What has to happen?
As an Aboriginal woman proud of her heritage and mindful of the social ills affecting all aspects of indigenous life I ask a simple question, "What has to happen?" What has to happen so that true and lasting health and wellness return to Aboriginal communities across all of Canada? To ...
Will the Phoenix of healing rise from the ashes?
A contact sent me a rather interesting story which ran originally in the North Shore Outlook, a local north Vancouver newspaper. The headline read: Squamish elders torch drug den. When I was able to get past the fact that the writer hadn't capitalized Elders, I read the article and was ...
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Cultural
This aspect of the Medicine Wheel explores how Aboriginal people use their culture to affect wellness for their specific populations.
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This online module highlights what it takes to be a healthy Aboriginal man today.
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Offers cultural awareness presentations and module training for groups, organizations, schools, agencies and professionals.
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We provide presenters and facilitators for Youth Conferences and Workshops. As well as training in traditional and modern dance forms. We also advocate restoring ancestral knowledge & values.
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... a nonprofit organization ... We promote the use of ... ancient crops and their wild relatives by gathering, safeguarding, and distributing their seeds, while sharing benefits with traditional communities.
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Upcoming conferences & seminars relating to Aboriginal population health
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A centre for studying and translating the Maori literary heritage, and our traditional strength has been in the area of nineteenth century language and thought, which are studied from manuscripts written by Maori in the nineteenth century.
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To act as an advisory organization for the Nations of the Treaty 7 region of Alberta.
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This research report examines self-continuity and its role as a protective factor against suicide. "The number of factors under community control and the community suicide risk were significantly related."
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A Canadian Aboriginal peoples television network devoted to presenting various television series, new, programs, movies and documentaries featuring topics of interest to First Nations, Inuit and Metis people.
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A native owned and operated web site offering various information primarily of interest to indigenous peoples of Canada.
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Governance body comprised of First Nations bands that signed Treaty 8.
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