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Program Description

Aboriginal people in Canada have experienced high rates of trauma which is often characterized as multigenerational and historical. This has resulted in an array of contemporary addiction and mental health issues. This course is specifically designed to increase the capacity of CAMH staff to assist Aboriginal people and engage with Aboriginal communities. 
This course is designed to engage participants in a process of learning that will increase their capacity to offer appropriate services to Aboriginal people. A focus on the history of Aboriginal people in Canada, current healing initiatives, and effective strategies will provide valuable knowledge and skills. Aboriginal people in Canada have experienced extensive colonization and oppression. Settler needs, social policy, and government legislation are at the root of this experience. This course will familiarize participants with the history of Aboriginal people, the impacts of colonization, and the current movement toward healing and reconciliation.  Topics such as Indian Policy, Residential Schools, and the child welfare system will be explored in the morning session. The afternoon will focus on the Indigenous healing movement with particular attention to the strategies that Indigenous healthcare practitioners utilize to help their clients through trauma.  And finally, participants will have an opportunity to put Indigenous theory into practise by creating their own Medicine Wheel that reflects a wholistic and balanced approach to their professions. 
 

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