Stories in this category include examples of reclaiming Indigenous knowledge and traditional practices to address health issues, and promote wellness. Through culture, traditions and protocols, stories in this category aim to promote healing, empowerment, and substance-free living in culturally relevant ways to increase ability, autonomy, a sense of belonging, and an overall sense of wellbeing for participants.
The Alternative Secondary School Program (ASSP) addresses the needs of urban Indigenous students in Fort Frances and surrounding areas by creating a culture-based educational environment where the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual areas of a student's life are centered.
Wiingashk Alternative Secondary School is located at N’Amerind Friendship Centre in London. This program offers urban Indigenous students a culture-based education that balances the secondary school curriculum with wholistic, culturally relevant educational approaches.
Elder Willie Ermine from Sturgeon Lake First Nation shares about the process of community development and how possibilities like Harvest Days come to fruition in his community.
The description of the Story. This content will accompany the Title on the website. La communauté de l’Université McGill à Montréal présente une longue histoire en termes de collaboration avec les ...
The Youth For Reconciliation (YFR) was a partnership that aimed to build connections, relationships and allyship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth and communities. Through experiential le...
Alannah is Anishnabe Midekway and Nehiy/naw Cree from Treaty one and Treaty five territories, currently living in unceded Salish territories. In this video Alannah shares the importance of intercon...
Siyamtelot is Okanagan and registered Stó:lō by marriage. Swelimeltexw is Stó:lō from Stsálles are Elders from Okanagan. They share their educational experience along with stories and teachings....
Joey Farnsworth is well known in Grande Prairie as an Elder and Knowledge Keeper. She shares her perspective on how all education starts with our relationships and how we are all role models all of...
Charles Petahtegoose, a Midewiwin man talks about the importance of revitalizing sacred teachings and song as a method of Indigenous education. Charles also discusses the importance of language use...
Leah Hogan is the Manager of Indigenous Education at Mohawk College. She talks about the Indigenous Education academic program at the college and its goals of increasing post-secondary access for ...
The Wiichihew Program is offered by the Mid-Island Métis Nation and serves Indigenous Students in high schools, alternative learning programs, and Vancouver Island University. It supports students ...
Dechinta means "in the bush" in many of Dene languages in the Northwest Territories. Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning believes in supporting self-determining and sustainable Northern commu...
Meeka is a well-known teacher of education, healing, and Inuit culture. She started teaching children in 1971, and moved onto adult education at Nunavut Arctic College for 18 years. Meeka believes that elder knowledge from experience is necessary have a foundation for living an Inuit life as our ancestor did. She hopes that healing and education from Inuit go a long way.
Janine Landry speaks with Leanna Marshall about the Indigenous Student Counsellor Program at Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Leanna and her colleagues are there to provide counsellin...
Skahendowaneh teaches components of Trent University’s Ph.D. program and Indigenous Studies undergraduate program in the areas of Indigenous Knowledge, Iroquoian culture and language.
Le programme Protection et exploitation des territoires fauniques, volet Premières Nations est offert depuis 2017 auprès du Centre régional d'éducation aux adultes des Premières Nations (CREA) de U...
KDS Vision Statement: “BUILDING OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE TODAY BY TEACHING AND LEARNING THE DENE WAY.” "KDS is committed to providing quality education for our students by concentrating on four compon...
Dechinta’s model of program delivery is innovative and responsive to the needs of diverse learners. We offer a setting where families can learn together through our Chekoa Nı̨ htł’èkǫ ̨̀ Deè (KidsU...
Nadine Bernard, founder and creator of the Slow Cooked Dreams Education and Empowerment program, discusses how she uses traditional teachings to help people learn how to budget and prepare food whe...
Les mini-écoles de la Santé sont un projet initié par le Dr Stanley Vollant et maintenant piloté par Dr. Éric Drouin. Ce projet est issu d'une collaboration entre le Comité interfacultaire opératio...
Olivia Joe, Aboriginal Health Initiative Advisory Board Member, describes the Aboriginal Health Initiative and its importance.
Pam Griffin, Program Delivery Manager at the Public Health Agency of Canada, discusses her experience taking the cultural diversity training and the impact that it’s had on her and her work....
Barbara Agnes Barker, the Coordinator for Aboriginal Cultural Education at Memorial University, discusses the ways the Aboriginal Resource Office helps foster a sense of culture, community and iden...
Le Conseil atikamekw de Manawan, par le projet Matcekiw a comme mission le renforcement de trois domaines prioritaires aux yeux de la communauté soit 1) la prévention et la sensibilisation, 2) la p...
Le Service de développement des compétences a vu le jour en 2008 et vise à réduire les obstacles des Autochtones pour accéder à la vie socioéconomique. Pour ce faire, les participants des divers gr...
Emily Bolt, a phase 3 medical student and the local Officer of Indigenous Health at Memorial University, describes the programs and supports in place for Indigenous students at the medical school....
Indigenous education for health providing awareness about First Nations people. Developing relationships with individuals and communities, respecting our way of life.
χpey̓ Elementary School was developed by the Vancouver School Board in 2012 in response to calls from the community for an education that was culturally relevant for Indigenous youth and encompassi...
Brenda Hay, a Senior Instructor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of New Brunswick, discusses the Aboriginal Nursing Initiative in Fredericton.
Early Intervention is key! The Botsvin Life Skills training as well as the Yellow Bus Program are for Indigenous students attending Ben Calf Robe Society School. These two programs as well as many ...
Joey Blood, of Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society's Family Preservation and Youth Mentorship program, shares on its work supporting indigenous youth and their families in accessing cultural acti...
Shelley Francis, the Director of the Aboriginal Nursing Initiative at the University of New Brunswick, describes the program and its impact on students.
Erica Beaudin has been the Executive Director of the Regina Treaty Status Indian Services since 2007 and she discusses the importance of the organization’s community education programs.
"...ingenious and western both of them have many ways of knowing. Look at the initial, we have the community are struggling with suicide. We stand back and talk to community people and try to under...
At present. the Aboriginal Health is included as major or minor in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program but the faculty has the vision to shift away from it. The courses include introduction to ...
Darian Brown, a nursing student at the University of New Brunswick, discusses the Indigenous Nursing Program from a student’s perspective.
The health educator at the All Nations Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle, SK, provides an overview of programs and services offered to Indigenous communities and schools within Treaty 4 territory.
Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society's elder-in-residence shares her work supporting the Early Learning pre-K program, and how young learners benefit from having a grandmother figure at school.
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Students at UNBC are building community connections to improve the quality of life of Indigenous students through social events and project partnerships.