Featured Resources
June 2011
New MindYourMind online tool!
Check out this new online coping tool developed by MindYourMind. Life Journal is a tool that you can use to help you change the things in your life that get you stuck.
What are some of the things that really get you down?
Who are some of the people who really annoy you?
What are the things in your life that you want to change?
What are the things that you have the power to change?
How can you make those changes?
These are all questions that this tool will help you work through. Once you are finished you can print off your journal and keep it to help you stick to your plan for change.
Click here to start working on YOUR Life Journal!
May 2011
Live Your Life Well interactive online wellness tool
Mental Health America is running The Live Your Life Well campaign as part of Mental Health Month (May 2011).
The campaign is being run using an online interactive program which allows you to explore the ten tools that you can use to live your life well. These tools are:
1. Connect with others - fight stress with friendship! Learn how to strengthen old bonds and build new ones.
2. Stay positive - changing your thinking can change your life. Take steps to increase your optimism.
3. Get physically active - exercise can make you happier.
4. Help others - you may feel better serving soup at a shelter than sipping martinis at happy hour.
5. Get enough sleep - being tired can hurt your health and your relationships.
6. Create joy and satisfaction - feeling good is good for you, so have a laugh, find a hobby or just kick back.
7. Eat well - the right foods can fuel your mind, boost your mood and fight disease.
8. Take care of your spirit - praying, meditating or just connecting with your deepest self can enrich your life.
9. Deal better with hard times - coping tools can help you through the rough patches.
10. Get professional help if you need it - don’t hesitate to seek professional help.
For each of these 10 tools, you can learn what the supporting research says and the best way for you to work towards achieving each tool and towards living your life well!
Check it out here!
April 2011
C.E.P.S. stands for Cultural, Economic, Political, and Social. These four areas were identified by Aboriginal Youth for Aboriginal Youth, as the four main components necessary for leadership development. It is based on what youth NEED and WANT to develop into strong leaders of tomorrow. Each of the components incorporates the balance of the four aspects of the medicine wheel including physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional development.
For more information on this AWESOME program, check out this website!
February 2011
Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line provides an anonymous and confidential telephone counseling and contact service for northerners who need to talk about personal problems or who are in crisis. It has proved to be a valuable service. The help line is open every night from 7pm until midnight.
February 2011
You Know Who I am is a new website of the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health, and hosts a number of personal story videos from people who have been affected by suicide. You are not alone. Check it out.
You Know Who I Am
February 2011
Left 2 Live
In the fall of 2009, the BC Council for Families, in collaboration with the University of Victoria's School of Child and Youth Care, embarked on an ambitious project to document the experiences of youth who have lost a friend or loved one to suicide. The goal was to create a learning tool for practitioners who work with young people, to assist them in understanding and responding to the unique aspects of the grieving and healing process in teens and young adults. The result is Left 2 Live, an emotionally powerful documentary exploration of the personal journeys of BC teens who have experienced loss through suicide, and who bravely, candidly, and sometimes humourously share their stories.
Check out these videos at:
Left 2 Live BC Council for Families
January 2011
These two documentaries were produced by the Honouring Life Network with funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Healthy and Vibrant Communities grant which was awarded to the Honouring Life Network in November of 2009. It aims to highlight some of the positive Aboriginal youth programming that is being offered across our country in an effort to battle Aboriginal youth suicide. We hope that by highlighting the efforts of these two different Ontario communities, that the feeling of hope for the future will spread through our youth and across our nation.
Bimaadiziwin which can be translated from Ojibway to mean “Living in a Good Way”, highlights the efforts of Walpole Island First Nation and the Bkejwanong Youth Facility, and shows the positive changes community members have seen in the youth, and the community as a whole, since its establishment.
Songedamowin which is an Algonquin word meaning “Trust” or “To Trust”, focuses on the Wabano Health Centre, located in the urban centre of our nation's capital, Ottawa. The centre serves First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth in addition to children, families, elders and the community as a whole.
December 2010
Set some goals and go for it!. This version of Tree of Life is offered in three languages - Inuktitut, French and English, and created by mindyourmind.ca in partnership with the HLN!! Check it out!!
September 2010
Your Life Counts
YLC is fighting to bring awareness to this silent epidemic and change the self-destructive behaviours that can lead to suicide. We do this through education, intervention and listening to you.
July 2010
National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research
This database describes existing mental health promotion, prevention and intervention programs and models for Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Enter your location, age and type of program you are looking for and find what is being offered in your area!
June 2010
Five Alive
Describes five steps that we can take to help prevent suicide.
May 2010
Resilience: Overcoming Challenges and Moving on Positively
Resilience means the ability to move through difficulties and maintain hope,mental wellness and positive coping methods. Highly resilient people are even often able to become stronger after difficult situations, because they develop confidence in themselves and learn new coping skills. LEARN MORE ABOUT RESILIENCE BY CHECKING OUT THIS RESOURCE
April 2010
The Path of the Elders
The James Bay Treaty also known as, "Treaty Number 9" was signed in 1905 between various Anishinaabe (Northern Ojibway) and Mushkegowuk (Northern Cree) bands and the governments of the day (Dominion of Canada and the Province of Ontario). Since 1905, there has been differing perspectives about the way treaty was brought, communicated and "negotiated" with the peoples. Learn more about this treaty and the people involved by playing the online interactive game!
December 2009
The Aboriginal Sport Circle (ASC
Canada’s national voice for Aboriginal sport, which brings together the interests of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
September 2009
River of Life:
National Online Suicide Prevention Certificate Course for working with at-risk Aboriginal youth.
August 2009
Empowering Aboriginal Youth in Governance and Leadership (EAYGL)"
July 2009
SchoolBox: Aboriginal Youth Empowering Students
Check out this overseas opportunity for Canadian Aboriginal youth!
June 2009
Inuusivut: Our Way of Life
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Alice All Jacked Up!
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Squish 'EM
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