Reina’s Story on Intergenerational Trauma
The Kid’s Help Phone website you can find stories with first person accounts from other young people. Here is Reina’s story on intergenerational trauma. Hearing about other people’s stories –
The Kid’s Help Phone website you can find stories with first person accounts from other young people. Here is Reina’s story on intergenerational trauma. Hearing about other people’s stories –
If you would like to learn more about residential schools, and their intergenerational impacts, the National Association of Friendship Centres has provided information here. Source
Spiritual wellness is the quality of being alive in a qualitative way. The spirit causes us to live, gives us vitality, mobility, purpose, and the desire to achieve the highest
As you read the Indigenous Wellness Indicators, notice the strengths-based language. The indicators were developed by posing the initial question “What makes a whole and healthy person?” to Elders, traditional Knowledge Holders,
Wellness from an Indigenous perspective is a whole and healthy person expressed through a sense of balance of spirit, emotion, mind and body. Central to wellness is belief in one’s
“Wellness from an Indigenous perspective is a whole and healthy person expressed through a sense of balance of spirit, emotion, mind and body. Central to wellness is belief in one’s
In this three minute video, you we can hear G’chi Waabshka Mukwa (Great White Spirit Bear)/Connor Lafortune’s perspective on living life in a good way:
The Life Promotion Toolkit (PDF) was created by Indigenous youth for Indigenous youth. Elements of it appear throughout this website, but we can explore the whole thing here. It contains
The knowledge and wisdom of our ancestors from before colonization created healthy lifestyles that frequently lead to our relatives living much longer and healthier lives than many of us experience
In this video, Carol Hopkins delivers a detailed presentation entitled: “Life promotion: A strength based approach to Indigenous wellness”.