ᐊᑦᔨᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ
ᐃᓘᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎ

ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᓕᒃ ᑎᒥᑦᑎᒍᑦ-ᐃᓱᒪᑎᒍᑦ-ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑎᒍᑦ-ᐊᓂᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᓂᖃᕐᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒥᐅᑕᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ. ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᕌᕐᓂᓖᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒍᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓪᓕᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᕐᐹᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᐅᐃᕆᒪᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᑦᓯᐊᓂᕐᐸᐅᓱᑎᓪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᐃᕆᒪᓂᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓲᖑᒻᒪᖔᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᐅᓂᖃᕐᓱᓂ ᒪᒥᓴᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᒧᑦ. ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᐅᑉᐱᕆᔭᓕᒃ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑑᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃ, ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓱᓂ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᑉ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᓚᖓᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᒥᓄᑦ.

Biological

  • Taking good care of our physical selves.
  • Balanced diet (country food, cooking lessons).
  • Safe environment to heal/rest.
  • Trauma informed movement/exercise.
  • Access to medical care.
  • Responding to trauma in the body; healing our nervous system.

Spiritual

  • Increasing resilience through connection with traditions; practices, and beliefs.
  • Honouring and remembering ancestors and strengths.
  • Working through grief.
  • Deepening a senso of meaning and purpose in life.
  • Connecting to hope
  • Learning from elders about traditional teaching.
  • Connection with nature and animals on the land.
  • Mentorship from elders.

Psychological

  • Learning how to be compassionate to yourself, in good relationship with yourself.
  • Decolonizing our understanding of mental health and wellness.
  • Access to mental health supports; individual, group and family counselling.
  • Understanding the importance of interconnectedness and relationships.
  • Learning and education about trauma and addiction, and how to heal.
  • Expanding coping stragegies.
  • Building skills to respond to experiences of trauma.
  • Life skills developments.

Social

  • Responding to social conditions that affect mental health :
    • Building financial literacy.
    • Housing advocacy.
    • Education referrals.
    • Guest speakers
    • Support for pregnant women and parents.
  • Exploring wellness activities (arts/crafts, practicing traditional activities, working together on the land).
  • Creating healthy connections in recovery.
  • Collective healing in groups and outdoors.

ᑐᖕᖓᕕᕗᑦ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᒍᑎᑎᒍᑦ

ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᕐᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᑎᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᒍᑏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᕗᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᒍᑎᑎᒍᑦ: ᐋᓐᓃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᑭᓕᒋᐊᕐᑎᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓀᑦᑑᒍᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᐊᕐᓵᓯᒪᓂᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᒧᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑐᖕᖓᕖᑦ ᐱᓗᐊᕐᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᖓᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕐᑖᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑉᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᒍᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᓈᑦᓯᐊᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑭᖕᖒᒪᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᑎᓯᕐᓂᒧᑦ.