Exploring Theme: "Investments in Indigenous Healing Centres"

APTN News: Healing can happen in the bush. So says the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation of Yellowknife, which is celebrating seven years of operation. Its land-based camp has been helping Métis, Inuit and Dene clients from remote communities in three territories who are struggling with addiction. “Four hours sometimes I spend with one person,” says Dene-Métis...

The Aqqusariaq recovery centre in Iqaluit “will serve as a hub for Inuit-led treatment opportunities that are trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and closer to home,” says Health Minister John Main. NNSL file photo NationTalk: Nunavut News: “Mental health and addictions pose huge challenges to many Nunavummiut throughout their lives,” Health Minister John Main said during the...

By Emelia Fournier Recovery centre in Nunavik to welcome more guests in new building. APTN News: Perched atop a hill in the tundra looking out at the Koksoak River, the new Isuarsivik building gives its guests easy access to the land – something land coordinator George Kauki said is necessary for Inuit to recover. “We’re very connected to the land, Mother Nature, it brings...

NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – Colonial trauma is deep-rooted and complex, affecting many generations. By bringing treatment closer to home with a centre that is founded on Inuit traditions and practices, healing can begin amongst community, families, friends and loved ones. Today, Vice President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), Paul Irngaut, Minister of Indigenous Services Patty...

Nunavut News: The Nunavut Recovery Centre, to be built in Iqaluit is expected to be completed in two years, by Jan. 2025, and expects to have occupancy by the following spring, according to Nunavut’s department of health. The federal government announced funding for the Nunavut Recovery Centre in August 2021, with construction expected to start...

NationTalk: Evidence-based Treatment Services will be Provided Through Culturally Relevant Programs: Guillemard The Manitoba government is investing $893,000 to implement a new Indigenous-led Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic at the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre (AHWC) in Winnipeg, Mental Health and Community Wellness Minister Sarah Guillemard announced today. “Manitobans are experiencing harms related...

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: Today, Chief Barry Nikal from the Witset First Nation and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations, announced the launch of the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project. The Government of Canada will provide $3,826,659 through the Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program (CSICP) towards this project. The Witset...

Infrastructure Canada: Iqaluit, Nunavut, November 16, 2022—Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, and Gwen Healey Akearok, Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, announced more than $7.2 million in joint funding to support the construction of a new community wellness hub in...

NationTalk: WILLIAMS LAKE – First Nations people living in Williams Lake and the surrounding communities of the Dakelh Dene, Tŝilhqot’in and Secwepemc Nations have access to culturally safe primary care with the opening of a new First Nations Wellness Centre (FNWC) on Oct. 11, 2022, at 281 1st Ave. North. “The First Nations Wellness Centre in...

CTV News – Atlantic: A new health care centre is opening in Halifax on Friday to help promote urban Indigenous wellness. The innovative approach to health care delivery aims to help bridge gaps in health care for Indigenous people in the region, while specializing in the complex health needs of the urban Indigenous population. Known...

It is with great excitement we announce the launch of the Biindigen Well-Being Centre, which will be home to De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre, Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg and Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services. In addition, McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine will be partnering with De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre...