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
Another reminder as to why language is so crucial when it comes to identity, culture and youth empowerment!
The talk given by Dr. Linda Tuhiwai Smith last Wednesday on Decolonising Methods and Methodologies is now available on YouTube! Check it out below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLqr2dsNmXo
A great resource to learn about how important language is in the Mi'kmaq culture, highly recommend to watch!
This is fantastic news!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ibm-opens-school-for-mikmaw-students-1.6206261
