio recordings from interviews and photographs.

This file contains materials collected from an interview with Jean. Jean is a healer who pours wax in the Edmonton area.

This file contains an interview transcript from an interview conducted with Mrs. N.D. and her son Mr. B.D., as well as photographs of wax. Mrs. N.D.'s mother was a prolific healer in the Edmonton area, up until the 1980s.