• Promotes growth and healthy living for Aboriginal people through Aboriginal specific services
• Reduces family violence and promotes healthy lifestyles

Services offered include:

• Advocacy
• Family violence workshops
• Grief counselling
• Peer counselling
• Referrals
• Substance abuse counselling
• Referrals

Traditional services include:

• Ceremonies
• Feasts
• Language
• Talking circles
• Teachings
• Support groups

Offers a methadone maintenance program for opiate addicts based on an intensive outpatient model, over a 12-24 month period
 
Includes: 

• Initial intake screening procedure 
• A signed treatment contract 
• Focused medical examination 
• Appropriate lab tests 
• Initial as well as ongoing supervised urinalysis 
• Weekly group and individual therapy 
• Regular medical follow-ups and supervision 
• Regular daily Methadone dosing 
• Treatment of addiction related illness and/or diseases (such as Hepatitis C and HIV infection) 
• After care program

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

• Responsible for developing programs for community youth to encourage positive cultural identity
• Works with health care staff to provide educational workshops and seminars
• Liaises with community Elders to provide traditional programs

Offers activities and services to promote mental well being and healthy lifestyles including:

• Physical activities and sporting events
• Youth leadership workshops
• Teachings about traditional fishing, trapping and cultural gatherings
• Substance and alcohol abuse workshops
• Seminars on a variety of issues of particular interest to youth

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare provided for preventing reoccurrence:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare provided for preventing reoccurrence:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Offers counselling and support services for individuals with mental health issues
• Integrates contemporary intervention with a traditional cultural healing approach

Offers the following services:

• Advocacy
• Assessment and counselling
• Referrals to other community agencies
• Help in navigating the health care system

• Ensures traditional cultural knowledge and support are available for Friendship Centre community members
• Promotes and coordinates traditional teachings and ceremonies
• Coordinates access to Elders and Traditional people as needed

Healing alternatives and traditional ceremonies can include but are not limited to:

• Traditional Native healers
• Healing circles
• Talking/sharing circles
• Sweat lodges
• Smudging ceremonies

Provides a culturally based program to support and address concerns of Aboriginal youth who are at risk of negative behaviors
Offers the following services:

• Advocacy
• Case conferences
• Individual/group activities
• Needs assessment
• Peer counselling
• Referrals
• Support circles

Traditional services offered:

• Culturally appropriate services
• Exposure to and knowledge of traditional foods and preparation
• Traditional roles and responsibilities
• Workshops

Develops, provides, facilitates and/or coordinates a variety of community and culturally based programs geared to the prevention of individual abuse and family violence, including the following:

• Violence awareness and prevention education
• Programming for women survivors of abuse or violence
• Individual support, case management, advocacy
• Access to traditional healing practices/resources
• Coordination of a variety of workshops including but not limited to cooking, bannock making, health and nutrition, sewing, painting and self-defense techniques
• Referrals to required services such as police services, counselling, social and mental health services
• Offers opportunities to participate in community education campaigns and activities in local settings (such as schools) or at local community events such as powwows and health fairs

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare provided for preventing reoccurrence:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

• Offers counselling and support services for individuals with mental health issues
• Integrates contemporary intervention with a traditional cultural healing approach

Offers the following services:

• Advocacy
• Assessment and counselling
• Referrals to other community agencies
• Help in navigating the health care system

• Offers counselling and support services for individuals with mental health issues
• Integrates contemporary intervention with a traditional cultural healing approach

Offers the following services:

• Advocacy
• Assessment and counselling
• Referrals to other community agencies
• Help in navigating the health care system

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Promotes healthy lifestyles through culturally based programs and healing
• Aims to reduce family violence

Provides assistance for individuals to identify areas of concern and to develop action plans to address concerns through the following:

• Sharing of appropriate information with related health and social agencies and providing referrals
• Crisis intervention education and workshops
• Illness prevention and wellness planning, information and education
• Traditional sharing circles
• Community outreach education to promote cultural awareness

Also provides:

• Assistance with completing forms of any kind
• Accessing existing programs and services
• Peer counselling for any identified concerns

Organizes an annual event that addresses the health and wellness of Wabun youth

• Provides programs and services for junior and senior youth over a two-week event
• Focus is assisting youth to connect/reconnect with their traditional Native culture
• Provides an opportunity for youth to become acquainted with other youth in Wabun First Nation communities
• Offers many of the programs and services with the assistance and guidance of Wabun elders

Activities and events can include:

• Drumming circles
• Traditional teachings
• Sessions and workshops in areas such as drug and alcohol issues, suicide and social youth issues, and life skills

• Provides support services to Indigenous women and their families who are experiencing violence and are involved in the child welfare system
• Works to meet the needs of women involved with both the Child Welfare Systems (CAS) and Violence Against Women Sectors (VAW)

Aims to create a safe and supportive means of living through collaboration with other community services and the provision of culturally based services including:

• Advocacy support
• Crisis management
• Cultural and traditional supports such as holistic teachings, sharing circles, ceremonies and guidance from Elders
• Information and education provision for mothers on their rights and responsibilities
• Systems navigation
• Work with families and Children's Aid Society (CAS) to resolve conflict

Offers a traditional, holistic approach to individual, family and community health and wellness
Services offered include:

• One on one, healing sessions with a traditional healer
• Connects individuals with various traditional ceremonies and workshops
• Offers knowledge of natural medicines and traditional ceremonies

Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

Prevention

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

Intervention

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

Aftercare ServicesProvides the following services aimed at preventing alcohol and drug abuse problems from reoccurring:

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance