PHO Webinar - Centring Indigenous Ways, Un-learning Mainstream Approaches in Substance Use

2023-11-6 10:35

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You are invited to a group conversation reflecting on, and un-learning, the ways substance use supports have been typically approached when working with Indigenous communities. Discussions will be guided by Indigenous perspectives, wisdom and lived experience on what collaboration looks like when it is rooted in de-colonization, reconciliation, and respect for Indigenous self-determination. Attendees will be asked to critically reflect on the dominant reliance on “standard frameworks” and question the ways that medicalized models of care fail to consider holistic health and root causes of substance use harms. Speakers will point to ways that mainstream care has excluded the diverse realities of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples, and re-iterate how Indigenous medicine, knowledge, and expertise are the only way forward. A connected discussion will focus on the importance of following the lead from Indigenous communities in this work, and adopting a process-oriented approach (i.e. rooted in relationship building).

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