If you are in distress, you can text WELLNESS to 741741 at any time. If it is an emergency, call 9-1-1 or go to your local emergency department.

Home › Resources › Working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis: Spotlight on First Nations

Working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis: Spotlight on First Nations

Description: There is common ground between recovery principles and shared Indigenous understandings of wellness that provides a rich opportunity for learning and for strengthening mental health policy and practice. Hear about the development of this guideline and how Bill Hill is incorporating key learnings with First Nations through his work as an ACT team member in London, ON. Future webinars will spotlight on Inuit and Métis.

Guest Speaker:

  • Mary Bartram, PhD candidate in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University
  • Bill Hill, Aboriginal Clinical Practice Advisor Social Worker, London ACT II
  • Donna Lyons, Indigenous Health Specialist, Champlain Local Health Integration Network

Download the PDF

Feedback Form

Hey, thanks for checking out this resource. After you’ve seen it, we’d love to learn a bit more about your interests and how you found us. Was the information what you looking for? Was it helpful? We’ll use any feedback you provide to further improve what we do. In appreciation, you’ll be automatically entered in a contest where you could win a cash prize or gift certificate. *

Disclaimer:

  • Completion of the form is voluntary.
  • The information collected by the Mental Health Commission of Canada will only be used for the purpose described above.
Are you willing to be contacted within 3 to 6 months for a short follow-up survey?
In case of “Yes” – please provide an email address
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

SHARE THIS PAGE

RELATED

Implementing Recovery-Oriented Practice: Real-World Examples in Canada
Case studies of real-world programs and initiatives that have implemented recovery-oriented practice from service user and service provider perspectives. Despite the importance of knowledge transfer in promoting the experiential knowledge...
READ MORE

Recovery-oriented practice – An implementation toolkit
IntroductionThe Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice (Guidelines) provide an in-depth Canadian resource for understanding recovery and for promoting consistent use of recovery principles in mental health care. This toolkit was created...
READ MORE

Putting recovery into practice: An introduction to the Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice
About this document:This introduction summarizes the Guidelines and gives an overview of recovery-oriented principles and what they look like in practice. It is meant for all organizations, whether they are...
READ MORE