Provides an overview of the current situation, describing five pathways to involvement, critiques present preventative/intervention methods and discusses alternate approaches.
Child Health and Education, vol. 1, no. 4, 2009, pp. 183-206
Description
Looks at steps needed to connect services across sectors, professional disciplines and cultures to offer holistic and integrated services for child development.
Reports on commitments made by the federal and provincial government to address suicide and substance abuse in the communities of Sheshatshiu Innu and Mushuau Innu, Labrador.
Looks at a research network developed through the collaboration of universities, agencies and communities in British Columbia to provide research training and resources for Indigenous people working in Indigenous child well-being and research.
Looks at data from a participatory action research project to identify and analyze current and future ethical needs associated with conducting psychological research with Aboriginal youth.
Looks at the results of three different surveys to assess what capacity-building programs currently exist for the Northern youth, and to identify the skills and experience required to move into leadership positions.
"It highlights examples of thriving collaborative, community-based, suicide prevention projects that are funded through the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NAYSPS)." Examples used: Prince Albert Grand Council, Kenora Chiefs Advisory, Gitxsan Health Society and File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 8, August 2009, p. 12
Description
Discusses the ceremony celebrating the successful completion of an intense peacemaking program by six youth and two teachers from the Piapot Cree Nation.
Article located by scrolling to page 12.