Amy Van Berkum

Amy Van Berkum is an advanced practice nurse at London’s St. Joseph’s Health Care, with work experience in research, academia, professional practice, and acute and community care.

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In the End
by: Amy Van Berkum

The sun is setting as I circle a house looking for a back entrance to where I’m told a young man lives. Knocking and calling out loudly, I enter a crawl space that doesn’t allow me to stand up straight. “I’m down here,” echoes the tired voice of a 19-year-old Indigenous male lying on the floor.