YOLO Website Tour
Join us for a tour of the new YOLO website, a place to connect with others running or supporting on the land programs for Indigenous youth across Canada. The website (www.youthontheland.ca) has sections on funding, tools/resources, news/events, and programs / examples of what others are doing across the country. There will also be time for […]
Wellness On the Land/Water: Mental Health and Indigenous Youth Programming
A conversation on wellness in youth on-the-land/water programming for both participants and staff. Rachel Cluderay shared with us about her work with the NWT Supporting Wellbeing Project. Supporting Wellbeing is an emerging training program that aims to provide tools and resources for people who deliver land-based programming that will better prepare them to mitigate and […]
Curriculum Connections in Indigenous Youth On the Land / Water Programs
Creating mechanisms for youth to be able to get school credit for their participation in on the land/water programs, developing curriculum, linking on the land/water learning activities to existing curriculum, etc. Recording available here.
Facilitating Mentorship in Indigenous Youth On the Land / Water Programs
Thoughts on how to create the conditions for mentorship within youth on the land/water programs (both between adults and youth and between older youth and younger youth). Recording available here.
Kids Help Phone’s Services for Indigenous Youth Mental Health
Learn about the services that Kids Help Phone offers to support Indigenous youth and their mental health, and discuss with others attending about the mental health needs you see arising among the programs and youth you work with.