The healing and wellness program provides cultural-based healing techniques and services to individuals who need support, including families, children, and adults. Services offered through this client-based program are:
- Sharing Circles /Healing Circles (Mens Group, The Kind Man Program)
- Addiction/Detox Referrals
- Grief Support Programs
- Access to Traditional Healing
- Domestic Violence Programs
- Food Support
- Crisis Intervention
- Healthy Lifestyles -Family
- Court Counselling Support
- Advocacy
- Children at Risk programs, including advocacy with CAS/Niijaansinaanik
Health Outreach
The Health Outreach Worker (HOW) program combines traditional and mainstream programs and services to benefit urban Indigenous communities. Program workers offer peer counselling, crisis intervention, and conventional and cultural supports to direct service users but also provide advocacy and systems navigation to ensure equitable access to primary healthcare providers.
- Building relationships between mainstream health providers and the urban Indigenous community to make available services that are culturally appropriate and culturally competent
- Facilitating the development of preventative health programming, including pre- and post-natal support, healthy pregnancies, HIV/AIDS awareness, diabetes, anti-smoking, diet, nutrition, menopause, seniors needs and exercise;
- Food Support Programs
- Medical Transportation
- Advocacy
- Peer Counselling;
- reducing family violence.
- Advocate/liaise for Indigenous individuals and families requiring support;
- Crisis intervention;
- Referrals;
- Traditional and Cultural Support;
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Alcoholic Anonymous