Bio: Beverley Keith Bartels

 Beverley Keith Bartels

 - Where I live now:  I live on an acreage west of Edmonton, outside of Spruce Grove. 

 - Where I have lived/worked/gone to school:  I lived in Leask where I went to school and graduated in ’71.  After leaving school I lived in Hudson Bay for a year.  I was accepted to Psychiatric Nursing through WASCANA in Regina, starting in September ’72 graduating ’74.  I started using my second name “Keith” while in WASCANA, there were three of us with the first name of Beverley so I chose to go with Keith and have used is ever since.  Started working in the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford that same year.  

Applied to a psychiatric hospital in Terrace, B.C. and moved there in ’75, working there until 1981.  I moved to Edmonton that fall getting a job with Alberta Hospital Edmonton working Forensic Psychiatry until 1983.  Worked in the Grey Nuns Hospital Psychiatry, took Family Studies Program at the University of Alberta Until 1989.  Started working with Community Mental Health downtown Edmonton spring of 1989 where I remained until 2007.  I moved to the Community Mental Health office in Stony Plain in the hospital there and worked there until I retire in 2012. I worked with Veterans Affairs Canada and retired in 2016.

 - What are some of your best adventures/experiences?  Have traveled to the UK, Canary Islands, Hawaii, U.S., Bermuda and twice to Peru.  Peru was the best adventure and experience.  I have studied with Pete Bernard, a Shaman, Indigenous Medicine Man Spiritual Teacher for a number of years.  I studied with Denise Linn on two separate occasion taking Soul Coaching with her in San Luis Obispo, California.

 - What are your hobbies? What do you enjoy doing?  I enjoy doing a number of crafts, working with my hands, painting, beadwork, knitting, reading, etc.  I enjoy my three border collies.

 - Favourite memories of growing up/going to school in Leask:  Playing volleyball, being in the school plays.

 - Accomplishments/Milestones that mean a lot to you:  Being a psychiatric nurse, going to the U of A, going to Peru.  Studying with Denise Linn and Pete Bernard.

 - What bucket list items have you checked off and what are you still working towards?  Being a psychiatric nurse, travelling.  Continuing to learn and becoming a better person.

Taken while in Peru 2015.

 

Taken in St. Albert 2023.