The Aboriginal Children’s Hurt and Healing (ACHH) Initiative is working with communities and clinicians to bridge the gap in our understanding of Indigenous children’s pain and hurt and improve healthcare experiences.
Community Members
Are you a community member that participated in our work? Would you like your community to take part in our research? See what we’ve learned so far and how we plan to move forward.
Academic & Health Professionals
There’s lots of ways to improve the healthcare experience for Indigenous children and youth. Education is the first step! Learn more about ACHH’s research and the FIRST Approach developed for health professionals.
If we only treat one thing such as our body, and our spirit isn’t healthy and our minds and thoughts aren’t healthy, then how can you be healthy?
– Elder
Check out the newly added video to the @ACHHInitiative YouTube channel talking about how art can be an important medium to understand Indigenous history and health perspectives.
https://youtu.be/SOsn-1Y6AL4
"I can confidently say that my appointment is a historic and inspirational moment for Canada and an important step forward on the long path towards reconciliation," said Mary Simon. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-gg-mary-simon-1.6091376
Mi’kmaq Nurse leader and health champion -fantastic work @a_sylliboy https://youtu.be/44qijAoeEBk @DalNursing @DalHealth @IWKHealth @nunursesinmi @CourtneyPennel3 @LeahKCarrier @JuleeAnn_ @SylliboyJohnR @ACHHInitiative
