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INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE [3 records]

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Record 1 2024-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Sociology
  • Group Dynamics
  • History (General)
CONT

As part of a new month-long awareness campaign, indigenous students at Carleton University hosted a special event that uses blankets to teach about Canadian history from an indigenous perspective. Known as the "blanket exercise, "participants stand on blankets that represent the lands inhabited by indigenous people that eventually became Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
  • Dynamique des groupes
  • Histoire (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología indígena
  • Dinámica de grupos
  • Historia (Generalidades)
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Record 3 2017-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

The First Peoples Wellness Circle has a vision, mission, and long-term plan to promote and enhance native mental health in Canada based on Indigenous worldview which is a unique perspective that differs significantly from Western conceptions of mental illness and mental health.

OBS

The Native Mental Health Association of Canada (NMHAC) joined with the National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation (NNAPF) on June 25, 2015 to form the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation. In recognition of this historic transformative step the NMHAC has chosen to rename their organization to more accurately reflect their efforts to promote Indigenous holistic approaches to healing and wellness with the First Peoples of Canada. As a partner of the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, the NMHAC is now called the First Peoples Wellness Circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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