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Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
Health and Human Services
Bothwell, Ontario, 1,687 followers
Thunderbird is a leading voice on Indigenous substance use, addictions & mental wellness issues in Canada.
About us
The Thunderbird Partnership Foundation is a leading authority on Indigenous addictions and mental wellness research and advocacy in Canada. Thunderbird champions culturally-based addictions, substance use and mental wellness services for First Nations in Canada, advocating for and creating a collaborative systems approach that empowers Hope, Belonging, Meaning and Purpose. Our core mandate is the implementation of the Honouring our Strengths: A Renewed Framework to Address Substance Use Issue among First Nations in Canada, and the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework. Thunderbird leads or supports the implementation of these frameworks through: * knowledge exchange (toolkits, guidebooks, and training) * development of the Native Wellness Assessment™the world's first instrument that measures the effect of cultural interventions on a wellness from a whole person and strengths based perspective * implementation of the Addictions Management Information System (A.M.I.S.) in treatment centres run by the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) and Youth Solvent Abuse Program (YSAP) * through supporting strategies to address wage parity in the NNADAP/YSAP workforce. Current Accredited Training Courses include: 1. Land for Healing 2. Strengths Based Addiction Treatment/Care Facilitation 3. Care Facilitation 4. Culture as Intervention/Native Wellness Assessment 5. Buffalo Riders Early Intervention Program Some courses are available online via thunderbirdpf.org. Check out our website for information on other courses, and access to our free and culturally-safe guidebooks on the topics of mental health and substance use issues, visit our website: thunderbirdpf.org. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest!
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http://www.thunderbirdpf.org
External link for Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
- Industry
- Health and Human Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Bothwell, Ontario,
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2000
- Specialties
- Indigenous Health, Culturally Relevant Care, Holistic Wellness, Strengths-Based Approach, Opioid Addiction, Cannabis, Research, Training, Advocacy, NNADAP, NYSAP, Treatment Centres, Mental Wellness Teams, Harm Reduction, Methamphetamine Use, and Indigenous Knowledge
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22361 Austin Line,
Bothwell, Ontario, N0P 1C0, CA
Employees at Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
Updates
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Join our team! Thunderbird has an exciting opportunity for a Regional Mental Wellness Coordinator for Ontario, to establish regional representation to strengthen mental wellness capacity of First Nations across Canada. See the full job posting here - https://lnkd.in/gjnbVTtQ
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We invite you to watch this video message from Dr. Carol Hopkins about our Winter Newsletter - https://lnkd.in/g_XP6Nd4 Click here to view Thunderbird's 2024/25 Winter Newsletter - https://lnkd.in/gaJfRFNf
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“If there’s no being understood, how do you move forward if you’re not connecting and you’re not in a relationship… there’s no understanding of the deep relationship that is needed in Indigenous culture to move forward. Relationship to the land, the water, to our ancestors. And there’s none of that in our medical models. It’s this is wrong let’s fix it…. and there’s no connection.” This quote is from Angie Brinoni, Addictions Counselor and Gathering Our Medicine Facilitator. See the full interview in Sacred Breath of Life - Protecting Against the Toxic Drug Crisis, Episode 02 - https://ihtoday.ca/sbl/
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Welcome to Thunderbird's Culture Affirmation audiogram series! Here is this week's audiogram - https://lnkd.in/gw_rKA9j
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Got snow?❄️☃️❄️ Check out this great video demonstrating some First Nations traditional winter games! Thunderbird is happy to share this wonderful teaching video from the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. https://lnkd.in/gJ4ZjBM9
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On December 10th, 1948 in Paris (France) the United Nations General Assembly declared and set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. Every year thereafter Human Rights day has been recognized around the world on this same day. #humanrightsday This year's theme is Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now. It's a call to acknowledge the importance and relevance of human rights in our everyday lives by speaking up against hate speech, correcting misinformation and countering disinformation.
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Welcome to Thunderbird's Culture Affirmation audiogram series! Here is this week's audiogram - https://lnkd.in/g6HE_dmR
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Have you heard about the concept of life promotion as an approach to suicide prevention? Life promotion sets a foundation for mental wellness for the next seven generations through Hope, Belonging, Meaning, and Purpose. Learn more here - https://lnkd.in/gYP4Fb_F
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“… they could be addicted to drugs for many reasons.… also, it’s numbing pain in ways, and they’re depressed. And so having our leaders, our cultural leaders, our Band leaders, everybody involved in a person’s life culturally, and not chastising them. And holding their hand and helping them is definitely the thing that I found the most beneficial and that worked.” This quote is from Dr. Peter Eppinga, FNHA Fraser Salish Board Director. See the full interview in Sacred Breath of Life - Protecting Against the Toxic Drug Crisis, Episode 02 - https://ihtoday.ca/sbl/
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